What a night celebrating Restoration Forth! BSL marine signs from the Scottish Sensory Centre, songs from Newhaven Community Choir & epic views from the Port of Leith Distillery made it extra special. 👋🎵 A big thank you to the amazing people and communities who make Restoration Forth what it is. 💙
Caitlin Godfrey
@catgodders.bsky.social
🦀 community engagement lead for Restoration Forth with Marine Conservation Society 🌊 northerner in Scotland 🌿 views my own
European flat oysters play a crucial role in restoring our seas. They stabilise the seabed, store carbon and boost biodiversity. 🦪 It’s exciting to see Restoration Forth and volunteers clean and introduce more oysters into the Firth of Forth! Watch this space for more on this impactful work. 👀
Today we gathered outside SSE's Glasgow office to urge them to stop the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm. Together we delivered a petition signed by 12,500 people opposing this damaging project. @seabirdcentre.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social
Oyster deployment & monitoring in East Lothian with our fab #RestorationForth volunteers 🦪 great to be joined too by Project Seagrass staff who ran some Seagrass Spotter training 🌱🌊
A wet & wild bird survey in Burntisland with Fife Coast & Countryside Trust ☔ but the birds didn't seem to mind! Bar-tailed Godwits, Little Grebe, Redshank, Turnstones & many more species feeding & sheltering along the coastline 🌊
Today we raised our voices outside Scottish Parliament in one last push to ensure politicians stand up for Scotland's nature. The Natural Environment Bill could be a game-changer - introducing nature targets and Swift bricks. The final debate starts today, we hope to see major wins for wildlife.
Applications are now open for two #RestorationForth internships! Join the team & support marine restoration in Scotland 🦪👇🏼
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social are looking for two #RestorationForth interns! 🦪 Are you passionate about restoring marine environments? Keen to gain hands-on experience for a career in conservation? Learn more about this exciting opportunity: enzj.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
What a year for #RestorationForth! 632 people took part in restoration activities, including amazing local groups like ELREC, Royal Blind School, North Berwick Youth Project & more. Community power in action! Check out the thread for more highlights. ⬇️ #MarineRestoration #Conservation 1/5 🧵
A lovely afternoon at Scottish Power HQ for a screening of David Attenborough's Ocean documentary & a Q&A 🌊 our final event of 2025! Happy Christmas all ☃️🌟 @mcsuk.bsky.social
We are thrilled that #RestorationForth has been recognised by a parliamentary motion celebrating the project's success in restoring native oysters to the Firth of Forth! A wonderful way to end the year 🌟 read the full motion here: www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
MCS Learning & Community Engagement team away day @mcsuk.bsky.social! A fab day with the team running a Source to Sea workshop & activity, Ocean film screening, Q&A panel & exploring Manchester 🐝🚋🌊
GOOD NEWS: 2.1cm oyster growth & an average 88% survival rate recorded! These results come a year after thousands of oysters were introduced to the Forth by Restoration Forth, giving hope for the future of this super species. 🦪 @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social #Nature #Restoration
A wonderful night at the #NatureofScotland awards this week, where @mcsuk.bsky.social Scottish Education Roadshow was nominated in the Coasts & Waters Award category! Congratulations to all the winners ✨
We have several exciting updates in this edition of the #RestorationForth newsletter as we report high survivability rates across our oyster restoration sites & welcome the first oysters to the Forth Marine Hatchery! Read on to find out more 👉🏻 restorationforth.substack.com/p/restoratio...
Restoration Forth Newsletter
November 2025
restorationforth.substack.com
A trip out to Tyninghame with a group from North Berwick Youth Project, one of my favourite places to be especially on a day like today 🌞🍂
So enjoying spotting & learning more about fungi this autumn, a fascinating kingdom of which there are over 15,000 species in the UK alone! 🍄 #fungi
Please add your voice to those calling for First Minister John Swinney & SSE to #StopBerwickBank 👇🏻
Each spring hundreds of thousands of seabirds, from puffins to gannets, return to the safety of the Firth of Forth islands to breed. Berwick Bank could kill thousands of them. Please join us to call on SSE and First Minister John Swinney to #StopBerwickBank↙️ www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
A glorious trip out on the Forth today with our fab volunteers restoring a further 6,000 oysters to their new home, bringing our total up to 46,000! 🤩🦪 @mcsuk.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @wwfscotland.bsky.social #RestorationForth
Great to have @catgodders.bsky.social on our @mcsuk.bsky.social #YouthOceanNetwork call last night chatting all about community engagement and #RestorationForth! Want to learn more? 👇🌊 🌱 www.mcsuk.org/ocean-emerge... 🦪 www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/p... 🌱 www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/marine/o...
Looking forward to this one! Join us at Lind & Lime to hear about the humble oyster & why we are working hard to restore reefs around Scotland 🦪 Grab your free ticket 👇🏻 lindlimegin.rezdy.com/733627/oyste...
On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets. Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...
What a brilliant way to spend a sunny morning at North Berwick, clearing the beach of 6.5kg of litter with local volunteers & staff from @seabirdcentre.bsky.social & Maths Week Scotland 🌞🌊 my final clean of the #GreatBritishBeachClean2025 @mcsuk.bsky.social 😁
Seagrass mapping at Tyninghame on a beautifully clear & crisp morning...a wonderful way to welcome the Autumn Equinox 🍂🌱 #RestorationForth @mcsuk.bsky.social @seabirdcentre.bsky.social @wwfscotland.bsky.social
It's the start of the #GreatBritishBeachClean! Delighted to join colleagues & volunteers at our flagship Scotland clean at Cramond this morning, clearing 13kg of litter from the beach 🌊🏖️ find upcoming cleans 👉🏻 www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can...
Thanks to everyone who joined us at the mass lobby in Edinburgh today! Hundreds of people came together to speak up for nature and climate at Scottish Parliament. If you couldn't make it, you can still make your voice heard: www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/new...
Brilliant to be back on the Forth today! This time for BRUV (baited remote underwater video) surveys with the #RestorationForth team & our fab volunteers 🌊🦪🤩 @mcsuk.bsky.social @wwfscotland.bsky.social
Great to welcome so many people to the Restoration Forth Snorkel Trail Safari today🤿 It's always a treat to discover what lies beneath the waves around North Berwick (and even spot gannets diving nearby!)🦀🌱🐟 📷©️Jamie McDermaid
Take a moment to explore an Orcadian #seagrass meadow & meet the creatures that call it home! 🦀 #Orkney is a special place for #RestorationForth… the seagrass meadows highlight the #MarineLife that this super species can support, and the local community always gives the team a very warm welcome. 💚
Thanks to those who joined #RestorationForth for a Coastal BioBlitz in Burntisland! A brilliant variety of #MarineLife was recorded, including many fish, invertebrates, seaweeds, butterflies, moths & birds. 🔎 A reminder to take a closer look when in nature - you might be surprised by what you see!
Postcards from the beautiful Orkney Isles. 💌 The #RestorationForth team had a brilliant time in #Orkney. It's always a joy to explore Orkney's thriving #seagrass meadows. The team loved spending time catching up with people in Orkney about the work being done to restore these vital habitats. 🌱