Author Archives: Karin Dubsky

Coastwatch at the Rose Festival – Raheny Dublin: 18th and 19th July

Tomorrow Sat and Sunday : Coastwatch at the Rose Festival – Raheny Dublin Sat 18th – 3 pm launch of our final Dublin area shell poster biodiversity gastropods and bivalves Dublin Coastwatch The poster is also available on this link: Coastwatch seashell poster biodiversity bivalves Dublin Coast july 2015 version

Spirit of Oysterhaven Trust

Follow the Spirit of Oysterhaven trust on Facebook as they are doing Coastwatch Citclops measurements around our coast!

Coastwatch summer activities

Apart from ongoing work and planning the main international Coastwatch Autumn Shore survey, Coastwatch has three summer projects – and would love you to join one or more … 1. International: Calling on Coastwatchers to try the Citclops app, report on the sea colour and transparency where ever you are. Look at www.citclops.eu map to see […]

Coastwatch activity this week

This week is busy in Coastwatch … Monday 6th Rush North Dublin: exciting finds of young bootlace worms (Lineus longissimus). This is the longest species of worm and non were found on shore searches here in the last 5 years. Now 3 knotted coiled up worm babies only a meter long were spotted on the […]

Citclops app downloads for Android and Apple

Hi, The Citclops app is now available for both Android and iOS! Here are the links: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citclops.mobile iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/citclops-citizen-water-monitoring/id962782008?mt=8 Coastwatch Citclops

World Ocean Sampling Day- June 21st: Online survey

Hi all, this Sunday the sun is highest and up for longest – a great opportunity to check sea water transparency and colour Imagine we have no maps showing optimal water transparency and so many people who love snorkeling and diving. If you are going out – would you consider doing a 5 minute scienbtific […]

National Aquarium Galway Sat 25th July 2015

More results for the island of Ireland Coastwatch 2014 shore survey are ready now to be launched in the National Aquarium Galway Sat 25th July 2015 The WASTE AND LITTER ON OUR SHORES report covers 601 survey units (500m length of coast) and litter counts for 2433 survey sections, of 100m length. This represents ~ […]

Survey of honey comb worms

Hi all, Here is a link to the online honey comb worm survey: Online honey comb worm survey

Irish Times: European Commission is running a ‘fitness check’ on the EU birds and habitats directives

Irish Times article on European Commission running a ‘fitness check’ on the EU birds and habitats directives: why-we-still-need-europe-to-stand-guard-over-irish-nature

Please look out for scallop dredging near Natura 2000 sites and update on Blacksod Bay

Coastwatchers please look out for and report to us and the SFPA local office any inshore scallop dredging in and around Natura 2000 sites. The ideal report includes time, place, boat name/number, if you saw the boat landing scallops where that was. Why? Because dredging scallops in our inshore most sensitive Natura 2000 sites […]

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