Prior to visiting our shore, we were familiarised with binoculars and learnt how to differentiate bird songs. During our birdwatch, we spotted and heard a flock of greylag geese, a few oyster catchers, hooded crows, herring gulls, common gulls, grey heron, curlew and cormorants. We also spotted a territorial robin, a water pipit and a […]

Our pupils learnt about the criteria of Priority Marine Features (PMF) and the important role they play in creating a diverse and healthy ecosystem. We are especially lucky as our local shore consists of not one, but TWO PMFs. We used transect line sampling method to collect the data. We measured the length, depth and […]

We conducted two beach cleans and covered 239 m of shore. We collected 37 kg of litter which consisted mostly of plastic and fishing gear. We learnt about the types of marine pollution and the dangers they pose to the wildlife and environment. The Highland Council collected the rubbish and disposed off it following The […]