On Friday 27 April volunteers from Ulster Wildlife, the Copeland Bird Observatory and Beach Cleaners Ards and North Down boarded a boat for Lighthouse Island - that's the island without the…

On 20 April, we boarded the Stena Line ferry heading from Belfast to Cairnryan in Scotland to conduct an IWDG Ferry Survey for marine mammals. It was a glorious day with no rain and a calm sea –…

On 9 December, Ulster Widlife and Love Your Lough held a recycling craft afternoon in St. Peters Parish hall in Warrenpoint. The idea of the event was to teach children (and grown ups!) the…

“Call me Ishmael.” Like Moby-Dick, this is half a story about my time aboard a ship and half about marine biology. Unlike Moby-Dick, the ship in this story doesn’t sink and there are no insane…

On 2 October, I set out on survey unlike any other I had undertaken to date. Up until now, our surveys had only taken us along the shores of Northern Ireland, with our feet remaining firmly on dry…

Northern Ireland’s first batch of Capturing our Coast volunteers enjoyed getting up to speed on the project at two separate training days on 6 and 19 August. The courses were delivered by Ulster…

On Thursday 17 August, the Living Seas Team was heading to Rostrevor for a Coastal Foraging event. As an EVS (European Volunteering Service) volunteer working in Communications, sometimes I'm…

If you asked me to recount any global news stories that happened on Thursday 3 August 2017 I wouldn’t be able to answer. Personally though, it marked a milestone for many Living Seas staff and…

On 18 July Living Seas Team members Claire, Dave and Emma arrived bright and early at Ballintoy harbour on the North Coast, ready for a morning of rockpool rambling with Andrew from Causeway coast…

Coastwatch eco-audit surveys occur annually in September / October. Love your Lough have been extremely active in surveying and conducting beach cleans around the Carlingford Lough shore. Love…