We’re delighted to have been awarded a BIAZA award for our work on the @Wild_oysters project 🏆🎉 Working together with Blue Marine Foundation, Groundwork NE & Cumbria , Bangor University and @BritishMarine, and funded by the players of Postcode Lottery , this inaugural award was voted for by members of

Great to showcase our Ireland Wales collaboration here @sos_bangor_uni with introduction on 'lighthouses' from Shelagh Malham and the longstanding research partnership with Sarah Culloty from UCC Ireland #wefowales #AgileCymru

The #WildOysters teams from #ConwyBay and #TyneAndWear enjoyed a great couple of days at the Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) #ReMeMaRe24 conference. It was action packed, sharing the brilliant work being done for a healthy and resilient estuarine & coastal environment! #GenerationRestoration🌊🦪🌱🐟

Learn more in our #NativeOyster nursery science report by Blue Marine Foundation which was made possible by the dedicated support of our volunteers, students & interns helping us to collect the monitoring data outlined in this report 🙌🦪 Thank you / Diolch! 👉 bluemarinefoundation.com/wp-content/upl…

Fantastic poster session at #ReMeMaRe24! Rhi from #ConwyBay and Joe from #TyneAndWear #WildOysters sites did a brilliant job presenting a poster about our education and engagement programme 🦪 For more info, check out our Impact & Evaluation report 👉 wild-oysters.org/download/391/?…

🌊This week the Wild Oysters Project Team gathered at our Conwy Site!🦪Team members travelled from London and Tyne and Wear to shadow a monitoring session, larval monitoring protocols and exchange ideas. It was fantastic to connect and collaborate in person! 🌟#WildOystersProject

Diweddariad Wystrys Gwyllt Bae Conwy Mae tîm Wystrys Gwyllt yng Ngogledd Cymru wedi bod yn brysur wrth i’r haf ddechrau! Dyma gipolwg ar ein gweithgareddau diweddar:

Wild Oysters Conwy Bay Update The Wild Oysters team in North Wales has been busy as summer begins! Here’s a snapshot of our recent activities:

📅 Get Involved: Next Monitoring Session: Join us on September 25th, 2024! Email Rhianna at [email protected]. Upcoming Oyster Safari: We're teaming up with Boatfolk for an exciting Oyster Safari at Conwy Marina open to the public. Stay tuned for more details this week!

🙏🏼🦪🍂Diolch/Thank you to everyone who joined the #WildOysters Conwy Bay’s Gŵyl Wystrys yr Hydref/Autumn Oyster Fest! -made possible by #NNF2, delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government #OysterRestoration #LocalHeritage📸 Lucie Machin

🦀🐚We celebrated with sand art led by the talented soul2sand, marine viewing tanks, live Welsh folk music, a beach clean-up with Keep Wales Tidy , and ocean literacy activities with North Wales Wildlife Trust. A fantastic day connecting with our #CoastalHeritage #BaeConwy #Community ✨

🦪🌱🎥At the #ConwyBay Oyster Autumn Fest, with help from our volunteers and local community, we teamed up with soul2sand to create stunning sand art, celebrating oyster restoration and Conwy’s heritage 🏰. Thank you all who came to join us! #WildOysters #NNF2

🌎The European native oyster ecosystem has been declared ‘Collapsed’ under the #IUCNRedList Red List of Ecosystems .  This is a critical milestone calling for the restoration of native oyster reefs 🦪 📰Read the full article conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

The Conwy Bay team in action, delivering the pre-site workshop in line with the Welsh curriculum. Pupils from Ysgol Sŵn Y Don are officially stepping up as marine stewards and budding young scientists! Diolch yn fawr i chi! Marina site visit next 🦀🦪🐟

🦪Diolch Gwirfoddolwyr! 2024 Wrapped: Cofnodwyd 4,887 o anifeiliaid morol (20 tacsa) o’n meithrinfeydd wystrys, gan gynnwys lledod mewn Perygl Difrifol, gobies, shannies, a sbyngau lliwgar! 📽️ Gwylio’r fideo i weld ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio’n galed! instagram.com/reel/DDh6MJPOh…

🎄Best wishes for the holidays from the Wild Oysters team! Thank you to everyone who has helped and taken part in the #WildOysters project this year. We have made fantastic progress and we are looking forward to more #NativeOyster #restoration in the new year!

🙌🏽🌊 Excited to support Y Môr a Ni (The Sea and Us)—Wales’ new initiative connecting people with our seas. Part of the UK’s first ocean literacy strategy, it unites 22 organisations, including Bangor University and Wild Oysters Conwy Bay. Learn more: bit.ly/4gPguX4

I’m hosting an event … see post for details! 🧪🙌🏽