Galway Atlantaquaria – Clean Coasts Observer – Explore Your Shore!
Clean Coasts Observers is teaming up with Galway Atlantaquaria to bring the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Explore Your Shore! project to Grattan Beach. This workshop will empower volunteers to become citizen scientists and encourage local marine guardianship.
The workshop will take place on Grattan Beach, Galway, on the 9th August at 10 am
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QLDRihvaHkwjLE8XA (53.262996, -9.065163)
Join us on Grattan Beach and get hands-on with your local marine and coastal environment through:
- Explore Your Shore! Bivalve Survey
- Grattan Beach Sand Fencing Project
- Rockpool Experience
- Seagrass Spotter
Suitable for: Adults
Want to join the Clean Coasts Observer Network?
To become an official Clean Coasts Observer and receive a citizen science starter pack, workshop participants must:
- Sign up to become a Clean Coasts Observer
- Complete the Marine Biodiversity Citizen Science Open Course
- Attend at least one Clean Coasts Observers & Explore Your Shore! In-person workshop event
Recording our marine biodiversity is as vital as recording terrestrial plants and animals. Our coastal species are indicators of the health of our seas, and, unfortunately, due to a lack of baseline data, we struggle to realise the extent of biodiversity loss in our marine ecosystems.
During the workshop and through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s online learning, volunteers can develop their intertidal identification skills, positively contribute to Ireland’s national marine baseline data, and become local ecological guardians.
