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group standing on frosted sand, looking out to the estuary

Eden Estuary -Sand Dunes, Saltmarsh and Seagrass

1st December 2023 At low tide on a cold and clear morning in December, members of Project Seagrass, Restoration Forth, West Sands Ranger Service teams, along with Kim Vender (Edinburgh University), a St Andrews…

sea aster and a feather on saltmarsh

Wild For Scotland Podcast

  At the end of August we were visited by Kathi from Wild For Scotland, who was interested in learning more about Saltmarsh, what we do at Green Shores and why we are trying to restore some of Scotland’s saltmarsh…

saltmashes in the foreground, occasional patches of water reflect the sunlight, in the distance the sea is coming in.

Deluge

The Green Shores team was delighted to be invited to come to Aberlady Nature Reserve and share some information about saltmarshes and work we are doing on saltmarsh restoration with the Deluge project walk-shop. Deluge…

a row of tall sea club-rush plants growing beside a polytunnel, lower growing grasses are in an adjacent row in lower containers.

Green Shores Project

Saltmarshes are coastal habitats valued for specialist flora, wildfowl, and waders, as carbon stores, and for coastal defence. Unfortunately, many of Scotland’s saltmarshes and the biodiversity they support are under…