Next field trip is tomorrow with Charlotte Cumming at Trevone! Weather looks real good so hopefully lots of you will join!
We are looking for speakers for our 50th Anniversary talk hosted at National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh! The theme is Then and Now: 50 years of Marine Natural History Recording, if you have some great ideas and experiences of natural recording overtime please contact conference@pmnhs.co.uk!
Reminder about the next fieldtrip for Menai Bridge! Below are the dates and the meeting times! If you haven't already, reach out to Yolanda Evans by email for further information! 26-17:53, meet 16:30, 1.02m 27- 18:30, meet 17:20, 0.78m 28- 19:08, meet 17:00, 0.68m
2026 PMNHS Fieldtrips hosted by our lovely council members! This year's fieldtrips span across the UK and even help survey some new areas! To join in, please make sure you're a member of the society and email the host of the trip you're interested in joining! It's a great opportunity to get out and explore with some experts in marine science! #marinebiology #marinescience #oceanscience #rockpooling #intertidal
Happy World Ocean Day from PMNHS!! We asked some of our council members what the ocean means to them and it's importantance. Each of our members have their own ties to the ocean and their own interests! Can you name all the marine critters?
Species observed at three sample sites between 2023-2024 This study by Elizabeth Beston was supported by the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society through a Roger Bamber Research Grant. The full report was published in Bulletin number 23 in spring 2025. The report included two large appendices, links to which are provided below: Complete list of … Read more
This is video from our Alderney Field Meeting 2024. Created by Bernard Picton, it’s one of a series with more available on YouTube
12 – 21 September 2024: Species Lists Links to the species lists compiled by intertidal and subtidal recorders during the trip, as reported in Bulletin number 23 from spring 2025, are provided here: Intertidal and Subtidal species list
The Small Isles Snorkel Trail Project: Final Project Output This study by Fliss Fraser was supported by the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society through a Roger Bamber Research Grant. It was the subject of a progress report published in Bulletin number 21 published in spring 2024. The whole series of snorkel trail leaflets published by … Read more
Ever wanted to explore the shores or dive around Alderney? Porcupine MNHS with the Alderney Wildlife Trust are proposing a unique field meeting to Alderney from 12th-19th September 2024. Alderney is a beautiful island that is remote and right at the geographical range of many species, it is an important migration stop-over for birds and … Read more
A Porcupine Marine Natural History Society funded project (Roger Bamber Research Grant), aiming to produce visual identification guides of the Magelonidae for a broad range of users, has now been completed. The first of these guides entitled ‘Collecting Shovel Head Worms on the Shore’ was published in PMNHS Bulletin 18 in Autumn 2022 (Taylor & … Read more
Matt Green created an incredible video of our field meeting to Lundy in July 2022 where we took part in the Lundy Marine Festival BioBlitz. This video covers the fascinating subtidal species observed during the trip.
September 16 – 20, 2016 The field trip to the Staffa Archipelago was at the invitation of the owners of Inch Kenneth, Little Colonsay, Ulva and Gometra, who are keen to know just what important marine habitats there are in the surrounding waters and the status of the marine life there. Field trip reports and … Read more
This project began in April 2005, with two years of funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The project was developed to provide information on threats to offshore biodiversity, develop practical case studies to help future conservation management and to disseminate this information to a wider public. The project partners were Scottish Association for Marine Science (lead … Read more
