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?
Are you ready for Porcupine 2027? Next year we will celebrate our 50th anniversary in Edinburgh! If you have stories, photos, fun memories of your time spent with us then please share, we want to make the bulletin real special this year! Send photos/stories to the emails above. Deadline is June 15 2026!
Hear from some of our speakers from over the weekend! We had a busy two days listening to an amazing variety of talks from fossil worms, finicky algae identification, and sneaker male fish! Thank you to everyone who gave a talk and shared their expertise. Looking forward to next year! @celticdeep @thesoggybiologist
Perfect weather to kick off PMNHS 2026!! We find ourselves in Fishgaurd, Pembrokshire exploring the beautiful bay and fish traps! Starting off in the yellow submarine, we got to listen to the amazing Dr. Julian Cremona talking about plankton and showing us some amazing tiny organisms from his samples! So many amazing critters that we don't always see! Then we had a tour of the aquarium! The tanks are full of native species, majority collected just from the bay! Highlights were the small-spotted cat shark, the many slugs, and the hidden Candelabrum cocksii! We got to see so many unique species so thank you to everyone who went out! It was great having our members share identification tips with each other, definitely a great learning day! Thank you to Seatrust Wales for having us at the ocean labs and thank you to Lloyd Nelmes for showing us round the aquarium and giving us some great tips! And thank you to Nathan Jackson for the critter photos! 🩵 #marinescience #marineconservation #marinebiology #rockpooling #ocean
Some pictures from our field day yesterday at Fishgaurd, and great weather for it! Many a sea slug and many a worm! So many of our members out exploring the bay, sharing their knowledge, and creating records for the area! Comment below your favorite finds! 🩵
Nudibranch Course - 16th - 23rd May
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
