Seagrass Germination Monitoring

The 22nd of May marks the UN's International Day for Biological Diversity, to celebrate this day, the Restoration Forth team are inviting our local community members and existing volunteers to visit the seagrass meadow on Burntisland Sands, to undertake some biological monitoring. 

The Restoration Forth team will be returning to our restoration site to investigate if any of our seagrass seeds have germinated. This event will involve participants visually inspecting for the presence of newly formed shoots, that have emerged above the sediment within the restoration site. The third week in May marks the second month since our restoration efforts, which we expected to be enough time for the shoots to start germinating. We will also include a biological inspection of the meadow to investigate for the presence of any marine life that utilising the patches of seagrass. 

This is an outdoor event, where participants are expected to walk and…