Ascension's turtle nesting season 2024 is officially over! #TurtleTuesday 🐢 A huge well done to the Ascension Conservation interns for all their hard work this year (especially on completing the turtle census) finally no more raking! Blue Marine Foundation #smallislandBIGVISION 📸:AIG Staff

Only a few days left to apply! Go to ascension.gov.ac/lifestyle-and-… 💚

The team heads out once a month to take plankton samples at English Bay and Comfortless Cove. This month we were joined by Alyssa Hoogesteger, a volunteer from St Helena. The samples contained the usual suspects: amphipods, arrow worms, copepods & fish eggs.#smallislandBIGVISION

This week's #Explorers learned more about our native land crab and helped create new posters to encourage their protection. These are now on display on the Conservation Centre in town 🦀 #Community #smallislandBIGVISION

This week's #Explorers got creative with introduced New Zealand flax- creating bracelets from the leaves on Green Mountain National Park #community #smallislandBIGVISION

Join AIG's conservation interns as they excavate their first nest at North East Bay Nature Reserve. Head to our YouTube Channel for the full video: youtu.be/T5Fqph_Menw #TurtleTuesday🐢@bluemarinefoundation @bluebeltprogramme 🎥: Kashmir Flint 🎶:epidemicsound.com/track/wh7T7ZsU…

Recently the Marine and Fisheries Conservation section, received a tuna tag return that was extremely exciting. See below to find out more! 🐟#sthelenampa #smallislandBIGFUTURE #tuna🐠

This week, the BFSAI Royal Air Force assisted the Ascension conservation team by carrying concrete and other heavy equipment through lava flows to install new signage on our Nature Reserves. #Community #AscensionOneIslandVision

Recently, local volunteers assisted AIG Conservation to install new signage on the Mars Bay and Waterside Fairs Nature Reserves #AscensionOneIslandVision #community

The Ascension Explorers played a unique game of bingo from Global Ocean Wildlife Analysis Network which showcased some of the results from BRUVs (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) across UKOTs. We enjoyed finding species common in our Ascension Island MPA

The Ascension Explorers dived deep into the Ascension Island MPA creating origami fish, painting underwater landscapes & learning knots. They explored eDNA, creating bracelets with diff bead colours representing DNA bases & followed gene sequences of local grouper and eels.

🗺️ Ascension Island's vast #MPA safeguards 445,000 km² of ocean at the heart of the Atlantic. 🪸 For the team Ascension Conservation, #MarineManager has become a vital part of their operations. Learn why: bit.ly/3RgdIzh

📍 Ascension Island is a biodiversity-haven that cradles life in all colors and forms. 🗺️ With at least 67 unique species inhabiting the island, see how authorities are harnessing #MarineManager to better inform its conservation and management. bit.ly/3RgdIzh

What would we do without the Moray? We conduct all our fieldwork on the Moray, a 9 meter rib with two 4-stroke outboard engines with 140hp each. 🎥:Lorna West, Tobias Capel and Dan Simpson 🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/6RxyXDAr…

35 new satellite tags have arrived on Ascension, destined for juvenile masked boobies in the upcoming breeding season. These are part of the Biodiversity Challenge Funds Protecting Seabirds Across Borders project to understand how our seabirds interact with global fisheries outside the Ascension Island MPA

Whale sharks are occasionally seen around the Ascension Island MPA with normally one or two sightings each year. Our sister island St Helena MPA though is a breeding ground for the largest fish in the ocean! #InternationalWhaleSharkDay 📸 Laura Shearer

At the start of this month we had our Sunday volunteer morning on Green Mountain. We had a wonderful turn out, with 18 volunteers helping with our ongoing restoration work at the Queen Elizabeth II Garden. Thank you very much to all who joined us! #smallislandBIGVISION

We are grateful to Biodiversity Challenge Funds for supporting the BELEAF project- using Evippe moths to control Mexican Thorn which is smothering nesting habitat for endangered green turtles, native seabirds and endemic plants. Read more about this and other projects they have funded below 👇

🎉 Just released: Blue Belt Programme Annual Update 2023/24! 🌊 We highlight the incredible achievements and impact of the #UKOTs in protecting and sustainably managing over 4.4 million km² of marine environment. 🌍🐟 ▶️ Be inspired, read more: bit.ly/3AVkEwA

Join us on Sat 21st for our monthly beach clean. All equipment provided including motivational biscuits 😁 #smallislandBIGVISION #Community #Conservation #volunteer