Heading homewards after picking up this juvenile loggerhead turtle today. Found stranded at Kimmeridge, Dorset earlier this year and stored for us by our friends at Dorset Wildlife Trust Fine Foundation Wild Seas Centre- many thanks! Now back at ZSL Science for #CSIOfTheSea examination

My CSIP colleagues Matthew Westfield and Matt Perkins relay recovered a pair of very fresh porpoises found dead stranded in Conwy, Wales on Monday. #CSIOfTheSea examinations will be conducted at ZSL Science tomorrow, more to follow.

🚨Places remaining! Join #ZSL and Thames21 this Saturday 31/8 and become a wetland invertebrate monitoring #volunteer in SE London 💧🌿 Find out more and sign up here: tinyurl.com/4pmsncmn tinyurl.com/4pmsncmn

Last night our team had the pleasure of joining Citizen Zoo at the #LondonBeaverGroup's #EalingBeaverProject in Paradise Fields and were lucky enough 2 see amazing field signs & the #beavers themselves in an urban setting, reintroduced back 2 London where they once thrived!

Saturday marked the start of our #wetland invertebrate monitoring at Chinbrook Meadows wetlands in partnership with Thames21 🐛💧 thanks to all the #volunteers who signed up to help track the performance of this urban nature based solution! 🦆 Funded by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan 🌿

Recovered this very thin adult male harbour porpoise last Friday- live stranded and died at Colne Point, Essex. Many thanks to our friends at BDMLR and South Essex Wildlife Hospital for their help with the recovery of this one. #CSIOfTheSea examination to follow soon at ZSL Science.

A Sowerby's beaked whale was found dead stranded at Thurstaston, Wirral at the weekend. Sadly, the body had disappeared when Dee Sailing Club checked onsite. It may turn up again nearby- please let us know if you hear more in case we can recover it for #CSIOfTheSea examination

We coordinate a large marine science programme. The #IOMarinSscience programme funds 96 researchers from 24 institutions across 9 countries & collaborates with 36 Indian Ocean regional institutions. The 2023 Impact report is now available to read here - zsl.org/what-we-do/pro… 🧵

We use science to inform conservation action and management. The #iomarinescience programme has published over 175 scientific papers to date. From shark ecology to coral reef health to illegal fishing. Find out more about ⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟 here - zsl.org/what-we-do/pro…

PhD student Jessica Savage ZSL Science joined an expedition to the central Indian Ocean earlier this year to continue her research on microplastic presence and abundance by taking sand and water samples. Read more about the expedition here marine.science/2024/05/15/mul…

Recovered another thin looking adult male porpoise today from Essex- this one found dead stranded at Walton-on-the-Naze yesterday. Many thanks to Lou Hatwell for the much appreciated and swift help with the recovery! #CSIOfTheSea examination to follow soon at ZSL Science

#virtualtour of the Crane Valley: fish in the River Crane near the London Road bridge, Twickenham Richmond Council, August 2024 London National Park City* FORCE Habitats & Heritage ZSLMarine Environment AgencySE Thames Rivers Trust twickenham tweets

This was part of a trial methodology for monitoring urban constructed wetlands as part of a GLA-funded project for ZSLMarine in partnership with Thames21. 🎉On the following day, we officially opened the wetlands to the public.

ZSLMarine It was great seeing so many people interested in getting to know the area! 🔗Swipe to see some photos and learn more about the project here: ow.ly/cRio50Tf654 #thames21 #chinbrookmeadows #citizenscience #volunteer #wetlands

Surface water outlets should only discharge clean rainwater to rivers but sometimes the water can be contaminated due to household #misconnections or sewer blockages. For more info: bit.ly/misconaware FORCE Habitats & Heritage ZSLMarine Environment AgencySE Thames Water 💧

New Nautilus Rewilding issue with the Bertarelli Foundation is out now! #iomarinescience scientists discuss what has been done and what can be done to improve the health of the ocean through rewilding Read here: paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODg8826409 Bertarelli Foundation Nautilus Magazine

Out today in Communications Biology our new #OpenAcess paper on the impact of #environmental stress on reef #shark residency! ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc7kzkup ZSL Science ⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟 King's Geography Lancaster Environment Centre ZSLMarine Thread ⬇️ Photo credit ©Bertarelli Foundation / George Duffield

New paper out today! Michael J. Williamson David Jacoby Using a combination of satellite remote sensing and a network of acoustic receivers on the seabed, scientists have discovered sharks are deserting coral reefs at times of environmental stress Read here: buff.ly/3Xx6iLq

Nice article in Guardian news by Damian Carrington covering our paper on reef sharks on stressed coral reefs 🦈☀️🥵 #ElNino #SharkTracking Lancaster Environment Centre ZSLMarine King's College London theguardian.com/environment/ar…

After a frustrating August where fieldwork was cancelled by the brilliant UK weather it was great to get back out and tag 4 more immature female tope in Pen Llŷn a'r Sarnau! Thanks to our skipper Tony and 3 local fishers for their help! ZSLMarine Ocean Predator Lab SIARC