Ailsa McLellan
@ailsamcl.bsky.social
Grow native #Oysters for habitat restoration. Campaign for protection of Scotland's seabed. Happy outside. #TREEHUGGER
First Garfish I have found washed up on the shores of Loch Broom. #MarineLife
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
First Garfish I have found washed up on the shores of Loch Broom. #MarineLife
Rhetoric V Reality. 5% of the #salmon died at this WRS (a.k.a Mowi) site in June. That equates to thousands of fish suffering and dying, they are also forgetting the infernal 'hum' of the feed barge. Nothing traditional or peaceful about this 'blue revolution'. #Offthetable
August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Rhetoric V Reality. 5% of the #salmon died at this WRS (a.k.a Mowi) site in June. That equates to thousands of fish suffering and dying, they are also forgetting the infernal 'hum' of the feed barge. Nothing traditional or peaceful about this 'blue revolution'. #Offthetable
Lovely bright butterfish in the oyster hoisters today. #marinelife
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lovely bright butterfish in the oyster hoisters today. #marinelife
We are very grateful to the Loch Broom and Ullapool Community Trust for part funding oyster cages with a larger mesh than the ones we had. Bigger mesh makes for easier cleaning and more water flow, which equals happy cage scrubbers, and happy oysters! #Seawilding #MarineLife
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are very grateful to the Loch Broom and Ullapool Community Trust for part funding oyster cages with a larger mesh than the ones we had. Bigger mesh makes for easier cleaning and more water flow, which equals happy cage scrubbers, and happy oysters! #Seawilding #MarineLife
4/4 #Salmon farms in Scotland are foreign owned. They pay relatively little tax, and strive for automation, whilst leaving us a legacy of pollution and damage. This is the antithesis of what should constitute a 'Good Food Nation' @mairigougeon.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
4/4 #Salmon farms in Scotland are foreign owned. They pay relatively little tax, and strive for automation, whilst leaving us a legacy of pollution and damage. This is the antithesis of what should constitute a 'Good Food Nation' @mairigougeon.bsky.social
A lovely palaemon shrimp in the oyster hoisters today. #marinelife
July 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A lovely palaemon shrimp in the oyster hoisters today. #marinelife
Beautiful wrasse in the oyster hoisters on Ullapool pontoons today. I see a male frequently here, they are very territorial so it could well be the same fellow, if it is, he clearly doesn't mind being taken on board and ogled on a regular basis.
July 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Beautiful wrasse in the oyster hoisters on Ullapool pontoons today. I see a male frequently here, they are very territorial so it could well be the same fellow, if it is, he clearly doesn't mind being taken on board and ogled on a regular basis.
Lots of lovely moon jellies in Loch Broom at the moment.
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Lots of lovely moon jellies in Loch Broom at the moment.
A further 3,000 native oysters released in Loch Broom, still way off our targets due to continuing spat shortages, but we have kept these oysters in the cages for longer than normal, so they are spawning size + safe from most predators. Fingers crossed for spawning! #Seawilding
May 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A further 3,000 native oysters released in Loch Broom, still way off our targets due to continuing spat shortages, but we have kept these oysters in the cages for longer than normal, so they are spawning size + safe from most predators. Fingers crossed for spawning! #Seawilding
We have had a fun couple of days in Ullapool helping local kids understand that to get cool stuff at the top of the food chain, you need to look after the hard working habitat builders at the bottom. They get it, lets hope our politicians do too🤔
May 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We have had a fun couple of days in Ullapool helping local kids understand that to get cool stuff at the top of the food chain, you need to look after the hard working habitat builders at the bottom. They get it, lets hope our politicians do too🤔
🧵Open season for trapping wild wrasse starts tomorrow in Scotland (in no way avoiding the breeding season), purely to supply the #salmon farming industry. Removing wrasse damages our coastal environment because of their vital role in the food chain. Its also incredibly cruel.
April 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🧵Open season for trapping wild wrasse starts tomorrow in Scotland (in no way avoiding the breeding season), purely to supply the #salmon farming industry. Removing wrasse damages our coastal environment because of their vital role in the food chain. Its also incredibly cruel.
We at @seawilding.bsky.social deployed an array of 'oyster hoisters' on the #Ullapool Harbour pontoons at the weekend, they will permanently house a gang of hard-working native #oysters capable of filtering around 240 litres each per day, and hopefully spawn if the water gets warm enough this year.
April 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We at @seawilding.bsky.social deployed an array of 'oyster hoisters' on the #Ullapool Harbour pontoons at the weekend, they will permanently house a gang of hard-working native #oysters capable of filtering around 240 litres each per day, and hopefully spawn if the water gets warm enough this year.
First barrel jellyfish of the season (for me). Summer must be coming.
April 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
First barrel jellyfish of the season (for me). Summer must be coming.
Love a low spring tide.
March 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Love a low spring tide.
Fat farmed rainbow trout caught in the River Add, Argyll where they are NOT meant to be. They compete with - and eat the juveniles of - native species, and are potential disease vectors. Nearest farmed rainbows are at a Mowi site in Loch Craignish. @theferret.scot
March 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Fat farmed rainbow trout caught in the River Add, Argyll where they are NOT meant to be. They compete with - and eat the juveniles of - native species, and are potential disease vectors. Nearest farmed rainbows are at a Mowi site in Loch Craignish. @theferret.scot
Great day out yesterday releasing native #oysters in Loch Broom with Ullapool Primary Gaelic class. Its important for all of us to remember that we have the power to enact positive change. Good luck to the oysters.💕 @seawilding.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great day out yesterday releasing native #oysters in Loch Broom with Ullapool Primary Gaelic class. Its important for all of us to remember that we have the power to enact positive change. Good luck to the oysters.💕 @seawilding.bsky.social
Oyster gobblers on the low spring tides.
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oyster gobblers on the low spring tides.
Small is beautiful, and a whole load warmer than big!
January 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Small is beautiful, and a whole load warmer than big!
Really nice to see this list of 'foods to eat every week' in @thetimes.com including sprats (forage fish) and not the usual lazy inclusion of farmed salmon (which are fed forage fish, whilst simultaneously polluting Scotland's coastal environment). Cut out the middle man (fish)! #Offthetable
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really nice to see this list of 'foods to eat every week' in @thetimes.com including sprats (forage fish) and not the usual lazy inclusion of farmed salmon (which are fed forage fish, whilst simultaneously polluting Scotland's coastal environment). Cut out the middle man (fish)! #Offthetable
Reduction fisheries are fisheries that catch wild fish to make fishmeal and fish oil, instead of selling them directly to humans. This is what #salmon farms specialise in, taking peoples food and feeding it to farmed fish. Swerve the smoked farmed salmon this Christmas! @mairigougeon.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Reduction fisheries are fisheries that catch wild fish to make fishmeal and fish oil, instead of selling them directly to humans. This is what #salmon farms specialise in, taking peoples food and feeding it to farmed fish. Swerve the smoked farmed salmon this Christmas! @mairigougeon.bsky.social
If you are in Ullapool this week check out the beautiful Coastal Testimonies exhibition in the ferry terminal. There is also a screening of ‘the Limit’ tonight, and as if that were not enough…we have a creel tree….
December 16, 2024 at 4:46 PM
If you are in Ullapool this week check out the beautiful Coastal Testimonies exhibition in the ferry terminal. There is also a screening of ‘the Limit’ tonight, and as if that were not enough…we have a creel tree….
‘Despite pronounced seasonal + interannual variation, #seagrass restoration increases fish abundance and diversity.’
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 10, 2024 at 9:47 AM
‘Despite pronounced seasonal + interannual variation, #seagrass restoration increases fish abundance and diversity.’
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
The view shortly before some painful, free, outdoor, facial microdermabrasion.
November 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
The view shortly before some painful, free, outdoor, facial microdermabrasion.
Just read this excellent book. It’s changed the way I think about the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ The real tragedy is that there are not enough commons, and mismanagement and greed are impacting the ecosystem that supports us all. Mon the revolution!
November 21, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Just read this excellent book. It’s changed the way I think about the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ The real tragedy is that there are not enough commons, and mismanagement and greed are impacting the ecosystem that supports us all. Mon the revolution!