Louise Firth
@louisefirth.bsky.social
Marine ecologist at University College Cork 🇮🇪 Making space for nature 🐚 Historical ecology 📚LIMPETS ⚠️ Rewilding garden in West Cork 🌱🪲🌿🐞
Welcome Amanda Hsiung! Starting your new postdoc scoping out #saltmarsh sites for #Blueshores project. Amazing day! Castles 🏰, sunshine ☀️ and even a rainbow 🌈 that ended in the beautiful marsh 🌱…. No sign of crock of gold though… 😔 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Welcome Amanda Hsiung! Starting your new postdoc scoping out #saltmarsh sites for #Blueshores project. Amazing day! Castles 🏰, sunshine ☀️ and even a rainbow 🌈 that ended in the beautiful marsh 🌱…. No sign of crock of gold though… 😔 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social
MSc Marine Biology students getting the tour of the Living Seawalls in Cork. 🐚🦀🪸🐠. The resident pigeon kept a watchful eye at all times. 🐦⬛👀 @livingseawalls.bsky.social @ucc.ie
October 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
MSc Marine Biology students getting the tour of the Living Seawalls in Cork. 🐚🦀🪸🐠. The resident pigeon kept a watchful eye at all times. 🐦⬛👀 @livingseawalls.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Always a pleasure to come across an #EcoEngineering info board! Nice work #Ecostructure team 🙌. Looks like your panels are functioning similarly to #LivingSeawalls in Plymouth - fucoid city! 🤎 @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @livingseawalls.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Always a pleasure to come across an #EcoEngineering info board! Nice work #Ecostructure team 🙌. Looks like your panels are functioning similarly to #LivingSeawalls in Plymouth - fucoid city! 🤎 @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @livingseawalls.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
You’ll like this! @limpetsovertime.bsky.social
Sometimes the smallest details steal the show 🦦🔍🐚
#limpets #biodiversity @katynicastro.bsky.social @bionept.bsky.social #art #intertidal
#limpets #biodiversity @katynicastro.bsky.social @bionept.bsky.social #art #intertidal
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You’ll like this! @limpetsovertime.bsky.social
Possibly the most beautiful Sabellaria alveolata 🪱 reefs I have seen in Ireland 🇮🇪 Cullenstown beach, Co. Wexford. Just stunning 🤩. Duncannon - you have some competition! 💪 #Prograding @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Possibly the most beautiful Sabellaria alveolata 🪱 reefs I have seen in Ireland 🇮🇪 Cullenstown beach, Co. Wexford. Just stunning 🤩. Duncannon - you have some competition! 💪 #Prograding @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social
Whale skull washed up on beach at #Bastardstown, Co. Wexford. 🐋💀🌊. 😮 #IWDG
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Whale skull washed up on beach at #Bastardstown, Co. Wexford. 🐋💀🌊. 😮 #IWDG
Thanks 🙏 Ben Rowson for inviting me to talk about #Limpets at Conchological Society meeting. 🐚🐌🦪Interactive props: bottle of #Shackleton whisky 🥃, #Belleek pottery (limpet design) , copy of The Silver Darlings 📚, breast shells 🤱, fridge magnet 🧲 & shell of largest limpet ever - Scutellastra mexicana
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanks 🙏 Ben Rowson for inviting me to talk about #Limpets at Conchological Society meeting. 🐚🐌🦪Interactive props: bottle of #Shackleton whisky 🥃, #Belleek pottery (limpet design) , copy of The Silver Darlings 📚, breast shells 🤱, fridge magnet 🧲 & shell of largest limpet ever - Scutellastra mexicana
Rescued 100s of acorns from the driveway and threw them into the garden. 🌱 Maybe one or two might take root and grow into a fabulous oak tree someday 🤞🙏. Come on Atlantic Rainforest 🌳
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Rescued 100s of acorns from the driveway and threw them into the garden. 🌱 Maybe one or two might take root and grow into a fabulous oak tree someday 🤞🙏. Come on Atlantic Rainforest 🌳
So saddened by the passing of the extraordinary Manchán Magán. Your passion for language, folklore & Irish culture reignited ours too: your energy, your generosity, your brilliance were a gift to us all. 🇮🇪 Your legacy will live on in every story told, every word revived. RIP Manchán 🌿💚
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So saddened by the passing of the extraordinary Manchán Magán. Your passion for language, folklore & Irish culture reignited ours too: your energy, your generosity, your brilliance were a gift to us all. 🇮🇪 Your legacy will live on in every story told, every word revived. RIP Manchán 🌿💚
Last chance to apply for this postdoc! deadline 12pm tomorrow.
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
October 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Last chance to apply for this postdoc! deadline 12pm tomorrow.
Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
Four days left to apply! @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Four days left to apply! @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Honeycomb worms 🍯🐝🪱thriving at #Streedagh strand #Sligo. Reefs forming refuge for green algae 🌿 from #Limpet grazing 🐚. The stunning Ben Bulben as dramatic backdrop 🤩. @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @ucc.ie @benthicecol.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Honeycomb worms 🍯🐝🪱thriving at #Streedagh strand #Sligo. Reefs forming refuge for green algae 🌿 from #Limpet grazing 🐚. The stunning Ben Bulben as dramatic backdrop 🤩. @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @ucc.ie @benthicecol.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social
The honeycomb worm 🍯🐝🪱 (Sabellaria alveolata) doing quite well at #Lisfannon beach on Lough Swilly #Donegal. Competing for space with #Limpets 🐚 & invasive oysters 🦪 #Magallana @npwsireland.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The honeycomb worm 🍯🐝🪱 (Sabellaria alveolata) doing quite well at #Lisfannon beach on Lough Swilly #Donegal. Competing for space with #Limpets 🐚 & invasive oysters 🦪 #Magallana @npwsireland.bsky.social
#Limpets of the basalt columns of the #GiantsCauseway. 🪨🐚Always nice to see a spot of #epibiosis - green algae on the shells of Patella ulyssiponensis - we think it’s a form of associational defence books.google.ie/books?hl=en&...
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#Limpets of the basalt columns of the #GiantsCauseway. 🪨🐚Always nice to see a spot of #epibiosis - green algae on the shells of Patella ulyssiponensis - we think it’s a form of associational defence books.google.ie/books?hl=en&...
Still time to apply! Deadline tomorrow for postdoc on #NbS in salt marshes with fantastic Jim van Belzen & Tjeerd Bouma. Going to be fun project & team! 🤩 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social
Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project at the NIOZ to test novel #NaturebasedSolutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Still time to apply! Deadline tomorrow for postdoc on #NbS in salt marshes with fantastic Jim van Belzen & Tjeerd Bouma. Going to be fun project & team! 🤩 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social
Thank you to Laura Airoldi & team 🇮🇹 for hosting us and for facilitating productive scientific discussion to kick off Project #Blueshores - investigating nature based solutions #NBS to salt marsh erosion. 🌱🌾 Bring it on 💪🙌😀 @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thank you to Laura Airoldi & team 🇮🇹 for hosting us and for facilitating productive scientific discussion to kick off Project #Blueshores - investigating nature based solutions #NBS to salt marsh erosion. 🌱🌾 Bring it on 💪🙌😀 @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
Project #Blueshores fieldtrip to the salt marshes 🌱🌾 of the #Venice lagoon. Scoping out sites for hybrid blue-green infrastructure #HBGI trials. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Project #Blueshores fieldtrip to the salt marshes 🌱🌾 of the #Venice lagoon. Scoping out sites for hybrid blue-green infrastructure #HBGI trials. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
Project Blueshores is go! 🇪🇺 Kick off meeting at Uni Padua marine station, Chioggia 🇮🇹 is a beautiful location for meeting old &new friends ☺️@amandahsiung.bsky.social
@benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
@benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Project Blueshores is go! 🇪🇺 Kick off meeting at Uni Padua marine station, Chioggia 🇮🇹 is a beautiful location for meeting old &new friends ☺️@amandahsiung.bsky.social
@benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
@benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
3 more days to apply for great postdoc opportunity on saltmarhses with amazing team NIOZ in the Netherlands @niozsearesearch.bsky.social
Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project at the NIOZ to test novel #NaturebasedSolutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱.
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
3 more days to apply for great postdoc opportunity on saltmarhses with amazing team NIOZ in the Netherlands @niozsearesearch.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great line up at #NanoNagle Place for #CultureNight Cork. UCC’s wonderful Irene Ní Shúilleabháin sharing her love of #birds 🦅 🐦⬛🪺 & #birdsong of Lee Fields. Screening of ‘Listen to the Fields’ 🦢🎶 by visual artists Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly. @ucc.ie #biodiversity #spokenword #music #poetry #film
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Great line up at #NanoNagle Place for #CultureNight Cork. UCC’s wonderful Irene Ní Shúilleabháin sharing her love of #birds 🦅 🐦⬛🪺 & #birdsong of Lee Fields. Screening of ‘Listen to the Fields’ 🦢🎶 by visual artists Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly. @ucc.ie #biodiversity #spokenword #music #poetry #film
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
September 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland 🇮🇪. #Global experiment 🌍 started in #Sydney 🇦🇺. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises 🦀🪸🐚🦐🦞🐟🌊.
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland 🇮🇪. #Global experiment 🌍 started in #Sydney 🇦🇺. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises 🦀🪸🐚🦐🦞🐟🌊.
Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸