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Marine Dimensions & Purse Search Ireland
@marinedimensions.bsky.social
Marine Dimensions is a non-profit dedicated to marine conservation & outreach

Home to Purse Search Ireland, Ireland's national elasmobranch eggcase citizen science project since 2007
🚨 We're so excited to announce that our citizen science project, Purse Search Ireland, has a new logo! 🚨

We're going to miss our old ray friend, but we're very excited about the fresh new look! Thanks to our co-director @tdmedina.bsky.social for the new design!
June 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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💬 Introducing: #SI2026 Community Questions

Got questions about sharks, rays, or chimaeras? Drop them in the comments or send them our way! Each month, we’ll feature one and invite the community to share answers, insights, and more!
May 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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If you are an educator in Ireland or anywhere else in the world and you'd like a lesson for your group, email lessons@sharks4kids.com or fill in the form at sharks4kids.com/virtual-shark-lessons

@sharks4kids.bsky.social @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social @marinedimensions.bsky.social
Virtual Shark Lessons
Investigate the world of sharks with our virtual lessons. Highly interactive lessons cover a dynamic range of topics including Intro to Sharks, Shark Science, Shark Adaptations, Shark Conservation and...
www.sharks4kids.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's a great morning for beachcombing! #CitizenScience #sharks #eggcase
March 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I'm honoured to be featured on @empowerus.bsky.social series #WomenMakingWaves alongside Máire Éinniú & the legend herself, Gráinne Ní Mháille!

Irish women have always played an important role in marine communities and sciences & I'm so grateful for my little part in that 💙

#InternationalWomensDay
🌊Women Making Waves - Ireland🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean or have empowered it in return. This week we’re sharing stories of women in Ireland whose lives are shaped by the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The sun has *finally* come out here in Galway & I hope it's as dry and bright wherever you are too! It's a lovely day for a little beachcomb, so if anyone stumbles across any mermaids' purses this weekend be sure to submit them to our online sighting form!

marinedimensions.ie/reporting-me...
Reporting your Mermaid's Purse Sightings - Marine Dimensions
If you have found a mermaid’s purse in Ireland, we would be grateful if you could complete the online recording form, including a photograph if possible with some indication of the size of the eggcase...
marinedimensions.ie
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM