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- Restoration Forth,
- General
- On October 1, 2025
Victoria Primary School Restoration Forth Mural Project
This October, Edinburgh Shoreline was welcomed into Victoria Primary School in Newhaven, Edinburgh by P6 teacher Lynsey Blyth, where, under the direction and inspiration of Lucy Metcalfe, Karen Chambers and Charlotte Barr three days were spent working with her lovely pupils....
- General,
- Shoreline updates
- On September 18, 2025
Fauna and Flora communications teams filming days with attendance at Stop Climat...
All five trustees of Edinburgh Shoreline were interviewed by the film crew of Fauna and Flora to provide footage for their publicity purposes (and ours). After a full morning’s interviewing...
- General,
- Citizen Science,
- Restoration Forth
- On August 18, 2025
Newhaven Talk and Tile Making workshop
Newhaven Talk & Tile Making We ran an ELREC workshop with members of their Polish community. Karen gave a talk at Newhaven Harbour about the loss of fishing, marine species...
- Above and Below,
- Citizen Science
- On August 14, 2025
Intertidal bioblitz and data loggers at Cramond
Having launched our Above and Below project, funded by Elgol Fund for Nature, in April, we were excited to get to August when our first quarterly thermal data logger readings...
- Restoration Forth,
- General
- On August 12, 2025
Isle of May Restoration Forth overnight activity stay
Three members of our team spent a happy and sunny two days on the Isle of May in early August where we had been holding our Forthline squares exhibition in...
- General
- On August 7, 2025
Edinburgh Shoreline & Elgol Fund for Nature meet up
We were delighted to meet our new funders, Elgol Fund for Nature at Cramond to talk about our shared Above and Below project, and plans for the next two years....
- Restoration Forth,
- General
- On July 22, 2025
Sea Creature Needle Felting with Jennie Loudon at the Scottish Fisheries Museum
Inspired by our Restoration Forth exhibition ‘Forthlines’ we invited the local community to join artist Jennie Loudon on two occasions to have a go at needle felting in the Scottish...
- General,
- Shoreline updates
- On July 16, 2025
Edinburgh Shoreline Website refresh
Our refreshed website is live! We’re excited to share that our website has had a much-needed refresh — making it easier than ever to find out what we’re up to,...
- Restoration Forth,
- General
- On July 4, 2025
Restoration Forth Sky Funder event
SKY, one of Restoration Forth’s amazing funders, have been very supportive of the project for years and were keen to better understand the practicalities. After discussion, WWF organised an oyster...
- Restoration Forth,
- The Forth Line
- On May 24, 2025
Forthline Exhibition at the Scottish Fisheries Museum
During lockdown Edinburgh Shoreline suggested people visit a local square kilometre of the Firth of Forth Coast and respond to it on a 40cm square of calico which was...
- Above and Below,
- Citizen Science,
- Shoreline updates
- On May 4, 2025
Temperature Data Logger Installation with Rui Seabra
In early May Rui Seabra, a Portuguese marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer, came to visit us. Rui is the leader of the Atlantic Ocean Coupled Coastal Temperature and Biodiversity Observation Network (CCTBON) research project. This project is installing a network of data temperature...
- Above and Below,
- Citizen Science,
- General,
- Shoreline updates
- On April 30, 2025
Above and Below project launch
Edinburgh Shoreline has launched an ambitious new project, Above and Below, recognising that effective conservation cannot happen in isolation but depends on a healthy, connected environment both on land and...
- Restoration Forth,
- The Forth Line
- On April 15, 2025
Forthine Exhibition on the Isle of May with NatureScot
Submerge yourself in the story of the Sea, Forthlines, coasts, seagrass and oysters. An exhibition at Stevenson lighthouse, Isle of May. Step inside the beacon on the edge of the...
- General
- On April 14, 2025
Media Education Training
A hugely useful learning day with Inma de Reyes from Media Education teaching us phone video and editing skills. This will be invaluable for future projects. Thanks to Fauna and...
- Restoration Forth,
- Citizen Science
- On April 10, 2025
A Further 10,000 Oysters Introduced to Firth of Forth as part of Restoration For...
Restoration Forth has been making waves for marine restoration around the Firth of Forth! Thanks to the support of local volunteers, over 220,000 segrass seeds have been planted. The project...















