The event showed promising signs for coastal restoration in the waters surrounding the Isle of Skye The Isle of Skye community has joined forces with Talisker Distillery and marine habitat restoration charity, Seawilding, in its first annual community oyster count. Together, the partner groups uncovered promising levels of native oysters in local waters - an encouraging sign for the island’s marine ecosystems. With 95% of native oyster reefs lost over the last century and s

Loch Craignish, Argyll, 4th November 2025: Seawilding, Scotland’s first community-based marine habitat restoration charity has achieved a major breakthrough in seagrass (Zostera marina) restoration. Using an innovative technique that translocates seagrass shoots instead of planting seeds, the project has achieved a remarkable increase in seabed coverage - from 10% to 70% in just 15 months - with an impressive 97% survival rate. Seagrass is the ocean’s only flowering plant a

Over the summer of 2023 volunteers from across the UK recorded 185 hectares of unmapped seagrass meadows in shallow UK coastal waters, in a new annual survey which aims to encourage restoration of the ocean's only flowering plant and the rich ecosystems it supports. The Great Seagrass Survey, the first of its kind in the UK, is a collaboration between Scottish charity, Seawilding and the British Sub Aqua Club. During its inaugural event in May 2023, a team of volunteers scu

Holyrood’s Climate Action Awards, presented by Dougie Vipond, celebrated Scotland’s climate champions at an awards ceremony on 8th...

Bushcraft and survival expert, Ray Mears, has honoured CEO and founder of Seawilding, Danny Renton, with the Environment award in the...

Seawilding was honoured to have won the Coast and Waters category at the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards 2022, and proud to be part of the...

Seawilding has partnered with BSAC (British Sub-Aqua Club) to offer BSAC members and their families the chance to help champion the...

If you're keen to learn about how to survey, harvest, process, and plant this carbon sequestering, biodiversity enhancing wonder plant,...

Community-led marine habit restoration powering ahead! The very first of many seagrass seeds to be planted in the next few weeks....

This weekend our community-led Seagrass restoration got well underway. Snorkelers, divers and volunteers worked together to collect...