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Louise Firth

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Marine ecologist at University College Cork ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Making space for nature ๐Ÿš Historical ecology ๐Ÿ“šLIMPETS โš ๏ธ Rewilding garden in West Cork ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿชฒ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿž

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Hi Jose. Yes. We definitely will. Iโ€™ll send you an email ๐Ÿ‘

22.10.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome Amanda Hsiung! Starting your new postdoc scoping out #saltmarsh sites for #Blueshores project. Amazing day! Castles ๐Ÿฐ, sunshine โ˜€๏ธ and even a rainbow ๐ŸŒˆ that ended in the beautiful marsh ๐ŸŒฑโ€ฆ. No sign of crock of gold thoughโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜” @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social

21.10.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MSc Marine Biology students getting the tour of the Living Seawalls in Cork. ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ . The resident pigeon kept a watchful eye at all times. ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ‘€ @livingseawalls.bsky.social @ucc.ie

20.10.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have seen the whale at the NHM bit I didnโ€™t realise it was found in Wexford. Thanks Trevor! ๐Ÿ‘

10.10.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Kennedy ancestral home is very close for sure ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ˜‚

07.10.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Always a pleasure to come across an #EcoEngineering info board! Nice work #Ecostructure team ๐Ÿ™Œ. Looks like your panels are functioning similarly to #LivingSeawalls in Plymouth - fucoid city! ๐ŸคŽ @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @livingseawalls.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social

07.10.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™ll like this! @limpetsovertime.bsky.social

07.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Possibly the most beautiful Sabellaria alveolata ๐Ÿชฑ reefs I have seen in Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Cullenstown beach, Co. Wexford. Just stunning ๐Ÿคฉ. Duncannon - you have some competition! ๐Ÿ’ช #Prograding @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social

07.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whale skull washed up on beach at #Bastardstown, Co. Wexford. ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŒŠ. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ #IWDG

07.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks ๐Ÿ™ Ben Rowson for inviting me to talk about #Limpets at Conchological Society meeting. ๐Ÿš๐ŸŒ๐ŸฆชInteractive props: bottle of #Shackleton whisky ๐Ÿฅƒ, #Belleek pottery (limpet design) , copy of The Silver Darlings ๐Ÿ“š, breast shells ๐Ÿคฑ, fridge magnet ๐Ÿงฒ & shell of largest limpet ever - Scutellastra mexicana

07.10.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t comment on each individuallyโ€ฆ whoa ๐Ÿ˜ง I love themโ€ฆ we should chat

06.10.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re totally right Helen. I would have loved it. Amazing stuff ๐Ÿคฉ. Love the creativity. You must have loved it yourself! ๐Ÿ™Œ

06.10.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rescued 100s of acorns from the driveway and threw them into the garden. ๐ŸŒฑ Maybe one or two might take root and grow into a fabulous oak tree someday ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ™. Come on Atlantic Rainforest ๐ŸŒณ

05.10.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So saddened by the passing of the extraordinary Manchรกn Magรกn. Your passion for language, folklore & Irish culture reignited ours too: your energy, your generosity, your brilliance were a gift to us all. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Your legacy will live on in every story told, every word revived. RIP Manchรกn ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’š

03.10.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last chance to apply for this postdoc! deadline 12pm tomorrow.

02.10.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

30.09.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Four days left to apply! @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

30.09.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Honeycomb worms ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ๐Ÿชฑthriving at #Streedagh strand #Sligo. Reefs forming refuge for green algae ๐ŸŒฟ from #Limpet grazing ๐Ÿš. The stunning Ben Bulben as dramatic backdrop ๐Ÿคฉ. @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @ucc.ie @benthicecol.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social

28.09.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The honeycomb worm ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ๐Ÿชฑ (Sabellaria alveolata) doing quite well at #Lisfannon beach on Lough Swilly #Donegal. Competing for space with #Limpets ๐Ÿš & invasive oysters ๐Ÿฆช #Magallana @npwsireland.bsky.social

27.09.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Limpets of the basalt columns of the #GiantsCauseway. ๐Ÿชจ๐ŸšAlways nice to see a spot of #epibiosis - green algae on the shells of Patella ulyssiponensis - we think itโ€™s a form of associational defence books.google.ie/books?hl=en&...

26.09.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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! ๐Ÿคฉ @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social

25.09.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Laura Airoldi & team ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น for hosting us and for facilitating productive scientific discussion to kick off Project #Blueshores - investigating nature based solutions #NBS to salt marsh erosion. ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒพ Bring it on ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ˜€ @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social

24.09.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Project #Blueshores fieldtrip to the salt marshes ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒพ of the #Venice lagoon. Scoping out sites for hybrid blue-green infrastructure #HBGI trials. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social

24.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Project Blueshores is go! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Kick off meeting at Uni Padua marine station, Chioggia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น is a beautiful location for meeting old &new friends โ˜บ๏ธ@amandahsiung.bsky.social
@benthicecol.bsky.social @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social

24.09.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

3 more days to apply for great postdoc opportunity on saltmarhses with amazing team NIOZ in the Netherlands @niozsearesearch.bsky.social

24.09.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is nothing about bioinformatics or geospatial in the job advert I am afraid

24.09.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Autumn colours on the rocky shore ๐Ÿงก๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚ #fucoids #seaweed #algae #feamainn

20.09.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great line up at #NanoNagle Place for #CultureNight Cork. UCCโ€™s wonderful Irene Nรญ Shรบilleabhรกin sharing her love of #birds ๐Ÿฆ… ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿชบ & #birdsong of Lee Fields. Screening of โ€˜Listen to the Fieldsโ€™ ๐Ÿฆข๐ŸŽถ by visual artists Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly. @ucc.ie #biodiversity #spokenword #music #poetry #film

20.09.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@livingseawalls.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie @stonelivinglab.bsky.social @daniel-lopez.bsky.social @fporri.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social

15.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ‘ค๐ŸŸ Open to EU & non-EU applicants ๐ŸŒŽ Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

15.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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