Sub-tidal

Local heroes - Robbie Campbell, Lily Scott and Charlie Beaton have spend the past two weeks working alongside academic staff, researchers and undergraduate students as part of the Muir Is Tir project - their objective to map seagrass habitats around the Castlebay area. Here, our wonderful partners outline what the summer internship experiences have meant to them. Robbie explained: "While learning about seagrass and realizing how much of it we have around Barra, I was also abl

In the autumn of 2025, the Scottish Government launched the Draft Marine and Coastal Restoration Plan, the nation’s first strategic framework dedicated specifically to the active restoration of marine habitats. This plan is designed to move Scotland beyond conservation and toward active restoration of habitats like seagrass meadows, native oyster reefs, and salt marshes to combat the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Muir Is Tìr was pleased to host a publi