The Big Seaweed Search
Sat 09 Aug
|Beach at end of Hillfield Road, Selsey
The Big Seaweed Search is a joint project between the Marine Conservation Society and the Natural History Museum. The Big Seaweed Search asks volunteers to identify, photograph and record 14 key species of seaweed that can be found around the UK coastline. We'll be heading out to do our bit.
Time & Location
09 Aug 2025, 17:00 – 19:00
Beach at end of Hillfield Road, Selsey, Hillfield Rd, Selsey, Chichester PO20, UK
Guests
About the event
The Big Seaweed Search is a nationwide citizen science project that you can join in to survey our local rocky shore in Selsey. We’ll be gathering to look out for specific seaweeds found around our area and reporting back to this project. Monitoring their abundance and distribution alerts us to changes in sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and contribute to understanding of global climate change and its impact on marine life.
Di will be running the session with Justine as her helper and getting us organised. Please bring your phones if you can to record species and a pen and we'll provide the appropriate forms. The recording session will last 1 hour, but allow 2 hours and we'll be done in time to head up to the Green to listen to Sonic Soul!
Tips we've been given are:
Living seaweeds will be attached to a surface.…