Oyster Restoration in the UK: Restoring a Forgotten Ecosystem
Celine Gamble
22nd July 2021

Oysters are most commonly associated with a seafood restaurant on a plate, with a glass of champagne. However, our European native oyster provides us with a number of ecosystem services, such as cleaning our water and providing a home for other marine species. European native oysters have declined by over 95% over the past 150 years.

During this presentation Celine will explore native oyster restoration efforts in the UK. She will also introduce a new website which will have a citizen science section to help identify biodiversity around oyster nurseries with underwater footage.

Links from the talk:
- The Wild Oysters Project: https://wild-oysters.org/
- Native Oyster Network resources: https://nativeoysternetwork.org/resources/
- Wild Oyster Project on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wild_oysters

Oyster image (c) Paul Naylor, Marine Photo.

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All LNHS Virtual Natural History Talks will:
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Talks will cover a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to) ecology, identification, recording and conservation, and in a variety of groups including birds, mammals, flowering plants, fungi, bryophytes, reptiles and amphibians, and a range of invertebrate groups.