Exhausted - and in some cases dead - Atlantic puffins have been washing up around the coastline recently. This surge follows recent storms which have left puffins weak, underweight and unable to feed after being battered by the weather. Atlantic puffins normally come ashore in spring to breed, spending the rest of the year out at sea, meaning they're fully exposed to harsh winter storms and rough conditions.

Atlantic Puffins Washing Up Around the UK
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If you find a puffin:

✍Log your sighting on iNaturalist - uk.inaturalist.org

🤳If the bird is alive, contact a local veterinary practice who will be able to advise you.

#iNaturalistUK #DASSH @inaturalist.bsky.social

🌊 New datasets on the DASSH Mapper! 🌿

• 2005 Total E&P – Rig Site Survey (UKCS 53/3c)
• 2006 Shell UK – Pipeline/Umbilical Route Infill Survey (21/25)
• 1981 SEPA – Irvine & Ayr Bay Grab Survey
• 2001 EA – Deben Estuary Intertidal Survey

Explore here 🔗 buff.ly/dZOqawL

#DASSH #MarineData

🎉 After celebrating DASSH’s 20th birthday, we thought it was time for a little shameless sharing… 😇

So here are a few testimonials that truly warmed our hearts. 💛✨

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the journey!

@thembauk.bsky.social #DASSH #MarineData

🌊🐟 Sea Spectacles returns! 🪼🫧

This month’s star: the St Piran’s Crab (Clibanarius erythropus) ✨

In 2016, BBC Springwatch held a contest to name this species — the winner was “St Piran’s Crab,” inspired by Cornwall’s sea-surviving patron saint.

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🌟 New datasets on the DASSH Mapper! 🌟

Now available to explore:
🪱 2020 & 2023 DAERA Sediment Infauna
🐠 2023 Seasearch ReMEDIES (Hampshire & IoW)
🪸 2024 Seasearch Sussex
🌱 2024 Great Seagrass Survey

🔗 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

#DASSH #MarineData @thembauk.bsky.social

📹 DASSHcam Diaries 🎬

Chloe and Julie attended the 3rd DTO-BioFlow General Assembly in Ostrava, Czech Republic! 🌍

Exciting progress was made toward building a Digital Twin of the Ocean - a virtual model that will help predict how marine life responds to pressures.

#MarineData #DTOBioFlow #DASSH

It's not every day that RRS Sir David Attenborough (aka the legendary Boaty McBoatFace) cruises past the office 👀🚢

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📊 New marine datasets now on the DASSH Mapper!

🆕 Includes:
• 2013 MBA Crassostrea gigas survey
• 2022 Seasearch ReMEDIES (Hampshire & IoW)
• 2023 WMU Macrophyte Survey
• 2024 NRW Non-native Species Records

🔗 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

#DASSH #MarineData @thembauk.bsky.social

📢 New datasets now live on the DASSH Mapper!

🗂️ Including:
• 1882 RV Travailleur (NE Atlantic)
• 1996 Jennycliff & Batten Bay survey
• 2012 MBA Cawsand Bioblitz
• 2021–24 Berwickshire intertidal surveys

🔗 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

#DASSH #MarineData @thembauk.bsky.social

🌊 🐟 Welcome back to Sea Spectacles! 🪼 🫧

This month’s star is the mauve stinger - a glowing jellyfish with long, stinging tentacles! 🪼 Its vibrant bell is covered in tiny cells that deliver a powerful sting. ✨

@thembauk.bsky.social #DASSH #SeaSpectacles #MauveStinger

👀 Seen a slipper lobster? 🦞 Let us know!

The small but distinctive Scyllarus arctus is rarely spotted in UK waters, and every sighting helps build a better picture of its range.

📍 If you’ve seen one, send a photo, and details of the sighting to dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

📷 Sean M Dixon #DASSH

🚨 Invasive Alert: Mitten Crabs 🦀⚠️

They may look cute with their furry claws, but these East Asian crabs are invading new waters and harming native ecosystems. If you see one, report it!

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/WH3JRMt

📷 Mark Rowley #DASSH #MarineData #MittenCrab @thembauk.bsky.social

🌊 New marine biodiversity data just dropped on the DASSH mapper! 🐚

🔹 2022 MBA Mount Batten Bioblitz
🔹 First UK sighting of Berghia coerulescens
🔹 2022–2024 UK oyster aquaculture sediment surveys

🔗 Dive in: www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

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📷 Ellen Jones

🌊 New marine biodiversity data! 🦀🐟🌿

Now live on the DASSH mapper:
🔹 2016–21 MBA Europe Crab Watch
🔹 2024 FISP/NEIFCA Habitat Video Tow
🔹 2023 Seasearch North Wales
🔹 2022-24 FISP Oyster Aquaculture Sites Mumbles

🔍 Dive into the data 👉 buff.ly/kc0voI0

@thembauk.bsky.social #MarineData #DASSH

🦈 Shark Awareness Day 🦈 Let's change the way we view sharks! Often misunderstood, they're vital for healthy oceans. With 1,000 species of sharks, skates, and rays, they're diverse and fascinating.

Learn more at The Shark Trust 👉 www.sharktrust.org

#SharkAwarenessDay #MarineSpecies #DASSH

DASSH - DASSH Mapper : Retrieve Data : Data : Home Use the map tools to create a bounding box to query with...

🤖 AI is part of daily life, but it’s not flawless. Errors happen when sources aren’t reliable. That’s why trusted data matters. At DASSH, we archive high-quality data from marine research to help you verify and fact-check.

🔍 Trust the source 👉 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

#DASSH #MarineData

🫧🦪 New Dataset Published! 🦪🫧

We've just published a dataset from a sediment sampling survey examining ecosystem benefits of UK oyster aquaculture sites in Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

Explore the dataset here ➡️ buff.ly/k0ojquD

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🐚🦐 New Dataset Published 🐚🦐

We’ve just published a dataset from a seabed survey that studied changes in contaminants and macrofaunal species assemblages before the Harding-Devenick pipeline installation.

👀 Explore the full data here 👉 buff.ly/wUYBqGc

@thembauk.bsky.social #DASSH #MarineData

🦭 New dataset alert! 🦭

Check out the 1974 survey of grey seal populations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - a rare glimpse into the past for marine conservation.

Explore here 👉 buff.ly/4JtdYuF

@thembauk.bsky.social #DASSH #MarineData

📷: Ellen Jones

MBA/DASSH Data Catalogue - 2022-2024 FISP: Ecosystem Benefits of UK Oyster Aquaculture Sites Lindisfarne Underwater Imagery Survey DOI Maintainer:Thomas Lanstone

✨ We’ve just published the 2022-2024 FISP: Ecosystem Benefits of UK Oyster Aquaculture Sites Lindisfarne Underwater Imagery Survey dataset! ✨

👀 Explore the full dataset here 👉 buff.ly/3K4JoAq

@thembauk.bsky.social #DASSH #MarineData

Last week, Data Manager Chloe attended the EMODnet Biology Annual Meeting in Carthage, Tunisia. EMODnet provides free access to data on marine species from European seas. 🐟🌊

You can find out more about EMODnet Biology here 👀👉 emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/biology.

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✨🔦 Species Snapshot: Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) 🐙

With its coiled posture and remarkable flexibility, this intelligent cephalopod excels at adapting to rocky habitats, blending seamlessly with its surroundings.

Explore 1,200+ records at DASSH 👉 dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper

#DASSH #MarineData

Carrying on with our “Meet the Team” series, next up we have Chloe! 👋😀

Chloe is the DASSH Data Manager, overseeing the archiving and publication of data in standardised formats to ensure it’s discoverable, openly accessible, and reusable by the scientific community. 👀👩‍🔬

#DASSH #MBA #MarineData

Carrying on with our “Meet the Team” series, next up we have Julie who Senior Data Officer. Julie is responsible for signing off marine biodiversity datasets ensuring they are of the highest quality, representing DASSH at events, and supporting citizen science projects. 👋 😀
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This is our new series of “Meet the Team” posts, where we introduce DASSH team members. First up, we have Dan who is Head of Data, Information and Technology. Dan coordinates DASSH and OBIS-UK, representing good data management practices on UK, European and Global groups. 👋 😀
#DASSH #MarineData