🌏 Why was the #KelpSummit2025 so important?

Hear from some of our key speakers: Cat Wilding @thembauk.bsky.social, Erin Lawes (Environment Agency), @rodneyforster.bsky.social, @grockesibl.bsky.social & @pippajmoore.bsky.social
To view more from the Summit, visit the link in our bio.

Celebrating the #KelpSummit2025 🙌

@sussexkelp.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @sussex.ac.uk @sarahcunliffe.bsky.social

📸 Did you #TakeaKelpie at our #KelpSummit2025?

🩵 If you did, tag us and share the kelpie love! 💚

📸 Kai Hilton/Sussex Wildlife Trust

#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #zsl #queenmaryuniversityoflondon #bluemarinefoundation #bigwavetv #universityofbrighton #sussexunderwater #kelp #sussexkelp

Come for the inspirational talks about the recovery of Sussex kelp. Stay for the felt kelp head-dresses.

#KelpSummit2025 @sussexkelp

📸SWT comms team at Sussex Kelp Recovery Summit 2025 last week © Polly Kitson/Kai Hilton.

Day 2 of #KelpSummit2025 and workshops are underway to discuss and share expertise (& wish lists!) on kelp ecology & recovery.

The future’s looking promising 💚💙

#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #ucl #zsl #uniofsussex #queenmaryuniversityoflondon #bluemarinefoundation #sussexunderwater

Today the #KelpSummit2025 took place in Brighton. Having listened to the whole array of talks, I'll never look at the humble Kelp the same way again. A powerhouse of Biodiversity, a marine species we all know in abundance, but one facing an uncertain future. Check out: @sussexkelp.bsky.social

Gutted to be missing the #KelpSummit2025. Lovely to see the cover I did for Our Wild Sussex report used as a slide deck.

🎬 Saved the best for last? @sarahcunliffe.bsky.social presents @Big Wave Productions LTD & BBC film ‘Our Sea Forest’ to wrap up the day's presentations at
#KelpSummit2025

#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #sussex_ifca #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #OurSeaForest #BBC
@bigwavetv

🌊 The #KelpSummit2025 welcomes Lewis White from @sussexbay.bsky.social to present on levels of ocean literacy in Sussex.

#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #universityofsussex #oceanliteracy

🤿 Eric Smith & Catrine Priestley founders of Sussex Underwater provide a ‘Window beneath the waves’ at #KelpSummit2025.

#HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #sussex_ifca #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #windowbeneaththewaves

The #KelpSummit2025 is proud to welcome Ella Garrud to the stage to share @sussexwildlife.bsky.social efforts to empower coastal communities.

#SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre#bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #sussexunderwater #coastalcommunities #empowerment

🏊‍♀️ George Short from @sussexwildlife.bsky.social & @sussexkelp.bsky.social gives a BIG thank you to local ocean heroes and sea swimmers the Blue-footed Boobies at #KelpSummit2025.

#SussexKelp #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #sussexunderwater #oceanheroes #bluefootedboobies

Director of Conservation and Chair of @sussexkelp.bsky.social, Henri Brocklebank being filmed by reporters from BBC South East

BBC South East visited the #KelpSummit2025 today. Watch out for a report on this evening's 6.30pm news featuring our Director of Conservation and Chair of @sussexkelp.bsky.social, Henri Brocklebank. @henribrocklebank.bsky.social

#KelpSummit 2025 welcomes PhD student, @Madison Bowden-Parry at @University of Exeter presenting on past perspectives of Sussex kelp.

#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter

🌱 PhD student @Ethan Clark from @newcastleuni.bsky.social joins us on stage at #KelpSummit2025 discussing suitable sites for seaweed cultivation.

#SussexKelp #sussex_ifca #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #NewcastleUniversity #seaweedcultivation

🌱 #KelpSummit2025 next welcomes Cat Wilding, from @thembauk.bsky.social & PhD student at @newcastleuni.bsky.social who is addressing the feasibility and need for active kelp restoration in the UK.

#bluemarinefoundation #MarineBiologicalAssociation #NewcastleUniversity #activerestoration

🪸 Up next at #KelpSummit2025, Charlotte Johnson shares Natural England’s work on the marine restoration potential of kelp habitats.

#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #universityofbrighton #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust

🌍 The #KelpSummit2025 welcomes Prof. Rodney Forster from the @University of Hull to introduce the Great Yorkshire Kelp Project.

#sussex_ifca #universityofbrighton #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #GreatYorkshireKelpProject

Presenting at #KelpSummit2025, Ian Tittley from @nhm-london.bsky.social shares evidence of decline in kelp on south-east UK shores.

#SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #universityofsussex
#nhm #kelpdistribution

🔍 PhD student Marianne Glascott from @sussex.ac.uk analyses the ecotoxicology of kelp in Sussex at #KelpSummit2025.

#sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #universityofbrighton #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #kelpecotoxicology

🌊 Sam Fanshawe from @bluemarinef.bsky.social launches report 'UK Kelp Recovery: Barriers and Optimum Conditions' at #KelpSummit2025.

#sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #universityofbrighton #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #UKKelpRecovery

Fantastic #KelpSummit2025! The scale of the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project, quality of the work and breadth and passion of the partnership is truly inspirational
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexkelp.bsky.social

🔬 Prof @grockesibl.bsky.social Gröcke from @durhamuniversity.bsky.social discusses the role of nutrients in kelp ecosystems at #KelpSummit2025.

#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #sussex_ifca #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust#sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #DurhamUniversity #kelpecosystems

🐟 Matilda Longstaff from @UniversityofPlymouth shares multi-method monitoring of fish in kelp habitats in Plymouth Sound.

#KelpSummit2025 #SussexKelp #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #UniversityofPlymouth #PlymouthSound #fishhabitats

🐟 Matilda Longstaff from @UniversityofPlymouth shares multi-method monitoring of fish in kelp habitats in Plymouth Sound.

#KelpSummit2025 #SussexKelp #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #UniversityofPlymouth #PlymouthSound #fishhabitats

🌿Speaking next at #KelpSummit2025, Erin Lawes & Keith McGruer from the Environment Agency introduce their work monitoring England’s hidden forests.

#KelpSummit2025 #sussex_ifca #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #EnvironmentAgency #hiddenforests

🌊PhD student Claude Annels at @uniofbrighton.bsky.social and with support from @qmulsog.bsky.social, @qmul.ac.uk presents research on carbon storage in Sussex seabed at #KelpSummit2025.

#SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #universityofsussex

🦀 Presenting next at #KelpSummit2025 is @embulled.bsky.social from @bluemarinef.bsky.social working with fisherman to assess crab and lobster population in Sussex waters.

#KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust

🧪 The #KelpSummit2025 welcomes PhD student Alice Clark at @sussex.ac.uk to give an update of Biodiversity beyond the byelaw using environmental DNA and Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS).

#Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #universityofsussex

🔬 Next up on the stage at #KelpSummit2025 is Dr Chris Yesson from @zslofficial.bsky.social to give an overview of @sussexkelp.bsky.social research and monitoring program.

#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust