Largo Blue Space Festival

Since August 2023, we have been monitoring and collecting data on local biodiversity by identifying and recording species found on Largo's beach. So far, we have identified 200 flora and fauna. 

We run litter picks across Largo Bay from March to November, contributing data to the Marine Conservation Society's national research, helping build a picture of the most common coastal litter and influencing the policies that tackle it at source.

We kick off each season with a big coordinated pick across five key locations on the bay, then continue with regular picks at each site throughout the year.

These help keep our Bay clean, which benefits all of us, from seals to beach strollers to swimmers. They are also a lot of fun. You should come along! 

We are participants in “Show Us Your Mussels” with Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Shoreline. Our data comprises the sites surveyed within 4km of Largo Bay. 

We are part of the national Big Seaweed Search initiative and contribute to national data on seaweed distribution and environmental change. 

As active community partners, we are involved in Restoration Forth's Project Seagrass, aiming to restore seagrass beds and native oysters. 

We participate in citizen science water testing events and have contributed our local data to Earthwatch's Waterblitz report and map. 

We are involved in several ongoing projects with a focus on art. These include the Triptych Project (led by us), the national Beach of Dreams project, and Edinburgh Shoreline's 100 Species project.

We run three Science Saturdays in collaboration with the Largo library and community hub, a year-round series that coincides with the school terms, engages with the community, and focuses on marine and coastal learning.

Blister Pack  Recycling 

We collaborate with and serve as a water temperature monitoring site for the CCTBON study, which aims to investigate the link between water temperature and local biodiversity.