Above: Some plankton of the Irish sea – see how many you can identify! (Note the photos are not to the same scale). Photos BK from Knott End.

Most of the Irish sea is vertically mixed by waves and currents throughout the year, and has relatively little contact with the Atlantic. In addition, the waters in the Eastern Irish Sea, that lap our NW coastline, have been subject to massive human inputs, from industry, agriculture and major population centres. These factors have resulted in the development of a distinctly local flavour to the plankton population. This talk will attempt to show how plankton populations vary across the area in response to local conditions, using literature sources, and illustrated by our work at Knott End in the Wyre Estuary.

Date: Wednesday 11th March 2026
Time: 19:30 to 21:00
Location: Lancaster Maritime Museum
£4 donation to Lancashire MCS requested
Everybody Welcome

Poster: Plankton of the Irish Sea (231kB PDF)