Falcon Spirit is a 14m research vessel owned and operated by Plymouth University, we are mainly engaged in teaching, research and commercial marine activities.
Plymouth
Joined April 2013
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Back in the West Country, working out of Plymouth with students taking the @OceanEarthUoS Advanced Oceanography Fieldwork module. The onboard labs were briefly empty this afternoon, with everyone out on deck enjoying the sunshine.
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Great ROV session with the Marine Biology and Oceanography students this morning, surveying pollack, wrasse and lobster populations amongst new spring growth of infralittoral #kelp forests off Plymouth @RVFalconSpirit @PlymUni
A welcome break from the rain, so a productive morning filming in Cawsand Bay with @Raymarine
@PlymUni @oceansciencetec @PlymSoundNMP
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We were also on Radio 4 Farming Today show this morning - first story 20 seconds in.... bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdk…
Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the Devon and Dorset coast are this month beginning the tagging work that will help them assess the impact of offshore aquaculture on the general health of the ocean.
🦞plymouth.ac.uk/news/lobster-…
ALT A lobster on the sea floor
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Yr2 Marine Biologists @PlymUni spent all week at our dockside marine station & out on the water @PlymSoundNMP, getting end-to-end experience of scientific investigation. V. grateful for FANTASTIC marine-research-teaching ecosystem here #marineresplym @MBERC_PlyUni .
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We're delivering a scientific diving programme to students with a background in biology, marine biology or marine sciences.
Learn the skills needed to be a professional scientific diver on the only masters level scientific diving programme in the world.
plymouth.ac.uk/courses/postg…
ALT A scientific scuba diver working underwater
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We are hiring! If you have technical marine survey skills🪛🔧 & you'd like to join our multidisciplinary vessels team, then we'd love to hear from you!
mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/sea-goin…
@thembauk @CPRSurvey @MBAEcology @marineresplym
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Congratulations to Harbour Operative Emma, who has recently passed her Apprenticeship with a Distinction. “I’d recommend an #apprenticeship in the #maritime industry to anyone! No two days are the same – there’s always something different to do!” plymouthport.org.uk/congratu…
#NAW2024
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The harbour team provided assistance this morning to a vessel that had sunk on a local marina mooring - all resolved and vessel safely recovered ashore with no pollution….
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🚨 Job Alert! Calling global Marine Ecologists! Last few days to apply to join Marine Biology @PlymUni! Come and join a cracking team - deadline 4th December! hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tl…
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Excellent week of discussions and paper writing and getting to know each other with @ICES_ASC #ICESWGMPA hosted by @PlymUni @aMER_MarineRes Marine Station. Thanks to our School #SoBMS for supporting.
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Survey week on the Living Seawall in Plymouth! First sightings of limpets and dogwhelks making themselves comfortable, and look at all that algae! @LivingSeawalls @ouronlyw0rld @NERCscience @reclaim_network @ARIES_DTP @NMAPlymouth @Arup @PlymSoundNMP @visitplymouth
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Marine Scientists in #ICESWGMPA @ICES_ASC from Canada, Sweden, Norway, France, Ireland, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Spain (and more) are gathering in Plymouth to discuss #MPA challenges and solutions for ambitious sustainable management @PlymUni 🦞🦞🦞
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⚠️ Several severe weather warnings have been issued and updated ahead of #StormCiarán due to arrive on Wednesday night.
Here's a summary:
🟠 An Amber warning for WIND covers Southwest England from Thursday 0300 until 1100
🟠 An Amber warning for WIND covers Southeast England from Thursday 0600 until 1700
⚠️A Yellow warning for WIND covers South Wales and southern England from today 2100 until Thursday 2359
⚠️ A Yellow warning for RAIN covers southern & western England and Wales from today 1800 until Thursday 2359
⚠️A Yellow warning for RAIN covers northeast England and eastern Scotland from Thursday 0600 until Friday 0600
❌A Yellow warning for RAIN covering Northern Ireland that was out for Thursday now cancelled
For further details 👇
metoffice.gov.uk/weather/war…
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We’re thrilled to announce that Secrets of the Aquarium will air on BBC Two at 8.00PM from Tuesday the 14th of November!
To find out more about the show and keep up to date with all announcements, head to over to our website!
bit.ly/BBC-SOTA
#SecretsOfTheAquarium
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Ahead of this week’s British Fireworks Championships the Statutory Harbour Authorities in #Plymouth are reminding vessels owners, masters and crew of the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order (2020) Schedule 1 Part 1 Point 8, which regulates the Port of Plymouth
plymouthport.org.uk/plymouth…
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Fantastic day hunting for seagrass on University of Plymouth @RVFalconSpirit with @geoacoustics subbottom profiler @oceansciencetec @MalloryRHaas @MarineSciPlym
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Out with @PlymUniResearch @PlymUniMI @PlymUni on @RVFalconSpirit trialing how best to use sub-bottom profiler when looking at #SeaGrass with Grad Hydro students