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Sam Andrews @oceanoculus.com · 14/10/2025

My friend has an unhealthy obsession with ocean life I told her to sea kelp #TerribleJokes

Illustration of kelp with the words "My friend has an unhealthy obsession with ocean life
I told her to sea kelp"

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Reef Conservation UK (RCUK) @reefconservationuk.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🪸 Announcing RCUK 2025 events! 🪸 📅Fri December 5th 2025 - workshops @ 1pm 📅Sat December 6th 2025 - main conference 📅Sun December 7th 2025 - optional Sunday excursion (details coming soon). 🎟️ Tickets go live early October! 🖊️ Join our mailing list to keep posted with updates: lnkd.in/egznKHVt

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Reef Conservation UK (RCUK) @reefconservationuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🚨 Abstract submissions for Reef Conservation UK 2025 are now OPEN! 🚨 We’re inviting abstracts for: 📊 Presentations (12 minutes) ⚡ Speed Talks (5 minutes) 📜 Posters 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 12th September 2025 🔗 lnkd.in/e3maGC3q 💙 Stay connected with us here or on LinkedIn shorturl.at/gfWW9

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis this morning so after a few minor edits (corrections) you can all call me Dr. Taylor 😁

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Took my new camera lens out for a play. Definitely need to work on my focus of the sky flap flaps!! Did get a very good picture of my little munchkin though 🥰

A small white dog wearing a blue harness is running at the camera along a path. His brown ears are pricked forward and his front 2 legs are off the ground like he is leaping.

A white bird which is out of focus is flying over the top of a river.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Saw my first ever pygmy seahorse this morning. It’s been 12 hours and I’m still buzzing! 😁 They are so incredibly tiny. I can totally understand how it took so long to discover they exist!

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Day 1 diving in the #philippines and I have already seen a flamboyant #cuttlefish, #seasnake, #Nemo and all his friends, #mantisshrimp, mimic #octopus, and an ornate ghost #pipefish!!!! Bring on days 2-10! 😁

A dark ornate ghost pipefish with white markings on a blue background. There are some white soft corals in the background.

2 clownfish (orange, white and a little black stripe) sitting above a dark anemone.

White/cream nudibranch with orange spots on a green background.

A multicoloured mantis shrimp on a brown sand base.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Puppies decided that it was time to get up so a sunrise walk in a frosty forest it is for a Wednesday morning. #sunrise #nature #scotland #wintersunrise

An orange sunrise on the horizon with tall pine tree silhouettes to the sides.

A pine forest with an orange hue behind. There is a large rock in the foreground and a path leading into the forest.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Does anyone else really like looking up at falling snow? #winter #snow #scotland

Look up at the sky of falling snow. Sky is dark grey and the snow is dark shadows.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

He already had half my bed. Now he wants all of it 🤣

A brown and white dog lays in the middle of a king size bed on top of a blue duvet. He is looking at the camera.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Some days I need to remind myself that I really do love my boys! Today was one of those days. #StormEowyn #winterstorm #windy

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ICRS-SECC @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hello all Coral Enthusiasts! 🪸 Here is to a productive 2025 ahead! 🎉 We are thrilled to now be on Bluesky 💙 Stay tuned for exciting news! 🌊

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The snow has now melted but the gorgeous #sunrises have remained! I have said it before and I will say it again…I live in an absolutely beautiful place. We are so lucky in #Scotland that access to our wildness is free to everyone 😁 #winter #snow #wintermornings #wintersunrise

An orange and yellow sky backs silhouettes of trees with snow in the ground

Orange/punk/red sky behind silhouette trees with snow covering the ground.

Orange/red sky is behind a tall pine tree silhouette with snow covering the ground.

A bright orange sky is behind a row of pine and deciduous trees. A stubble field is in the foreground.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Planning my #PhDone celebration trip. I am heading the The #Galapagos and #Ecuador in August/September. Doing a liveaboard up to Wolf and Darwin islands for the #sharks, #whalesharks, #rays. I want to spend a few days over in the Ecuadorean Amazon. What else is a must do? Picture of snow just cause!

A single snow covered tree on ground covered in snow. In the background is multiple pine trees all with snow on them. The sky and snow have a blue hue to them.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I admit I am biased. But holy moly I live in an absolutely gorgeous place! #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #winter #snow #sunrise

Two trees with no leaves reflected in a calm river. Behind the trees is the sunrise with the orange reflected in the river too. Both banks of the river are covered in snow.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Different sharks? Or the same sharks? 🦈

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

It might be cold but it is beautiful up here in #Scotland just now! But the littlest puppy needs a #snowplough attachment so he can make it through 🤣 #winter #scotlandsnow #snow #scotlandwinter

Snow covered trees lead down to a snow covered bridge. The ground is covered in snow too.

Snow covered brush in the foreground with dark trees behind. The sky is orange/yellow.

Dark tree trunks covered with snow. The ground is fully covered with snow too.

A small dog wearing a purple jumper is buried in snow up to above the top of his legs. He is wearing a slightly confused expression and has his head tilted to one side. Behind him is a couple trees, fences and the edge of a house.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Christmas 2024. Spent in Michigan in the snow.

A golden retriever and a corgi-Aussie Shepard mix sitting on a wooden floor. Behind them is a lit Christmas tree with a pile of coloured presents underneath.

An arrangement of food on platters. Turkey, stuffing and pigs in blankets are on a turquoise plate. Roast potatoes, leeks, broccoli, carrots, gravy and Yorkshire puddings are also on the kitchen island.

A cake shaped like a tree trunk. The top of the cake is cream butter icing with melting chocolate in rings. The edge is chocolate butter icing with Flakes stuck in. The base is green icing and there is a fence made of chocolate finger biscuits on the front with white icing for snow on top. Around the cake are decorative icing shapes - robins, mistletoe, and poinsettias. There is also 3 peppermint bark snowmen standing next to the tree trunk. In the background there are 3 mini fake Christmas trees.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I think the universe is trying to tell me something! My #duolingo sentence telling me I need to write more. #phdthesis #phdwriting

A screenshot of Duolingo with Spanish “Usted necesita escribir mas” and the English translation “You need to write more”

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

You look great! Congrats on the first poster 😁

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I don’t mind the cold mornings when our walks look like this! #scotland #winter #sunrise #redsky

A picture of a frozen patch of water in the forest with red/orange clouds in the sky and tree silhouettes.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Tell me you are visiting family abroad who haven’t been to the U.K. in years for Christmas, without telling me 🤣 It’s a good thing I don’t have many clothes to pack 🧳

A suitcase full of wrapped presents, super noodles, Hovis crackers, a Terrys chocolate orange, stock cubes and pasta packets.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Another fantastic year at #RCUK2024 talking all things reef! Already looking forward to next year. If you wanna help organise it by joining the committee, let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Following the current Bsky trend: Advertise your account with just one image. 🦀 🐠 🦑 🐟 🦈 🪼🐙 🦐 🐡 🧬 🪸 Coral rubble. Is it just a pile of dead coral skeletons?

Coral rubble (dead coral skeletons) in the foreground with a few hard and soft corals on rock ledges.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Body: we are too old for the top bunk in a youth hostel. Wallet: it’s this or the bench outside in the rain! #studentlife #phdlife #savemoneyfordiving

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Here's a juvenile whale shark--just a 17-foot-long baby--shaking off some pesky fishies. #MarineLife

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I use Stork. It isn’t exhaustive and some papers it suggests are not relevant, but you can select key words that you want to be notified about and then it emails you links to the new papers.

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hey 👋🏼 everyone. I’m Michelle, a Ph.D. researcher studying coral rubble, underwater photographer, and dog mum of 2. Currently based in Scotland, but with plenty fieldwork in the Caribbean. 🐠 🪸 🐡

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Michelle Taylor @seebeneaththesea.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I’m Michelle. Ph.D. researcher studying coral rubble. Hoping to change everyone’s mind that coral rubble isn’t just dead coral but something really cool! 🪸🐠 Currently based in Scotland so spend a lot of time photographing the awesome inverts of our lochs!

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