Members of the Studland Bay Marine Partnership’s Research & Monitoring Group are leading an engaging underwater learning journey through a series of free one-hour evening online talks.
These sessions provide a great introduction for anyone interested in marine biology or the science behind the project, where you can find out more about the work of the academic institutions and organisations that use Studland as their natural laboratory.
Explore recordings from previous talks below. Watch this space for more talks coming later in the year.
Dr Ken Collins, University of Southampton
Studland Ocean Meadows – the science beneath the surface. Talk by Dr Ken Collins, our monitoring lead, University of Southampton from the 18 June 2025.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Talk by the Marine Management Organisation, Jessica Churchill-Bissett, Head of Marine Conservation and Rachel-Louisa Joyce, Principal Marine Conservation Manager of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) from the 12 November 2025. Together they explained why and how the MMO work with the SBMP as well as looking at the wider marine based work of the MMO.
The Secret Life of Seahorses, Neil Garrick-Maidment
Neil Garrick-Maidment, Executive Director and Founder of The Seahorse Trust took us on a journey of understanding Studland’s amazing little ‘horses of the sea’, the seahorses from the 4 February 2026
Natural England Marine Conservation Zone condition assessment
Ellie James, Marine Lead Advisor in the Wessex Coast and Seas Team and Maxine Chavner, Senior Marine & Coastal Officer from Natural England. This talk focussed on the condition assessment and importance of the marine habitat within the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) and Voluntary No Anchor Zone (VNAZ) from the 22 April 2026.