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🦞 Raising & releasing baby lobsters to help conserve fragile stocks. Marine Conservation Research & Education Charity 🦞

Monday fun! Today we thought we'd introduce you t

Monday fun!

Today we thought we'd introduce you to a very pretty yet unassuming coastal creature that you might find when out and about! These little snails might not look like much - but they're actually incredibly cute marine gastropods called Flat Periwinkles!

What we think is amazing about these little ones is how different the same species can look! Check out the amazing colours, from dark chequered brown, all the way to bright greens and yellows!

Have you ever spotted a Flat-periwinkle?! Have a look on seaweeds and let us know what you find! 😁🐌

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#FossilFriday! We have such a rad collection of fo

#FossilFriday! We have such a rad collection of fossils on show at the hatchery at the moment, courtesy of the wonderful @MCRMuseum!

Today's fossil is a beautiful Eurypternus nanus - a type of sea scorpion! This beauty was found in Sweden. The genus was thought to have existed in the Ordovician Period (about 488 million years ago) and became extinct at the end of the Permian Period (about 251 million years ago)! Pretty impressive! It's also thought that the scorpions we know today derived from these little critters!

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WOW! 🦞What a day it has been for us here at the

WOW! 🦞What a day it has been for us here at the NLH! Members of our team have spent the last few months putting together the 6th annual European Lobsters Center of Excellence Conference, and today we hosted it right here in Padstow!

Around 30 Lobster experts have all come together to share their lobster expertise and research! It's been such an incredible and fascinating day and we have all learnt so much from each other! We can't wait for the future of our European Lobsters! It's certainly an exciting one! 🦞😁

An extra little shout out for the fabulous @PadstowHarbourHotel for hosting us and providing the most delicious goodies!

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Nothing like a fun little fact on a Wednesday to k

Nothing like a fun little fact on a Wednesday to keep you amused!

Did you know here at the hatchery we are also home to other incredible native marine creatures - just like these Common Blennies!

Common Blenny are incredible intertidal fish that live on our rocky shores! They can actually stay out of water for up to 6 hours (as long as they're in a damp space!) and they also have amazing teeth that can prise limpets off of rocks! 😁

We love them for their cute faces - look at that smile 😍

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Monday Morning Cuteness for you! 😁🥰🦞 #c

Monday Morning Cuteness for you! 😁🥰🦞

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WOW just WOW!!! A few weeks ago an incredible fund

WOW just WOW!!! A few weeks ago an incredible fundraiser took place in our honor! We are thankful beyond words and can't quite believe it; as an incredible £20,400 was raised to go towards helping our lobsters! 😮🦞

This really is going to make the biggest difference to our hatchery and charitable outputs and we honestly can't thank everyone who attended and donated enough! The generosity has left us speechless, especially after the tough few years we have all faced!

We want to say a HUGE thank you to Charles Thompson and Sally Strahan for arranging and hosting the event - their hard work and dedication to put it together was just overwhelming to see. A massive thank to @trevosegc for providing the most stunning venue, to Henk from @halfwayhouseinnchefhenk for donating the delicious steaks, and to the wonderful @robwing1955 @thecornishfishmonger for donating the fish! We also want to say an enormous thank you to @the_pig_hotels for hosting the most elegant champagne reception!

Finally, of course, the most wonderful and largest thank you to everyone who donated prizes (See our 3rd photo!) and of course, to everyone who donated!! We really are speechless and keep having to ‘pincer’ ourselves as we can't quite believe how fortunate we are to have received such a significant boost to our charitable mission 😁🦞☺🥳 🦞❤️

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