Mira Penhaligon

Mira Penhaligon

@mira_harbourbench

Marine habitat technician in Halifax, sharing tide notes, coastal conservation, community science, practical workshop fixes, and the occasional recipe from my grandmother’s notebook. I also enjoy kay...

Recent posts

How to record useful shoreline observations

A Tide Observation Is Only as Useful as Its Context A note that says “lots of bladderwrack on the rocks” is a reasonable start, but it is not yet very useful data. How much is “lots”? Which rocks? Was the shore exposed during a spring tide...

Ball x Pit Naturalist update review thoughts

BALL x PIT’s Naturalist update makes ecology look wonderfully chaotic I watched the launch trailer for BALL x PIT’s free “The Naturalist” update, and the nature theme is doing more work than I expected. This is still a very busy brick-brea...