The SeaHive has been carefully designed to provide shelter for marine life. Its nooks and crevices offer a safe place for fish, crabs,shrimp and other creatures to hide from predators, feed and grow. Even better, David has used circular design by using tubes made from recycled ghost fishing nets, turning marine waste into valuable wildlife habitat.

I'm amazed by the diversity of marine life in Falmouth Harbour. From colourful sea slugs clinging to kelp to seagrass meadows, maerlbeds, seals, cuttlefish and shoals of fish, our harbour supports a huge range of species. Yet much of this wildlife goes unnoticed because it exists just beneath the surface.

The SeaHive is a wonderful reminder that even relatively small actions can make a real difference. Just as bug hotels and bird boxes have become familiar features in our gardens, carefully placed habitat structures can help support biodiversity beneath the sea.

I'd highly recommend visiting the National Maritime Museum Cornwall to see the SeaHive for yourself and I'd love to see more installed beneath Falmouth Harbour's pontoons, providing both a refuge for marine life and a way of connecting people with the hidden world beneath our waters.

Could you help create a new home for marine life? Falmouth Harbour is exploring opportunities to install a SeaHive beneath our pontoons. If you're a local business interested in sponsoring this exciting project, we'd love to hear from you and help create another home for nature in our harbour.

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