........for people and protaction designations, as explained by Warden Joe Parker to a Coastwise audience, most of whom have visited the island.

Joe is a keen ornithologist and bird ringer and joined the island team in May 2023 to head up the recently re-accredited Bird Observatory before being appointed as Head Warden in November. Before upping sticks to Lundy, Joe working at Birds of Poole Harbour for four years, coordinating the engagement and education programme while supporting flagship projects such as the South Coast Osprey Reintroduction Project.

.........for Amanda Gratton to see if her talk on "Appledore Women" was good enough for Coastwise members - it was !

Amanda, a volunteer at Appledore Museum, has researched its archives for the background of how local women survived in the past.

Fishing and maritime work was the major occupation of the men of Appledore until the 20th century, meaning they were away for long periods of time.

.....and with it, the Spring activities programme which can be downloaded here  (click on 'Read More' first)

Last year we found that a mix of talks and outdoor activities was popular, so this year starts with a visit to Ilfracombe RNLI Station.

Check the Programme carefully to make sure you know whether a talk is on Zoom, which gives us access to a wider variety of speaker and topic, or in the Library !