Shore Safari Guided Tours

Coastwise is offering a series of Shore Safaris this summer. These are guided tours of the rocky seashore accompanied by knowledgeable Coastwise members and will enable participants to get an insight into the exciting world of the rock pool.

North Devon has wonderful beaches which provide lots of different places for a bewildering variety of animals to live.  Intriguing, beautiful and educational by turn, these creatures excite the interest of visitors keen to know more, but there are few local opportunities to learn.  Coastwise members have developed their own knowledge with a series of professionally-run training activities so that they can pass this on to others, which were funded by the AONB’s Sustainable Development Fund.

We are offering three 2 hour shore safaris at Barricane Beach, Woolacombe, one of the most beautiful locations. We will also be participating in the Discovery Day being organised by Combe Martin Museum and the AONB. We may add events to the list below as the summer unfolds.

Barricane and the nearby rocky shores offer plenty of accessible rock-pools and gullies rich in life. See how many different anemones you can find. Look out for extraordinary sea hares come ashore to mate and lay their eggs. Search out the starfish quietly breaking its way into a mussel by sheer power, and scour the rocks for cowries feeding amidst the turf of plants and animals that supports a mass of sea snails, barnacles, crabs and small fish. And always keep a look-out for the unexpected, the shore is full of surprises. Come prepared to walk over sand and slippery rocks, and you may get wet!

Scheduled Events: timed for low tide at Barricane, meet on the beach: