Welcome to Coastwise North Devon

Look below and around the website for Coastwise activities in North Devon which has some of the most spectacular and varied coastal scenery in the country and wonderful seascapes. The coastal and marine life is amongst the richest in the country.

Wild and unspoiled places are interspersed by coastal communities and popular resorts where livelihoods owe much to the coast and sea.

It is the aim of Coastwise, an independent community initiative, to increase understanding of the coast, its wildlife, and its importance to North Devon in the past, present and the future. We do this through sharing knowledge, undertaking conservation activities and projects, and addressing current issues.

There’s lots more, including all the latest pics on Facebook:  Link – https://www.facebook.com/groups/563739230330790/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Talks Blogs, some with YouTube links to watch any you missed

  • Wistlandpound Annual Great Muddle…….
    ….is definitely not what the Coastwise AGM was ! The meeting covered the AGM and four member's short talks on Wistlandpound Reservoir birds, the INNSHORE survey programme, the Eurasian Shrew and some of the marine…
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  • 1 Screenshot 2023-12-09 103650 Techies Target Trawlers……
    ……but not just fishing trawlers. Rob Enever of Fishtek marine gave Coastwise members a hugely encouraging account of how Fishtek is designing and producing technology to combat and reduce the vast amount of distressing bycatch…
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  • Screenshot 1 Frozen……
      (See below for YouTube video of the talk) …..no, not the Disney media franchise, but Coastwise speaker Nadia Frontier when scuba diving in the Antarctic Ocean. Nadia is a marine biology graduate whose CV…
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  • 8 Screenshot 2023-11-18 090958_749 Understanding MARINELife…………
    ……which is run by a passionate team of conservationists, including Director of Research Tom Brereton who, as well as this role, is also Visiting Professor in Conservation Science at the University of Nottingham and Associated…
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  • The Process of Farming…..
    ……but offshore, using wind, was the topic that Laura Gatdula, an independant environmental consultant working in the field, covered in her talk to Coastwise members. She was careful to point out that her expertise lies…
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  • Coral 1 More work to do around our Devon Coasts…..
    …..as Coral Smith, from the DWT, showed Coastwise members during her talk pulling together data from three groups of marine surveyors. Shoresearch methodologies have been followed by Coastwise, the DWT and Shores of South Devon,…
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