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…..except that we're not going rowing, but heading out on the first shore survey for a long time ! To get Coastwise members into the right frame of mind for Lee Bay on 27th April, Paula Ferris gave an expert

……..than London, as Coastwise's Jay Nicholson described the Shetland Isles to members as part of the summer talks series. Jay, a keen birder, wife and friends (being very patient while Jay photographed the birds) toured round the Shetland Isles. There's

…..but we aren't allowwed to have gatherings larger than 6 people yet, so Coastwise has assembled  a Summer Talks Programme to tide us over until we can get together in person again. Click here to download the Programme If you've

…..now, is the view of old friend of Coastwise, Dr Keith Hiscock. Keith is now an Associate Fellow of the Marine Biological Association, who is a native of Ilfracombe and although he now lives in Plymouth, still dives with the

…….no, not pizzas, but the principles of the 2010 DEFRA report on the environment "Making Space for Nature", or the Lawton Report (so called) , by a panel chaired by Sir John Lawton. Coastwise had the benefit of a talk

……to fish and crustaceans is an open book, which he shared shared with Coastwise members, to Dr Peter Henderson of the Pisces Consultancy, and a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University. He's been sampling the marine life at CEBG colling

…..well, it can be a major nuisance according to old friend of Coastwise, and now a PhD student at Aberystwyth, Cat Oliver. Excess nutrients in the shape of phosphates and nitrates from land runoff can support increasing amounts of weed,

Dr Andy Mackie, Honarary Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum of Wales, gave a beautifully illustrated talk on Bristle Worms in Coastwise's on-going programme of Zoom talks. Not many people in Coastwise are experts on Bristle worms or Polychaetous

Professor Stephen Hawkins gave an inspirational talk on Zoom on the subject of Rocky Shores as experimental test sites and climate change indicators. Having such an eminent scientist talking about his observations and experiments over the past 40 years is

……….is a very modest description of James and Fi Corfe's expeditions round New Zealand and down the west coast of Chile to Cape Horn. Both these trips were undertaken in sophisticated sea kayaks, carrying all their gear for up to