……………..do they ? Well, the answer is “yes”, as Paula Ferris took Coastwise members through a selection of her video clips of marine life through a microscope. The enlarged view and video record shows behaviour such as feeding and reproduction
…….is tough and varied, as told to Coastwise members by John Balls, a local fisherman who sails out of Clovelly and is the chairman of the North Devon Fisherman’s association.. John has had a varied marine life, having held a
….but not quite like that ! Orlando Venn of the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust educated Coastwise members about the benefits of wetlands, either by inundation with tidal seawater, or freshwater. The WWT was set up by Peter Scott at Slimbridge,
…….at the Maritime Museum. Coastwise members had the run of the museum after it closed for the winter, and were able to fully explore the rich material on shipbuilding, seafaring and all aspects of maritime life. Volunteer archivist Martin Corfe
……………is what Rob Durrant has called his film about Lundy. Rob, an old friend of Coastwise, is an amateur film maker, but has produced a professional product which he introduced to very interested Coastwise members, and talked about how it
…….with National Landscapes (AONB as was) is a project to get us out to see, learn about and record the wildlife. A team from NL explained all to Coastwise members, and they were preaching to the converted, as Coastwise is
For the first Library meeting of the Autumn Programme, Adrian Bryant introduced this fim to Coastwise members; it encapsulates the issue for which the sympton is the decline of Atlantic Salmon running up to their historic breeding grounds in spate
The Coastwise Summer programme of events and surveys is in progress and continues until October 25th, with night rockpooling at Westward Ho!. One highlight so far was the 23rd Aug visit to Cheyne with wetsuits to get out among the
…..showed the range of interests of members, from Paula Ferris' videos of microscopic marine life, to Jay Nicholson's trip to the South Atlantic to see Penguins, and to citizen science contribution to national databases. Traditionally the last session of each
…………is one of Coastwise's key interests, and Carli Cocciardi, DWT's new(ish) Marine Nature Recovery Officer, explained to members why she became interested in this marine policy field, and how she aims to put it into practice. She pointed out that
