The Lizard peninsula was the objective for the annual Coastwise excursion, christened "Sea Squirts", organised brilliantly by Mavis Symons. Members formed a little village of up to four campervans and a tent at the local campsite, and others used a
Marine educator and television presenter Maya Plass runs her business "Learning to Sea" from her base near Plymouth. Coastwise was able to again get her services to give two days of guidance on capturing photo data for the AONB Coastal
When she retired as head of the North Devon AONB, Linda Blanchard clearly had no intentions of disappearing from public life. Among other pursuits, she is a Trustee for the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon which is getting close
Natural England's Mel Parket and Jo Traill Thompson gave Coastwise members a good overview of NE's work locally. Mel outlined some of NE's projects in the area :- – New Lundy Marine Management Plan; NE like everyone else is hampered
……by a long way, as demonstrated by Coastwise member Chris Mandy, who took Coastwise members away from the (sometimes !) cold water and limited visibility of North Devon's coast. Chris, long-time scuba diver and member of the Ilfracombe and North
…..at Coastwise, with a masterly talk by resident ornithological expert Rob Jutsum. Rob concentrated on the many local estuary waders, but first gave a general overview of the reasons for migration, and the general areas moved between. Bird movements tend
……Some sunny day (unusual in early March), Coastwise members converged on Hele Bay. This was just one of three shore excursions in just one week during February’s low spring tides. The first, a Coastwiser shore census led by
Not all Coastwise members come from Braunton, at the mouth of the River Caen, but there are quite a few ! The word "citizenship" might not be the first thing we'd associate with Coastwise, but Pamela Buchan, of Exeter University's
For the past couple of years, Coastwise has held a photographic competition, and it has become clear that members have a vast range of lovely pictures of all sorts. So this year a complete session was devoted to member's photos,
The AONB is taking a new approach to its North Devon area, with much more focus on seascape and the coast, and it is undertaking a project to assess the coastal character changes since its inception in 1960. The methodology
