Author: coastwisend

The showers held off long enough to make our fourth public summer shore safari, organised by Marjorie Heath, enjoyable for the 40 or so who joined us at Hele Bay on 27th July. Crabs and small fish were as popular

After the huge successes of previous BioBlitzes at Woolacombe and Croyde, Coastwise is helping the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the North Devon Coastal AONB to run one at Lee Bay on 22nd and 23rd of September. Coastwise Motto (perhaps)……"We

…….under the microscope at a Coastwise Microscope Workshop. A Coastwise Microscope workshop was held at Ilfracombe Dive Club on 23 June for 20 members of Coastwise and other organisations. Star of the show was a new microscopy set-up designed to

Not penguins, but a dozen coastwise members led a shore safari for the public at Westward Ho!  on May Bank Holiday Monday.  Our battle through the traffic and the hassles of parking were more than rewarded by the interest and

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