Coastwise members spend much time poking around the local rock pools and countryside, so an overview of how the geology of our singular coast came to be is of much interest. Local geologist Margaret Sutcliffe gave members a 4-dimensional view
Television's Campervan Cook Martin Dorey knows a lot about beaches as a keen surfer and al fresco cook. He's also passionate – an over-used word these days, but quite justifed here – about the plastic flotsam and jetsam that plagues
Lee Bay saw the last of the summer outdoor programme for Coastwise members, with the second MarLIN Shore Thing survey of the year. Weather at this time of year is always a gamble, and for 12 stalwart members it averaged
Beautiful weather greeted a strong Coastwise contingent at Hele Bay for what will probably be the last of the summer events. There was an exceptionally low tide of 0.2m, and the extensive kelp beds were revealed.Disappointingly there was a lot
The August Newsletter has a Victorian theme, with Coastwise contributing to the Ilfracombe festival and celebrating the naturalists of the era, such as Gosse. There's also items about our visits to Falmouth and the Plymouth SW Ecosystems Conference, two microscope
Lightbulbs, Tortoiseshells, Wart Weed and snails painted pink all featured in our excellent survey tally of 101 species at Lee Bay on 15th July. The weather was perfect, sunny with little wind, and ensured a good turnout of about
On 28th May we returned to Barricane for the first time after September’s successful bioblitz to put the data gathered then to use. Using forms pre-printed with the commoner seaweeds & animals found during the blitz, we undertook a walk-over
Buckets and spades were the order of the day at the latest coastwise workshop held at Westward Ho! on 16th May. The MBA’s Jack Sewell led with a presentation about animals living in sand, in the spanking new Westward Ho
A successful plankton session led by Jim Monroe was held in the Ilfracombe Dive Club on 8th May, a great venue conducive to microscopy and much conviviality. Jim Monroe and Robert Down braved wind and rain to trawl for samples
Twenty members of Coastwise North Devon visited the Falmouth area for two seashore safaris on the 26th -27th April 2014 under the skilled guidance of Trudy Russell, a marine advisor with Natural England, and Jason Birt, Trudy's husband who is
