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  A public Rock-Pool Ramble on 28 May at Croyde at 1.30 pm will launch a very special 2013 summer programme of free shore events  for the public organised by Coastwise North Devon.  Download the Summer Events poster here. The

The 2013 Summer shore programme got off to an auspicious start on 14th March with the first members’ shore safari of the year.  The visit to Lee Bay on a low spring tide coincided with a rare glorious sunny day.

Academy Ranger (or trainee) Josh Day gave Coastwise an overview of the National Trust’s management processes for its land at Woolacombe and Morte. Josh has a deep interest in nature and photography, and we received the full benefit of these

There’s lots in the Spring Newsletter, including all about our BioBlitz at Woolacombe on 7th September  

On 28 February Coastwise members heard a masterly talk by Bas Payne, a member and Programme Secretary of the Conchological Society, disarmingly titled ‘There’s more to molluscs than meets the eye…’ For many of us, our eyes were opened for

We’ve all tried to take good pictures of the wildlife that we see, but people have been doing this for over a century, and at the Coastwise meeting on 21 February, Jim Monroe gave us the fascinating history of  ‘Pioneers

Tom Hynes is the Landscape and Biodiversity Officer for the UNESCO North Devon’s Biosphere Reserve. Tom’s talk, illustrated by informative slides, focussed on actions taken to mitigate challenges to pollution and biodiversity in the North Devon Biosphere’s catchment area: specifically

On 31 January Coastwise welcomed one of its long-standing  friends, Pip Jollands. Many Coastwise members know Pip from the ‘Shore Thing’ survey programme, where she helps everyone involved identify their finds on the beaches of Lee Bay and Abbotsham –

John Bradbeer is professionally a geographer, and a keen amateur historian. He traced his interest in North Devon’s historic sailing ships to his father, whose job had required him to receive port dues from the last of the Barnstaple port