Dr Keith Hiscock, an old friend of Coastwise, returned to begin our new season with a superb talk on ‘Low water, the life-changing divide?‘ The title reflected not only the different forms of life that occur on various parts of
Waves and Mermaid’s Tears – thought provoking stuff at Coastwise…..
Coastwise member and geologist Paul Madgett concluded the autumn programme in fine style with a talk on ‘Waves – shapers of the shore’. Paul, with his retired-lecturer’s lucidity, explained how waves originate, speaking of the roles of the earth’s rotation,
Marine Protected Areas….a Natural England expert’s overview
On Thursday 22 November Coastwise welcomed Dr Jen Ashworth, Principal Environmental Specialist Marine Evidence at Natural England. We were very lucky to have Dr Ashworth, but fortunately she is the daughter of a Coastwise member and was equal to the
Coastwise Spring Series of Talks Announced……….
Although the Autumn series of talks is still in progress, you can look forward to longer days and download the Spring programme. We’ve got lots of interest, from marine biology with the MBA’s Keith Hiscock to history, in the the
The 2013 BioBlitz is taking shape……
The Biosphere 10th Anniversary event is taking shape, in conjunction with our Partners including the NT, AONB, DWT and the MBA. Click on "Bioblitz" in the Main Menu above for lots more information.
Coastwise Kicks Off….the Autumn session is starting on Thursday, with Andy Torbet from the BBC
When BBC nature presenter and action man Andy Torbet agreed to launch our autumn series of talks on 4 October it was quite a coup for Coastwise North Devon, looking to recruit members for the new session. His topic,
Monsters in the pools…….
The MBA thinks that it’s not unusual apart from its size, although it is "charismatic and rather cute" ! This may be one of the largest that they’ve heard of.
Beach Biology at Barricane
“What is it? What does it eat? Why is it doing that?” – just a few of the multitude of questions from delightfully inquisitive children on our latest rock-pool ramble to Barricane Beach Woolacombe on 2nd August. Forty or so
Summer (and Coastwise) hits North Devon beaches…..
The last week of July and wonderful weather saw Coastwise in welcome action after the grim grey days of recent months . Sunday: Ecologist Pip Jollands led a team to monitor the shore at Abbotsham, the 7th year of our
Coastwise is sure about Shore Thing……….
For those of you that don’t know about it, Shore Thing is an initiative of MarLIN, the Marine Life Information Network, working with schools and volunteer recorders to collect information on the marine life of rocky shores around Britain. All