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On Wednesday 24 August, there will be a free microscope workshop at Mortehoe Village Hall at which members of Coastwise North Devon will share their enthusiasm, experience and microscopes with everyone who drops in.  Children should be accompanied.  The workshop

Download the August Newsletter (click here) to find out about what’s been happening on the beach and under the microscope. There’s also some news about the broader issues affecting our shores, and what’s coming up in our Autumn indoors programme.

The weather was fine for the Festival shore safari, the 5th safari in our 2011 summer programme.   About 40 people assembled at Barricane for 11am, mostly couples and some families with very young children. Jim Monroe and Mavis Symmons led

Overall, this Coastwise event attracted enthusiastic and interested families and there were 70+ visitors attended this event. Many seemed happy exploring in family groups and returning with their ‘catch’ for identification and discussion and there seemed to be lots of

Animals were seen in North Devon on Saturday that even television does not show.   Visitors to the AONB’s Discovery Day at Combe Martin on 21st May were able to view tiny shore animals down the microscope at Coastwise North

There are thousands, possibly millions of animals on the shore, largely invisible to the naked eye. Many are the vital first link in the marine food chain which is so important to us, but most of us know nothing about

On Tuesday 19thApril a combination of fine weather and school holidays helped make the first Coastwise Shore Safari of 2011 a roaring success, with nearly fifty people enjoying the sunshine on Croyde Beach. The event took place at the Northern

The Spring 2011 Newsletter is available for download here. There’s lot of interesting stuff about what we’ve been doing, and, more importantly, where we’re going this summer. There’s a really full summer programme of activities, so print out the Newsletter,

There’s a completely different perspective on the marine world available to divers, and Sally Sharrock from Seasearch Devon came all the way from Plymouth and gave Coastwise members a window on this fascinating and colourful world, and the work that

Underwater cameraman Doug  Anderson, recently shared with us (click here for story/pic) some of his amazing experiences filming for the BBC’s Frozen Planet series, to be screened in the autumn. We saw film clips and slides of his polar adventures,