……was the question that old Coastwise friend Dr Keith Hiscock MBE, still at the heart of marine biology at the Marine Biological Association, posed to members. He was reflecting on a year of unusual weather in 2022 and how it
…..on a cold day in a warm Education Room. The last event of 2022 for Coastwise was a popular and fully-subscribed photography workshop, held at the new (ish) Northam Burrows Visitor Centre, with local professional photographer Dave Green (https://www.davegreenphoto.co.uk/). Dave
…..and All at Sea was the intriguing title of Rupert Kirkwood's talk to Coastwise members. Rupert, a retired vet is a dedicated kayaker, and has undertaken long trips, including the whole of the marine equivalent of the SW Coastal Path,
…..form an important part of the local economy, as Lauren Parkhouse of the Devon and Severn IFCA told Coastwise members – see the talk on the YouTube link below. The Inland Fisheries Conservation Authority is part of an overall marine
…….left by it's footprints, as the team, led by the Coordinator Joe Newberry, explained to Coastwise members. The Finding Nature's Footprints project, funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, has an ambitious scope covering a wide range of activities including
……from Coastwise members who showed their range of interests during the member's session, where topics ranged from scientific surveys to a poem on a horrendously wasteful by-catch during long-line fishing in Costa Rica. Debbie showed the techniques and results of
…….enough to make the proposed White Cross offshore wind farm economically viable, in the view of Flotation Energy Ltd and its partner Cobra Wind International, which is Spanish-controlled and developed the the largest offshore wind farm -Kincardine offshore wind farm,
……..then plant seagrass. It's a huge environmental benefit, as Esther Farrant, Education Officer of the Ocean Conservation Trust's Remedies Project, told Coastwise members. The project has £250K of EU funding, and is using locations like offshore at Looe, and Osborne
…..at Annery Kiln. Coastwise members were given an expert overview of saltmarsh development projects by Chantal Brown of the Biosphere team, using the Weare Gifford sites as an example. They were jointed by Sophia from the Biosphere and Joe from
Coastwise Autumn Programme 2022 Coastwise North Devon starts its Autumn Programme in the first week of October with a new mix of talks in Barnstable Library, Online using Zoom and Live in the Field. The ten events are shown below
