……..in a way spelled out by old Coastwise friend Dr Keith Hiscock MBE, an Associate Fellow of the Marine Biological Association, who we know as a highly authoritative source in this marine field. Keith’s talk covered how our south-west seas
Download the programme of talks (R sidebar). After a summer of outdoor meetings, we’ll be at Barnstaple Library Room 2A at 10.00.
……..with a variety of activities – surveys, walks, training days, at several locations round the Taw/Torridge Estuary, from Combe Martin round to Abbotsham. See downloads in the Right Sidebar.
……………..monitors our inland and coastal waters, deploying a range of surveillance methods. Dave Brain and Karen Irwin spelled thes out to Coastwise members, prompting many questions and discussion. Dave gave an overview of the EA and its work, the bottom
…………………………for the Coastwise meeting, where scheduled speaker Chris Willson from Torridge District Council was unable to come and talk about Coastal defence. Instead, members enjoyed a film courtesy of Somerset Wildlife Trust by Dr Sarah Lane of Plymouth University on
………….was the message conveyed by Charlotte Cummings of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust to Coastwise members in her film and talk about ‘The Hidden Shore’. Rockpooling started as a diversion on family holidays from home in Hertfordshire to Cornwall, but now
……………………..was the strange journey undertaken by the MV Oldenburg to bring it to North Devon, as recounted by John Puddy of the Steamship Freshspring Trust. John, a marine engineer by profession, was agent at Lundy for 14 years, and was
………..revealed to Coastwise members what he and colleagues got right, wrong and missed completely when revisiting predictions of future states of rocky shores after 25 years and documenting how well they did. It’s extremely difficult to make predictions (especially about
……….was the subject of Professor Richard Twitchett’s talk on 29th January. Professor Twitchett’s talk to Coastwise members (and many visitors with an interest in the topic) was excellent and full of hard science. He illustrated how analysis of past
……………were covered for Coastwise members by Portsmouth University researcher Liz James, and Plymouth University MSc student Rachel Edworthy. Liz described her research on the effect of electromagnetic fields, typically surrounding subsea windfarm power cables, on crabs. The effects are mainly
