Coastwise North Devon

Coastwise members have a keen interest in their environment and surroundings, particularly as it affects marine life and the coastal fringes. Doug Eltham, Principal Environmental Policy Officer at Devon County Council was therefore a very welcome visitor when he came

You may not know Benny the Tompot Blenny, but Paul Naylor does – very well. Paul is a top underwater photographer, who combines astonishing images and film sequences with a marine biologist's deep knowledge of his subject. He returned to

It's mid-February – snowdrops, early daffs….and the Coastwise annual birding pilgrimage to the Exe marshes. Ably organised and led by expert (evidently so, but hotly denied) John Broomhead, members took the train to Topsham and walked down to the RSPB

Andy Bell, Manager of North Devon's Biosphere, stepped in to the breach when the speaker from the Environment Agency was unable to attend. However, this was no second-rate imitation, as Andy has a deep knowledge of the area, the Water

Peter Ward is an artist with a keen interest in the locality and its geological origins, and he gave a hugely informative and entertaining talk to Coastwise members. One definition of art lies around the understanding of nature and its

Seaweed's boring…..just the stuff that clutters up the strand line ? Well, definitely not, for quite apart from creating magical rock pools and underwater forests, seaweed, with its 10000 species of which 650 appear in the UK, has a huge

Coastwise members spend much time poking around the local rock pools and countryside, so an overview of how the geology of our singular coast came to be is of much interest. Local geologist Margaret Sutcliffe gave members a 4-dimensional view