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
Coastwise will run a Bioblitz in 2013……
A partnership of local organisations co-ordinated by Coastwise is planning a bioblitz at Woolacombe on 7th* September 2013. A bioblitz is a count of the plants and animals in a given location within a specified number of hours. For us
Tales from Wales – hours on the Gower
On the May Bank Holiday weekend some fifteen members of Coastwise enjoyed a change of scenery when they explored the marine life on the other side of the Bristol Channel. In a 3-day event organised by Mavis and Clive Symons
Coastwise hits the beach litter….helping the Marine Conservation Society on its Big Beach Clean
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) organised a Big Beach Clean on 11-13 May, collecting a whopping 11,500kg of litter, and Coastwise volunteers were out at Croyde helping. Strange as it sounds, rubbish collecting is fun ! There were over 6,000
Dormice, History and Helicopters….the Spring Newsletter has them all !
Despite this , the newsletter is all about our activities associated with the coast, and there are some great pictures ! Download it here.