At our AGM on 2nd Dec the Co-Chairs’ Report was presented. Read about our leading roles in defining North Devon’s Marine Conservation Zones, the success of the Shore Safari programme, our shore research activities such as plankton and organisms in
Graduates…come to Coastwise free !
Up to half a dozen free places for recent graduates with relevant interests are on offer for Coastwise North Devon’s Our Coast course which starts on 7th October, and is currently the subject of a display in Barnstaple Library.
It’s nearly Autumn….and the start of the Coastwise course of meetings and talks
As the summer comes to an end, we’re looking forward to meeting old and new members in the Autumn programme. We’ve had a very successful and interesting year, with an unprecedented level of Shore Safari beach events, beach surveys, and
Coastwise leads on Marine Conservation Zones…..
Coastwise members form an influential part of the North Devon Biosphere Reserve’s Marine Working Group, which is developing proposals for MCZs as part of the new Marine Bill. The press release featured in the North Devon Journal of 29th July
When Counting Counts………..
During July Coastwise members took to the shore equipped with lines and quadrats to count plants and animals under the expert guidance of Pip Jollands from the Hallsannery Centre. For the fourth year running they were taking part in “Shore
Small and Beautiful
A bright green sea slug with iridescent blue spots should be easy to see in a rock-pool, but it is not and it took Malcolm Robert’s keen eye to spot one during the Coastwise visit to Croyde for Paul Madgett’s
Coastwise works with the National Trust and Woolacombe School……
Recently four Coastwise volunteers joined up with National trust wardens Jonathan Fairhurst and Jemma Lowin to host a Rockpool Ramble for 60 children on Barricane Beach. The year 2 and year 3 pupils of Woolacombe School (Click for pic), accompanied
Marine Biological Association’s Bioblitz at Mothecombe
The MBA’s Bioblitz – Coastwise was there and got the T-shirt ! Eight Coastwise members took part in the MBA’s Bioblitz at Mothecombe, South Devon on 11/12 June ….and got the T shirt to find that it sported our logo
Life on the Shore is Hotting Up – learn how on a Shore Safari
Life is hotting up on the shore and the animals you find there have interesting ways of coping. Just how interesting in this mating season is one of the things you will learn on the Coastwise North Devon shore safari
Saunton Saunter – beach surveys start
The third year of Coastwise beach profiling got under way on 28th May with a visit a couple of hours ahead of the low tide, 1.3m, to Saunton led by Paula Ferris. She reports “Half a dozen of us