Coastwise North Devon

The Discovery Day was held on a sunny Saturday in May, with a number of organisations taking part in this 50th year of AONB. The focus was on the discovery of life on the seashore, and this was carried out

On 14th April Coastwise ran its first public Shore Safari. It was a great start to a summer of events, and despite a grey and cool day at Barricane, over 25 members of the public turned up and enthusiastically enjoyed

Coastwise North Devon held its annual Downend Beach Clean (click link for picture) early this year as part of the Biosphere’s Big Beach Clean Weekend, on 21st March.  We were joined by members of Croyde Surf Club and Surf South

North Devon is making a name for itself as a centre for marine awareness activities.   The Marine Educator’s conference organized by the Biosphere Foundation on Tuesday 9th February was a great success.  A full-house, 80 or so educators drawn

The Marine Act was passed on November and within a few weeks John Butterwith, Chief Executive of the North Devon Fishermen’s Association, talked to Coastwise on 26 November about the fishermen’s perspective on the Act and its impact on the

MarLIN is the Marine Biological Association’s Marine Life Information Network, based in Plymouth Coastwise has recently launched the new Shore Safari project with training sessions for Coastwise members by MarLIN marine officer, Jack Sewell. The project is funded by the

On Thursday 1st Oct, Coastwise members listened to a fascinating talk by Warren Collum, the curator of the Bideford Gallery on painting wildlife direct from nature. This was the first meeting of the Autumn programme. The Gallery has been running

At the instigation of Coastwise North Devon member Jay Nicholson, The Plough showed  Charles Clover’s film about the plight of world fish stocks, The End of the Line, on Thursday 24th September.  The audience included about 30 Coastwise members, and

Over  30 hours of oral history inteviews have been taped and, over the next 6 months will be edited into smaller sections, based on topics, locations, and easily downloadable size. Coastwise member Jill Portsmouth has been instrumental in running the

On 20th September members of Coastwise and the British Naturalist’s Trust visited Barricane Beach to update the species survey. Among the many specimens noted were a Conger Eel, a young Lobster, and  a Brittle Star.