Welcome to Coastwise North Devon
Look below and around the website for Coastwise activities in North Devon which has some of the most spectacular and varied coastal scenery in the country and wonderful seascapes. The coastal and marine life is amongst the richest in the country.
Wild and unspoiled places are interspersed by coastal communities and popular resorts where livelihoods owe much to the coast and sea.
It is the aim of Coastwise, an independent community initiative, to increase understanding of the coast, its wildlife, and its importance to North Devon in the past, present and the future. We do this through sharing knowledge, undertaking conservation activities and projects, and addressing current issues.
There’s lots more, including all the latest pics on Facebook: Link – https://www.facebook.com/groups/563739230330790/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Talks Blogs, some with YouTube links to watch any you missed
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A Guide to Rockpooling…….
…….is the name of Stevel Trewhella and Julie Hatcher's new book. There's no shortage of identification guides, but Julie and Steve share their huge experienece of finding and identifying the contents of rockpools with Coastwise…Read more… -
Puffin Island……….
…..translates in Old Norse to 'Lundy', the island on the horizon. A wildlife haven, it is protected by several measures, including Statutory Marine Reserve, Marine Conservation Zone, and Special Area of Conservation. Sian Scott spent…Read more… -
Alien Attack Awareness……
DWT's Coral Smith helped Coastwise members to understand the dangers of invasive or alien species on our shores. 'Invasive' means with human assistance, which might mean spreading in ships' ballast water, on nets or through…Read more… -
A Difficult-to-Sea Horse……..
……as Becky Lofts, of the Seahorse Trust told Coastwise members. She is an experienced diver and found these little fish, of sizes from 2.5cm up to 32cm, very difficult to spot underwater, which may have…Read more… -
Not So Extraordinary Encounter……
…..mainly because Coastwise invited it ! Coastwise invited the Festival to include Heather Buttivant's book "Rock Pool – Extraordinary Encounters Between the Tides", some having been privileged to read it in draft form and been…Read more… -
Variety Act..ion…
The Coastwise Autumn Programme has been finalised, and there's some thing for almost everybody (unless you sit on a sofa all day watching television shopping channels). There's Sea Horses, aliens, desert islands (well, sometimes), remote…Read more…