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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Tunnels Vision……
Coastwise members braved the fine Easter Sunday traffic and parking problems to visit Ilfracombe's Tunnels Beach for a survey. What better place to spend a holiday Sunday than Tunnels ? Now probably best known as…Read more… -
Ambiguous Accounts About Antiquity……
It’s a well-worn aphorism that history is written by the victors, but prolific author and historian Dr Todd Gray gave Coastwise members a fascinating insight into the way that inconvenient facts have sometimes been omitted…Read more… -
Lundy – A Jewel of an MPA in the Bristol Channel
Robert Irvine, marine consultant with Sea-Scope and long-time expert on the Lundy marine life, talked about monitoring the changes that have come about in the (nearly) 60 years of the Lundy Marine Protedted Area. Pictured…Read more… -
Census and Sensibility………
Coastwise members reviewed the results of the previous day's census at Saunton sands. The hardy Coastwise stormtroopers had hit Saunton beach hard (well, actually quite sensibly, really, and after a briefing on the local geology…Read more… -
It’s Underwater Warfare Out There…..
Beadlet anemones, Actinia equina, so named for their necklace of neon blue ‘beads’ use these to fight and Dr Sarah Lane, a behavioural ecologist with an interest in fighting behaviours, has been studying them –…Read more… -
Career-Ending Crash of the HMS Montague…..
The fate of HMS Montague was not the one intended when she was built…owing to navigational confusion during a communications exercise and thick fog she became grounded on the rocks surrounding Lundy and became -…Read more…