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 or manipulated to allow a
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 R (Courtesy of Robert Irvine)
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 by resident expert Dr Stan
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 – first carefully removing them from
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 – instead of a functioning battleship
The ecology of bryozoans is not an obvious immediate attention-grabber, but Mark Ward of Somerset Wildlife Trust devoted five years of his life to it. Mark is now in the world of community outreach, based on the Somerset coast and
Maybe this should have been titled: What we could find on the Shore if we were as amazing at finding creatures as Jan…especially highly camouflaged creatures that look exactly like the seaweed they are on and are only up to
The programme of Spring talks has been finalised by our fantastic programme team…….see box on Right to download a copy
Coastwise's final meeting of the year is traditionally the AGM, with some additional interest. This year the topic of the Beach Profiles (see Tab above) was chosen. However, first, Liesje, who works at the Northam Burrows Countryside Centre, showed the
Coastwise members are suckers for a good underwater film, and Tom Daguerre (yes, he really is a descendent of the pioneer of photography) definitely obliged. One has to say that the film is really a great deal better than the
