Shoresearch Cymru rocky shore surveys September 2021
After a brief gap in August we carried out several Shoresearches in September as well as completing our first public have-a-go session.
After a brief gap in August we carried out several Shoresearches in September as well as completing our first public have-a-go session.
September was an incredibly full month of surveys and workshops. We’re including the Red Algae course on the last day of August in that too. Our Level 2 Shoresearchers will be keen to be out and…
After a very rainy first half of May we saw sunny skies for our end of the month Shoresearches. We revisited the sites from previous surveys – “RHOSNEIGR REEFS” (Site of Special Scientific…
We had three more shore visits in July ahead of the school holiday rush and just leaking into the heatwave hitting the UK. These heatwaves are caused by Climate Change a massive global challenge,…
October saw us out on shore together in three group surveys, attending a rafting bivalves workshop with Anna Holmes from the National Museum of Wales and doing our own self-led Timed Species…
Our last trips to the shore of the year, we visited our three hub areas again for the group surveys. All three were shores we’ve been to before at various times of the year. Since they were to be…
Now we’re properly into winter, we’re expecting to see less living on shore, especially in terms of some algae. This month we tried a different approach with our volunteers and were rewarded…
In April our Living Seas North Wales team had the chance to fit in a sneaky trip to Porth Nobla near Rhosneigr mid-month, before carrying out a set of surveys across the area at the month end -…
In July the shores visited were, again all within wider protection areas, rather than at ones where the intertidal area is a feature. The first being our own Nature reserve at Cemlyn.
In June we visited a couple of areas of shore which are not within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) covering the intertidal area, but which are part of wider areas of protection.
With the nights drawing in, surveying low tide in daylight around North Wales becomes trickier, so we made the most of the large Spring tides earlier in October, before the clocks turned.
Many of our Living Seas Champions help the Living Seas Wales team on events and activities across North Wales and a few are so keen and informed that they continue to educate, enthuse and engage…