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One transformed traditionally built dry stone wall leading into one of Northumberland’s quaintest villages....
Coast Care volunteers have been making the most of modern technology to socialise safely during these times of restriction and isolation....
The award is run in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts and recognises a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to marine conservation and who has furthered the work of the Wildlife Trusts in this area. The Award is open to all 47 Wildlife Trusts, and volunteers are nominated by local Trusts. The Award is delivered in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts ‘Living Seas’ projects, a scheme for the conservation of the seas and marine wildlife. For more information about the awards visit: https://bit.ly/3g3v3aL...
Since we returned from lockdown in July our volunteers have been carrying out many practical conservation tasks throughout the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ...
Like so many of us, our activities here at Coast Care have been curtailed by Covid-19. Our natural world still needs our help though, so we’ve put together a list of things you can do to help the environment in a safe, socially distanced way....
Our most recent plant survey at Embleton Quarry Nature Reserve uncovered 23 species that we haven’t seen there before. ...
Today 40 of our most dedicated volunteers were due to set sail from Seahouses Harbour for a socially distanced trip around the Farne Islands as our way of thanking them for the time they give to Coast Care. ...
A recent plant survey undertaken by Coast Care volunteers has revealed that our work at Bamburgh Castle has increased the diversity of this iconic historic location. ...
This summer a team of Coast Care volunteers surveyed an area of fixed dune within the SSSI at Beadnell Bay....
And now for the Project Assistants; what did we get up to while we were furloughed?...
Welcome back to our blog series on what we got up to during lockdown. ...
Welcome to the first in a series of blogs about how we at Coast Care spent lockdown....
Recently, a group of volunteers returned to Boulmer to survey a very special area....
Lockdown has been a strange time for all of us, with many people missing the freedom to spend unlimited time outdoors and a sense of purpose or fulfilment....
Micro-volunteering is a growing trend, but what is it and how can you get involved?...
I am really excited to be starting at Coast Care - my first job in conservation! I can’t wait to work alongside the volunteers and get stuck into some practical conservation work....
We received a visit recently from Professor John Hobrough, local bee expert with sixty years of beekeeping and research behind him. He very kindly gave a talk to our volunteers to feed back to them about the results of a study we were involved in last summer. It was fascinating to hear about what the survey found and how it can help to protect our bees and other pollinating insects in the future. ...
The team would like to give some feedback from 2019 as it has been an amazing year which has seen an increase in volunteer engagement and also plenty of new opportunities for everyone to get involved and contribute to the conservation efforts along the Northumberland coastline....