A couple of weeks ago the Beneath the Waves team headed west to give a hand to divers taking part in the project with 3D modelling in the classroom. What a day it was! Many models were produced, some of which will be showcased over the next few weeks. We’re looking forward to putting these […]

Our Volunteer Beach Clean Leaders spent a morning on a training course delivered by Matt Barnes and assisted by Niamh from the Marine Conservation Society. They are now fully trained and set up to conduct their own marine litter surveys which are vital to gather important information on the state of our beaches. We surveyed […]

SeaScapes CoLab invites Queer people, as well as their family and friends, to be part of a series of workshops ran by artist, performer and writer Lizzie Lovejoy. Queer Shores and Seas is a project designed to explore the stories of the Queer people around our North East coastline, from the North of the Tees […]

Our seas are resonant, musical places. Did you know that below the waves sound moves five times faster than in the air? The Be the Sea project was interested in using this acoustic ecology to map the soundscapes that exist where the land meets the sea. The Be the Sea project invited participants to attune […]

This week we started getting the beach ready for the return of the little terns at Seaton Carew. It was great to be working with Stephanie from Hartlepool Big Town Tidy Up and a lovely group of volunteers. We managed to collect 8 bags of rubbish from the beach – just in time for the […]

We’re super proud of our Intertidal Survey Volunteers who did their first official Shoresearch surveys! They identified over 30 different rockpool species, and all the data collected will be submitted to the The Wildlife Trusts national citizen science project and ERIC North East If you’d like to help us at our next survey just email […]

Our arty beach clean at Crimdon was great fun during the Easter holiday. We collected litter from the beach and saved the more unusual items to use back at the Dunes cafe with artist Maria. The litter was used to create shapes with paint and decorate t-shirts like in the photo here. What can you […]

It was a bee-autiful sunny day at Crimdon for our Royal (Queen Bee) Ramble! We found Queens from six different bumblebee species, plus seven other pollinators, including the bee fly. One participant said “Thanks Rachel and Dee for leading a very informative and well led talk and walk this morning for all ages and abilities…we […]

Crossing disciplines and biomes, the Be the Sea project is interested in soundscapes and acoustic ecology to map where the land meets the sea. What are the sounds of the coastline that first come to your mind? Can you imagine how you’d map them? Commissioned by Sea AIR, part of SeaScapes Co/Lab the creative engagement […]

In collaboration with East Durham Artists Network (edan), Durham University and the University of Sunderland, the film ‘Blast Beach: Digging Deeper’ which premiered on Saturday 26th March is now on YouTube – Blast Beach, Digging Deeper – YouTube It is a multi-media based project based around and informed by interviews with communities who are living […]

Shared from Marine Biology Life. EXCITING NEWS! Seaham Town Council have become the 8th council to make an Ocean Recovery Declaration using the #Motion4theOcean. It is so exciting to see councils stepping up to play their part in ocean recovery. The wave is building! EmilyCunningham is a co-author of the model Motion for the Ocean […]

In collaboration with East Durham Artists Network (edan), Durham University and the University of Sunderland, the film ‘Blast Beach: Digging Deeper’ premieres this Saturday 26th March. Blast Beach: Digging Deeper is documentary inspired and informed by the people who live, work and play around Blast Beach Seaham. You can see the film in full at […]