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The sun shone, the dolphins came to play, and fossils were found at the latest ‘Summer at the Shore’ series at Blackhall Rocks. Once again Professor McGoogle and his trusty aids, Mallory and her mum, led the Coastal Time Detective Team to discover millions of years of history beneath our feet in the form of […]
Great work by volunteers from Believe Housing Limited who joined Beach Care and Aware Officer Louise Harrington on 29th June. 19 bags of heavy rubbish were collected from Blast Beach. Thank you so much everyone. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon.
This time last week the Adaptive Surfing Roadshow visited South Shields to train up surf coaches. In the afternoon a group from St Oswald’s Hospice came down to try adaptive surfing, and had a great time.
Karen and Vicky went to visit the Little Tern protected nesting site at Seaton Carew Beach; it was amazing to watch them in action! After the initial nests getting washed away in the recent bad weather, the Little Tern Warden (Durham Wildlife Trust) shared that approximately 14 pairs of birds have just started to sit […]
Year 5 at St Cuthbert’s Primary School joined Dee for a North Sea Explorers rockpooling workshop this morning at Seaham Hall Beach. We were lucky enough to find lots of crabs and shells, as well as a shore rockling fish, and a well camouflaged shrimp. The highlight was probably a small pod of dolphins which […]
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Hawthorn Beach yesterday for ‘Summer at the Shore’ with the lovely artists from The Barn at Easington. We joined Mallory and her mum, and Professor McGoogle, and for a moment, became the Coastal Time Detective Team. The sun shone as we hunted for sea glass and used our buckets […]
Today [8th June] is World Ocean Day and the perfect opportunity to introduce the UK’s first marine Landscape Partnership scheme and brand-new project team in the North East: SeaScapes. Durham County Council secured National Lottery support via a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £2.8m, matched by partner contributions and volunteer time, for the exciting […]
