Ever wondered what lies beneath the waves??? Where do the seahorses actually live and how can we help them??? Take a closer look at the estuary and its wildlife from an environmental viewpoint and discover why Salcombe estuary is so special.
New to Whitestrand - we are offering the chance to go on a small and friendly 'eco' boat tour of the Salcombe estuary with Anna who runs the boat hire (and she is also a biologist)....
Advanced booking is essential and tickets are very limited due to small boat size. Two trips will be run at 10am and 12pm on Saturday October 10th. Each trip will last 90 minutes, and Anna will take you on a tour of the estuary's habitats and wildlife.
Bring binoculars if you have them! Lifejackets provided.
Adults £12 each, Children under 16 £10 each.
Bookings through Whitestrand Boat Hire - call 01548 843818 or email info@whitestrandboathire.co.uk
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
How clean is your beach?
Whitestrand Boat Hire cleaned Scoble beach up this Sunday - Anna and Megan (staff members) and 2 local volunteers (plus Jasper the chocolate lab) spent the afternoon collecting a total of five bin bags....
The most random items found included some supermarket spring onions and lots of water bombs.....perhaps next year we won't use water bombs in the raft race during Regatta week. A lot of the litter did seem to be more local public litter, and less from shipping sources.
We ran this event as part of the Marine Conservation Society National Beachwatch weekend.....we had hoped for more volunteers but it was great to have locals turn up. Perhaps next year local groups (school, rowing club) could use the beach clean events as an opportunity to do a sponsored event????
And thanks to the Salcombe Coffee Company we all enjoyed a well-deserved and free hot chocolate after our litter-picking mission.
The most random items found included some supermarket spring onions and lots of water bombs.....perhaps next year we won't use water bombs in the raft race during Regatta week. A lot of the litter did seem to be more local public litter, and less from shipping sources.
We ran this event as part of the Marine Conservation Society National Beachwatch weekend.....we had hoped for more volunteers but it was great to have locals turn up. Perhaps next year local groups (school, rowing club) could use the beach clean events as an opportunity to do a sponsored event????
And thanks to the Salcombe Coffee Company we all enjoyed a well-deserved and free hot chocolate after our litter-picking mission.
Friday, 11 September 2009
Autumn Beach Clean
As part of the Marine Conservation Society National Beachwatch Campaign, we are encouraging locals to get involved in our next beach clean.
Join us on Sunday 20th September - meet at 2pm at Whitestrand Boat Hire - and we'll take you on a short boat trip across the estuary to Scoble Bay. We survey this beach on a quarterly basis to collect data (and rubbish!) so we can monitor how litter trends change season to season and year to year.
Volunteers will be doing beach cleans all around the country's coastline for this national event, and doing your bit in Salcombe really does make an impact to help conserve our marine environment.
It would be fab to see some locals at this event - please do come along and bring your friends and family. Just sparing an hour of your time really does help to make a difference - thank you.
Join us on Sunday 20th September - meet at 2pm at Whitestrand Boat Hire - and we'll take you on a short boat trip across the estuary to Scoble Bay. We survey this beach on a quarterly basis to collect data (and rubbish!) so we can monitor how litter trends change season to season and year to year.
Volunteers will be doing beach cleans all around the country's coastline for this national event, and doing your bit in Salcombe really does make an impact to help conserve our marine environment.
It would be fab to see some locals at this event - please do come along and bring your friends and family. Just sparing an hour of your time really does help to make a difference - thank you.
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