Coastal Foraging at Rostrevor
On Thursday 17 August, the Living Seas Team was heading to Rostrevor for a Coastal Foraging event. As an EVS (European Volunteering Service) volunteer working in Communications, sometimes I'm…
On Thursday 17 August, the Living Seas Team was heading to Rostrevor for a Coastal Foraging event. As an EVS (European Volunteering Service) volunteer working in Communications, sometimes I'm…
On 10 September I headed to Cushendall, Co. Antrim to meet up once again with Dermot Hughes of Forage Ireland for a coastal foraging course. As ever the course had proved very popular and we were…
On 31 July the Living Seas Team was delighted to be once again teaming up with Forage Ireland to deliver an afternoon of coastal foraging in Dundrum. We arrived outside Dundrum village to find…
It was a good and enriching afternoon on 24 July in Cushendall with Dermot Hughes of Forage Ireland and Dave Wall, our Living Seas Officer. Maeve, the Living Seas trainee and I were also there to…
If you asked me to recount any global news stories that happened on Thursday 3 August 2017 I wouldn’t be able to answer. Personally though, it marked a milestone for many Living Seas staff and…
Coastal habitats are found wherever the land meets the sea. With some 17,800km, the UK has one of the longest national coastlines in Europe. The coast is home to many habitats, with cliffs, rocky…
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
Two adorable fox cubs captured by Rostrevor photographer Louis McNally are the face of Ulster Wildlife’s 2020 Calendar, which is on sale now to help raise vital funds for local wildlife.
On 9 October we headed to the north coast to storm the ancient fortifications of Dunluce Castle... or at least survey the impressive rocky coves that lie either side of the castle and help provide…
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
On the evening of 27 June Dave and I joined some lovely folk to take a walk along the coast at Glenarm and have a look at the wildlife and plants that occur there.
On 12 May I stepped on board the Causeway Lass for a wildlife and geology trip along the North Antrim coast, with our colleagues at Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust.