Marine Survey Day (Shoresearch)
Location:
Harrington Marina, Quay Street, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 5QL
join in our citizen science project used to record the plants and animals found along the shore. Training provided
Event details
Meeting point
https://goo.gl/maps/ECUsxA9WgMwsLR2g9 Free car park, 5-minute walk from rail station.Date
Time
10:30am - 1:30pm
About the event
At low tide we do a rocky shore survey, where we lay a transect and along the shore, and do 12 randomly placed quadrats recording all of the species found in each. Depending how quickly we get this part done, we can also do extra rocky shore surveys including a walkover, where we record every species we can find within a set area, and timed species searches, where we spend 10 minutes hunting for specific indicators which tell us about the health of the habitat, the impacts of climate change, and the spread of invasive species. This survey is over rough, uneven, slippy terrain, and requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and mobility.