National Marine Week runs from 25 July to 9 August 2020 – a full fortnight to take advantage of the tides - and we’re running a range of live (socially distanced) and online events. Why not join us in celebrating our fin-tastic seaside wildlife?
We can’t hold our popular Beached Art event at St Bees this year – but together with other Wildlife Trusts in the North West (Lancashire and Cheshire), we’re launching the biggest Beached Art sand sculpture competition ever!
All you need to do is head to your local beach (or even a sand pit in your garden), get creative and send us a picture of your #BeachedArt creations. So grab your bucket and spade, and get ready to have fun in the sun (not guaranteed), sea and sand!
The winners – as judged by our independent panel – will receive:
- 1st Prize - Grey seal adoption pack, a plastic free goodie bag & story trail collection
- 2nd Prize - Rockpooling kit and a plastic free goodie bag & & story trail collection
- 3rd Prize - Plastic free goodie bag & & story trail collection
Enter the sand sculpture competition here.
Another exciting event running over both weeks (25 July to 9 August) is our Coastal Nature Challenge. We're on a mission to spot and record as many different coastal wildlife species as possible this National Marine Week! We’re challenging people up and down the coast to get out and look for wildlife on their local coastline.
Whether that’s searching for shells on the strandline, looking into crevices and rockpools, exploring the critters that live in our mudflats, or discovering flowers in the sand dunes - we want to know what you see and where you see it!
When you sign up you’ll be sent details of how to use the iNaturalist app and submit sightings to our project, spotter sheets, and our coastal code of conduct. No special knowledge or skills are required - we’ll provide you with everything you need to make it easy and fun. Sign up to the Coastal Nature Challenge here.
