Help to take action for our coasts by helping to lead marine wildlife surveys on the North West Coast!

No previous experience needed, other than a passion for the marine environment and a keenness to get involved in assisting or leading surveys!

The training day to qualify as a Marine Champion- Survey Leader  on Sunday the 3rd of March 2024 is now fully booked.  We hope to run another day at a future date - so to contact us if you would be interested

The training day will take you through how to set up, run and record a Shoresearch survey. This is the Wildlife Trust’s intertidal monitoring programme and at low tide we will 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. We will also focus on coastal awareness and species ID, as well as group management, communication and leadership skills.

After training day, you can choose to attend surveys. You can find out more about our upcoming survey days here

This role is available for those aged 16 years or above.

To confirm your interest in this role please email Amber Gould Amberg@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk

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