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Saltmarshes of the Northwest Coast
Wednesday 12th February 2025 at 19:30 By Mandy Knott (Natural England) Above: Photograph of a saltmarsh in Morecambe bay, looking towards Grange from Southwest, by Mandy Knott. Mandy is a senior...
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The Evolution of the Battleship
Wednesday 12th March 2025 at 19:30 By Barry Kaye (Lancashire MCS) Above: An Egyptian warship at the Battle of the Delta, 1175 BCE. Sketch based on the carved relief from the mortuary temple of...
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Beach Clean 8th March 2025
Beach Clean at Half Moon Bay, Heysham on 8th March 2025, report by Kathy MacAdam. Many thanks to everyone who joined us on a lovely March morning on the beach at Half MoonBay. There were no obvious...
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Plankton round-up 2025
Wednesday 9th April 19:30: by Mark Woombs and Barry Kaye PLUS group AGM by Kathy MacAdam. Last year I showed a probable relationship between plankton blooms in the Wyre Estuary and the number of hours...
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MCS Beachwatch Organisers’ Celebration Event
The first MCS Celebration event for Beachwatch Organisers happened on Zoom on Monday 28th April, hosted by Claire Trotman,Beachwatch Officer. This was essentially a “thank you” from National MCS to...
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Lancashire City Nature Challenge 2025
The City Nature challenge took place between 25th to the 28th of April this year, this was a Global challenge to record as many species in as many places as possible. As the dates coincided with a...
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The ‘Imperatriz’ – a Portuguese shipwreck on the RiverLune, and some other...
A talk by Nigel Neil (Lancaster and District Heritage Group and Neil Archaeological Services) on Wednesday 14th May at 19:30 at the Lancaster Maritime Museum. Above: The remains of the Imperatriz,...
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Blackpool and Fylde College student presentations 2025
Wednesday 11th June at 19:30 Our last talks for the 2024-25 season cover two topical subjects – the management and welfare of wild animals in captivity, and the migration of micro-plastics through the...
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North West Marine Ecosystems 2025
June 30th, Lancaster The inaugural conference of the North West Coastal Forum on the 30th June. This follows on from very successful initiatives bringing together scientists and interested citizens in...
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MCS Lancashire Summer Beach Clean
Half Moon Bay, Wednesday 9th July at 19:00 Hopefully the sun will have returned for our annual summer beach clean at Half Moon Bay, organised by Kathy MacAdam. Meet either at the Cafe car park just...
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