During August and September, the Jurassic Coast Team was joined by Katharina Fettweis, a German biology student who wanted to experience first hand, how the Team operated. Katharina quickly fitted in with her new colleagues, and it was evident from the start that she would be a valuable – albeit temporary – member of the…
A new book on the geology of the East Devon coast was launched last week. Published by the Jurassic Coast Trust the guide describes the rocks and landscapes of the World Heritage coast from its western end at Exmouth to near Lyme Regis – a part of the coast dominated by red rocks and informally called the ‘Red Coast'.
When a phone call came through from Records Management Unit, Dorset County Council, asking ‘Have you got any jobs on the coast for 10 people who want to undertake a volunteers day?’ the answer was easy – Osmington Mills clean up. Through the monitoring programme for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, a number of locations…
Children and young people from schools in Seaton have been hard at work over the last few months creating a set of 14 banners to display in the town centre and along the sea front. The banners designed for the seafront are inspired by the landscape, geology and wildlife of the Jurassic Coast, and were…
Part of the UK’s responsibility as signatories to the World Heritage Convention is the duty to help other countries fulfil their obligations to UNESCO to protect, conserve, present and transmit their Sites to future generations. With this in mind, an exchange programme was established in 2006 between the Jurassic Coast WHS and the Pitons management…
A new Wildlife book of the Jurassic Coast by Bryan Edwards, has just been published by the Jurassic Coast Trust. The book was launched by the wildlife broadcaster and photographer Chris Packham at Lulworth Castle early this month (July 2008). The book aims to make the link between the ever changing geology and coastal…
The BBC Natural History Unit hosted the launch of the new BBC 4 / Open University series Fossil Detectives at the Bristol Festival of Nature on 7-8 June 2008. I was there to celebrate alongside the BBC, not only as a representative from the Jurassic Coast Team, but also as a regular contributor on the…
There’s a big investment going into the Jurassic Coast right now and Swanage is going all out to make sure its visitors have a great Jurassic Coast experience. The Hospitality Association in this pretty seaside town, one of the most popular gateways to the Jurassic Coast, is tapping into funding from the South West Regional…
Expect to see a whole range of amazing Jurassic Coast fossils appear in museums all along the World Heritage Site over the next two years. A new project, Jurassic Life has just received £230,000 form the Heritage Lottery Fund and Dorset and Devon County Councils. The money will be spent on buying, interpreting and displaying the…