Co-coast! citizen science project

Today I took part in a training day aimed to teach members of the public how to survey to rocky shores of the UK.

We went through some basic identification and survey techniques before conducting a survey on the shore of the Plymouth Hoe.

The project, which is run for 2 more years, aims to fill a gap of knowledge about the species living on the coast around the whole of the UK. This can be used to track changes caused by human activities such as climate change. 

It's great how the public can get involved in real impact science. 




Want to get involved? 

http://www.capturingourcoast.co.uk/