ShoreSearch September 2024 Survey - Gore Point

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ShoreSearch September 2024 Survey - Gore Point

Location:
Porlock Weir , Car Park , TA24 8PB
Book
National citizen science survey of intertidal habitats.

Event details

Meeting point

Porlock Weir Car Park

Date

Time
11:30am - 3:30pm
A static map of ShoreSearch September 2024 Survey  - Gore Point

About the event

Join our team of local volunteers to carry out a seashore survey as part of an ongoing survey of intertidal habitats along the Somerset coast. The data are being collated as part of a national survey being carried out by Wildlife Trusts across the UK. You do not need to have any prior experience of ecological survey work or of seashore ecology as there will be experts on hand to assist you.  Both complete beginners and people already trained in the ShoreSearch methods are very welcome. Somerset Wildlife Trust will provide all the sampling kit, survey sheets and identification guides. 

 

Booking

Price

FREE

Suggested donation

Donations to Somerset Wildlife Trust gratefully received via our website or in person on the day.

Additional booking information

Please register via Eventbrite (even if you are already signed up as a ShoreSearch volunteer) using the above bookings button so that we can contact you with further details or changes to plans before the survey.

Know before you go

Mobility

This beach is not suitable for people with limited mobility, There is a 20 minute walk to the survey site and a steep pebble ridge and boulder shore of large and in places unstable boulders has to be negotiated.

Wheelchair access

No

What to bring

Adequate and waterproof clothes appropriate to the weather. We will be out for up to 4 hours and conditions can change and be different out on the shore than inland. Please bring a packed lunch and a warm drink.  There are public toilets and a pub and shops at the car park which is 20 minutes walk from Gore Point. The shore is uneven and slippery and in places we will be walking through shallow pools and streams so wellington boots are strongly advised. You will have to negotiate a loose pebble ridge at the top of the beach. A walking pole might be useful.

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Parking information

Pay and Display Car Park

Contact us

Mark Ward
Contact number: 07880754750