The Shore Thing
The Shore Thing is an initiative of MarLIN, the Marine Life Information Network, working with schools and volunteer recorders to collect information on the marine life of rocky shores around Britain. All the information collected will be made available online and will help to build a picture of how things are now to measure change in the future.
News and Events
NEW Shore Thing Survey Guide!
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This new guide sets out Shore Thing survey techniques and species identification. Printed on waterproof paper this A5, 24 page guide contains: a brief explanation of the main features of the rocky shore; details on how to carry out a transect survey and timed species search; anatomical features of seaweed and sea snails, and photographs and key features of 43 species. There is a special section on non-native species, records of which should be sent to the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) http://www.marlin.ac.uk/rml.php
This guide is free of charge to Shore Thing participants. Please contact the Shore Thing Project Officer, Fiona Crouch. Email: ficr@mba.ac.uk or telephone: 01752 633336. If you would like several copies then a donation towards post and packing would be very much appreciated.
Public urged to name Britain’s forgotten wildlife
The results of the Natural England/Guardian 'Name a species' competition are now available online http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/20/name-a-species-2011-winner-hotlips
The common names for the five marine creatures featured are:
- Coryphella browni - Scarlet lady
- Nymphon gracile - Gangly lancer
- Phallusia mammillata - Neptune's heart sea squirt
- Sagartiogeton laceratus - Fountain anemone
- Ophiura albida - Table brittlestar
New Newsletter format
The newsletter is now being produced as an e-newsletter and circulated to contacts on our database. If you would liike to receive a copy via email then please get in touch. Alternativley a link to each issue will be added to the website. Click here for Issue 1-Summer 2010 which includes the results of Phase I, details of the 2010 summer surveys and a summary of the latest annual report from the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.
Species of the Month
Over the past three years Species of the Month has featured all 22 climate change indicators used during the Shore Thing timed species search and a number of non-native species. Click here to see the full list of species and accompanying information.
