What's on in Morecambe Bay?
Want to get involved?
Tourist information
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What |
Where |
Contact |
| 2005 |
Walkin'
Wyre - This is a programme of regular
walks to help you get fit, stay fit and keep
healthy. |
Various
locations |
Wyre
Borough Council
www.wyrebc.gov.uk
countryside@wyrebc.gov.uk |
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A
range of events throughout the year. |
|
RSPB Leighton
Moss Nature Reserve, Myers Farm, Silverdale,
Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 0SW.
Tel: 01524
701601
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What |
Where |
Contact |
9
7.30pm
|
Lancs
MCS Monthly meeting - Speaker, Debasis
Biswas, "Ecosystem based approach to
fisheries management". Marine Life
Briefing 'A look at algae', Barry Kaye. |
Lancaster
University Furness Lecture Theatre No. 2.
Admission £1. |
Lancashire
MCS, Barry Kaye
Tel:
01254 581431 |
12
10am
- 12pm
|
Beach
Clean |
Silverdale
Cove |
For
further information contact Morecambe
Bay Partnership
Tel:
01539 773447 |
17
2pm
- 4pm
|
Beach
Clean |
Middleton
Sands |
For
further information contact Morecambe
Bay Partnership
Tel:
01539 773447 |
20
10am
- 4pm
|
Wintering
Wildfowl and Waders - learn to
identify the waders, wildfowl and gulls that
grace our shores |
South
Walney Nature Reserve |
Izzy
Thorne, Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Tel:
01539 816300 |
26
10am
- 12pm
|
Beach
Clean |
Hest
Bank Foreshore |
For
further information contact Morecambe
Bay Partnership
Tel:
01539 773447 |
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|
|
What |
Where |
Contact |
|
3 |
Lancs
MCS Xmas Social Night |
Stork
Hotel at Conder Green |
For
details contact Gordon Fletcher
Tel:
01524 33609 |
|
11
1.00pm |
Adopt-a-Beach
- beach litter survey. |
Middleton
Sands. Meet at Potts Corner car park. |
For
further details contact Ron Crosby
Tel:
01282 843439 |
|
14
7.30pm |
Lancs
MCS Monthly meeting - Marine life briefings
- 'Echinoderms', Gordon Fletcher; 'Cnidarians',
Ron Crosby |
Lancaster
University Furness Lecture Theatre No. 2.
Admission
£1 |
Contact:
Ron
Crosby - 01282 843439
Gordon
Fletcher - 01524 33609 |
Please note
there may be charges for some of the events
advertised
If you would like
to advertise an event on this page, please email us
on info@morecambebay.org.uk
Want
to get involved?
All
year round...
Interested
in helping with bird-ringing?
contact
Jack Sheldon 01229 473102
To
organise a beach-clean or get involved in
Adopt-a-Beach contact our BeachCare Officer on 01539
734448
If
you see any pollution incident
phone the Environment Agency Hotline on 0800 80 70
60
Lancashire
Marine Conservation Society
shore walks, marine life identification, field
workshops etc., contact Ron Crosby 01282 843439
Interested in sailing
on the Bay?
Morecambe Bay Sailing Association (MBSA) is a
group of 13 sailing & yacht clubs in the
Morecambe Bay area. The clubs have different
interests ranging from windsurfing, dinghy sailing
& racing, yacht racing & cruising, to
powerboating & social
events.
The MBSA acts as a liaison group
between the clubs, organises open sailing events
during the season, maintains good social contacts
& monitors commercial & environmental
developments around the bay
with respect to their effect on sailing.
Its current chairman is Steve Taylor, who is also
Commodore of River Wyre Yacht Club. Steve can
be contacted on 01253 811948 or by email to s.taylor@btclick.com.
Contacts
for Roa Island Boating Club are Tony Almond (01229 474061)
and, for yacht races, Paul Venton (01229
473782).
Work parties for local nature
conservation:
British
Trust for Conservation Volunteers
South Cumbria - Tuesdays, Thursdays and some
weekends. Contact 01229 580234
Central Lakes - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
some Sundays. Contact 015394 43098
North Lancashire - contact Dominic Parker 01772 250286
Cumbria
Wildlife Trust
contact John Dunbavin 015394 48280
Lancashire
Wildlife Trust
contact Graham Standring 01772 324129
North
Lancashire Naturalists
contact
Mike Moon 01524 701163
Tourist Information Centres
Local tourist information centres
hold a wide range of information on the local area
and events
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Where
|
Address
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Telephone
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Blackpool |
1 Clifton Street, FY1 1LZ |
01253 478222 |
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Thornton-Cleveleys |
Victoria Square, FY5 1AJ
Wyreside Ecology Centre, River Road, FY5 5LR |
01253 853378
01253 857890 |
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Fleetwood |
The Old Ferry Office, The Esplanade, FY7 6HF |
01253 773953 |
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Forton |
M6 Northbound |
01524 792181 |
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Morecambe |
Old Station Buildings, Marine Road, LA4 4DB |
01524 582808 |
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Lancaster |
29 Castle Hill, LA1 1YN |
01524 32878 |
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Killington Lake |
M6 Southbound |
01539 620138 |
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Kendal |
Town Hall, Highgate, LA9 4DL |
01539 725758 |
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Grange-over-Sands |
Victoria Hall, Main Street, LA11 6DP |
015395 34026 |
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Ulverston |
Coronation Hall, County Square, LA12 7LZ |
01229 587120 |
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Barrow-in-Furness |
28 Duke Street, LA14 1HU |
01229 894784 |
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