The seas around the UK host a wealth of wildlife. You might be surprised to learn that the UK's seas cover an area three times that of the land, and host half of our national bio-diversity. It's a strange world beneath the waves, one that we know little about, but one that is increasingly under pressure from human activity.

The local area group is active in surveying wildlife in Morecambe Bay and the North West Coast of the UK. We organise beach cleans, guided beach walks and talks about marine wildlife. We are part of The Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading marine charity. We work to ensure our seas are healthy, pollution free and protected.

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The Imperatriz - a Portuguese shipwreck on the RiverLune, and some other local maritime archaeology.: A talk by Nigel Neil (Lancaster and District Heritage Group and Neil Archaeological Services) on Wednesday 14th May at 19:30 at the Lancaster Maritime Museum. Above: The remains of the Imperatriz, wrecked in 1866, photo by Nigel Neil. Imperatriz was on its way from Mazagan (now called El Jadida... >> More

Lancashire City Nature Challenge 2025: The City Nature challenge took place between 25th to the 28th of April this year, this was a Global challenge to record as many species in as many places as possible. As the dates coincided with a plankton sample, I decided to try and submit some species from this to the Lancashire record. On lan... >> More

MCS Beachwatch Organisers Celebration Event: The first MCS Celebration event for Beachwatch Organisers happened on Zoom on Monday 28th April, hosted by Claire Trotman,Beachwatch Officer. This was essentially a thank you from National MCS to all the people around the country who organise beach cleans/ cleans around estuaries etc. It was go... >> More

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