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Conserving the Devonshire Avon from source to sea

Month: July 2011

RAM ROAST 29th July 2011

Our luck held and, true to form, the sun shone for yet another spectacular ram roast overlooking the Avon Estuary. All attending appreciated anew the need to look after this wonderful river in all its aspects.

Cockleridge beach clean: July 23rd 2011 – report

Another sunny afternoon collecting rubbish on the beach at Cockleridge yielded around six sacks of assorted junk, mostly small pieces of plastic and bits of netting  There were also plenty of cotton bud sticks, that perfect marker for sewage; these items are...

COCKLERIDGE BEACH CLEAN

Our next beach clean on Cockleridge will take place on Saturday 23rd July from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. Everybody is welcome to come and help but we can't accept responsibility for unaccompanied minors.  Please wear appropriate, stout  footwear and gloves.  Some rubbish bags...

‘Moor to Sea’ exhibition

Friday 15th July saw the culmination of the ACA's highly successful primary school project, 'Moor to Sea', with an exhibition of the work of children from 4 schools (South Brent, Loddiswell, Aveton Gifford and Thurlestone)  in Aveton Gifford village hall. The project...

The flooding of South Efford Marsh

In a public ceremony on 8th July, the new tidal gate on South Efford Marsh was opened by the Environment Agency to allow sea water to inundate the freshwater grazing marsh.  The development of a saltmarsh habitat will be managed and monitored for the Environment...

July newsletter

For those not on our regular e-mailing list of who don’t attend the twice-yearly Avon Estuary Forum, a brief update on recent activity of the ACA is provided below. On Saturday 18th June a small group of volunteers met to clean up some of the rubbish around ‘Albert’s...

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