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Summer Rockpool Ramble 2

January 04, 2021
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When: Sunday 24rd August, 13:00-15:00 Where: Hannafore beach, meet below the coastguard station. Booking Essential. Come and join local experts as we explore the rocky shore, finding lots of the amazing critters that live on it! This event is suitable for the whole family. We do ask t
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Beach Clean & Picnic

January 04, 2021
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When: Saturday 18th  September, 10:00-13:00  Where: Port Nadler Beach, meet at Hannafore fields gates. Booking essential. Join us for this fun and healthy social event. We’ll meet at the Hannafore fields gates at 10am and walk along the coast path to Port Nadler where we will do a bea
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2022 Events Planning Meeting

January 04, 2021
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When: Tuesday 21st  September, 18:00 – 21:00  Where: Crew Room, East Looe RNLI Station Looe Marine Conservation Group events planning meeting for the coming year. All welcome. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL via our Eventbrite profile that can be accessed here: www.
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Talk & Meeting: ‘Up the Creek….and Far Beyond’

January 04, 2021
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When: Tuesday 19th October, 18:00 – 20:30 Where: Crew Room, East Looe RNLI Station. Booking Essential. Known as ‘The Lone Kayaker’, Rupert Kirkwood has been capturing incredible images of marine wildlife for over fifteen years, clocking up over 25,000 paddled miles in the process! Rup
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Autumn Rockpool Ramble

January 04, 2021
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When: Sunday 24th October, 13:30 – 15:30 Where: Hannafore beach, meet below the coastguard station. Booking Essential. Fancy finding some cool crabs & stunning starfish? Well why not join local experts as we explore the rocky shore! We ask that all attendees come along with suitab
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Shark Fishing in Looe

January 04, 2021
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When: Tuesday 16th November, 18:00 – 20:00 Where: The Jolly Sailor, West Looe (Booking Essential) Join the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain (SACGB) and the Looe Marine Conservation Group for an evening of all things shark! We’ve lined up a panel of local experts, scientists a
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Montagu's blenny

Past event: Talk & Meeting: ‘Hidden Wildlife Stories – A Dip into Looe’s Rock Pools’

December 04, 2020
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When: Tuesday 19th January, 6:00pm – 8:30 pm Where: Zoom. Please contact looevmca@gmail.com to request the link and any further information. Local blogger, author and LMCG volunteer, Heather Buttivant is passionate about rock pool wildlife and marine conservation. Her first book, Rock
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Past Event: Talk & Meeting: ‘Sea Swimming Top Tips & Tricks’

December 04, 2020
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Where: Online. For the Zoom link and any more information, please contact looevmca@gmail.com. Having swum competitively for over 25 years, Jason Quiterio is the top person when it comes to tips & tricks for sea swimming! Join us online with Jason Quiterio, owner of Ace Swimming, s
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Past event: Shoresearch Training

December 04, 2020
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When: Saturday 27th February, 09:00-13:00 Where: Hannafore beach, meet below the coastguard station. Booking Essential. We’re looking for passionate volunteers who care about the marine environment and would like to help us monitor the rocky shore! Come along to our training day to di
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Past Event: Annual General Meeting

January 04, 2020
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When: Tuesday 16th March, 18:00-20:00  Where: Online. For the Zoom link please contact looevmca@gmail.com. Having missed out on a 2020 AGM, we’ll take a look back over the last two years and what’s certainly been a strange time for all! We’ll also discuss what lies ahead for the
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Cancelled: Walking Beach Clean with Plover Rovers

January 04, 2020
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This event has been cancelled due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions. When: Sunday 11th April, 13:00 – 16:00 Where: East Looe Seafront (Booking Essential) Come and join us for a beach clean whilst learning all about the seagrass beds in the Looe Bay! You may have seen that scientists re
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Cancelled: Easter Rockpool Ramble

January 04, 2020
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This event has been cancelled due to ongoing Covid restriction. When: Tuesday 13th April, 12:00-14:00 Where: Hannafore beach, meet below the coastguard station. Booking essential. If you’ve ever wondered about what lives in the rockpools near you, then come along to our rockpool rambl
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Seaweed Jelly Powder Sachet

Throw Jelly Not Balloons

May 26, 2019
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The Campaign Story Looe Marine Conservation Group (LMCG) developed the Throw Jelly Not Balloons campaign to persuade people to stop throwing water balloon bombs for fun at water festivals and raft races. Water balloons are a needless form of plastic pollution which harms wildlife and
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Looe Seal Duchess Banana-ing

Looe Marine Conservation Group Blog

January 22, 2013
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Welcome to our brand new website and our very first blog! We’re really excited that the Looe Marine Conservation Group’s new website has gone ‘live’ today 22nd January so please share it! We want you to discover, explore and learn more about Looe’s amazin
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Talk & Meeting: ‘Basking Sharks: The Past, Present & Future’
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Talk & Meeting: 'What do marine biologists actually do?... Birds, boats, vans and sheep-rustling'
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May Rockpool Ramble
Jan 04, 2021
LMCG Film Night: ‘Captain Phillips’
Jan 04, 2021
June Monthly Meeting
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What's On?

Talk & Meeting: ‘Basking Sharks: The Past, Present & Future’
Jan 04, 2021
Talk & Meeting: 'What do marine biologists actually do?... Birds, boats, vans and sheep-rustling'
Jan 04, 2021
May Rockpool Ramble
Jan 04, 2021

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