When: 11th Nov – 18:15
Where: Hannafore Point Hotel Ballroom
Speaker – Heather Buttivant
Title: ‘Looe’s Rock Pool Wildlife’
Dive into the wonders of Looe’s rock pools with this talk by local expert and writer Heather Buttivant. Meet the colourful inhabitants of our shores and discover their strange and surprising stories of survival in this ever-changing habitat. Along with uncovering unexpected aspects of well-known rock pool animals, Heather will share rarer sightings and offer a glimpse of how the environment is changing, bringing new arrivals.
Heather Buttivant is a writer and educator who specialises in introducing people to the mysterious wildlife beneath the Cornish waves. Her popular blog, Cornish Rock Pools, won the BBC Wildlife Magazine Blog of the Year Award in 2017 and she has appeared on BBC Countryfile. She is author of two books: Extraordinary Encounters Between the Tides and Beach Explorer: 50 Things to See and Discover. She can usually be found crawling through seaweed wearing waders or running children’s rock pooling events.


