What a Marvellous Marine Day Out on Lihou

The Nature Commission, Seasearch, La Societe Guernesiaise, Beep, the Clean Earth Trust and the Alderney Wildlife Trust all came together for the eelgrass walkover, seaweed survey, intertidal search and beach clean along the Lihou causeway.

Yesterday’s event attracted a crowd of people to discover creatures in rockpools and different types of seaweed.

‘We have been looking for 14 different types of seaweed including non-invasive and invasive species, and species that indicate the impact of climate change,’ said Jessi Jennings from the Nature Commission.

‘Today is about getting the public engaged with marine life, and we have had a really good turnout.’

Livvy Vidamour, 9 was had managed to find some marine creatures in rockpools at Lihou.

‘I’m really enjoying it,’ she said.

She was taking part in the seaweed search with her family.

‘We’ve found lots of different animals,’ said Livvy’s mum, Rachel Seymour.

‘We try to do a lot of things like this, it’s nice to have something to be able to dip in and out of.’

People at the day out also were looking at the eelgrass patches to the sides of the causeway.

‘It is really important to prevent anything happening to the eelgrass,’ said Dr Mel Broadhurst-Allen from the Alderney Wildlife Trust.

The eelgrass exploration was led by the Bailiwick Eelgrass Exploration Project (Beep).

Oscar Marsh, 8, had enjoyed looking for crabs and other creatures in the rockpools.

‘We found lots of crabs,’ he said.

‘I like the blue crab we found because it’s a really cool colour and has big claws.’