Upcoming sessions
Please note that Young Strandliners is currently not active. If you have signed up to the Young Strandliners newsletter, we will add your name to the mailing list, but will not be starting again in the immediate future.
About Young Strandliners
Are you aged 10 to 18?
Are you interested in wildlife and the environment?
Want to know more about climate change and human action?
How about joining a Young Strandliners group?
Email to find out more.
We will…
Discover the stories our coastal wildlife can tell us,
Become citizen scientists,
Learn how our actions impact the environment,
Enjoy wild beach activities.
We can campaign for a better environment.
What will the group do?
Topics and activities may include…
Plastic pollution
Microplastic (nurdles & more)
Citizen science surveys
Seaweed search – climate change & biodiversity indicators
Shark, skate & ray egg case identification & recording
Rock pooling
Plastic polymers
A guide to environmental organisations
Black light investigation
Beachcombing (trash & treasure)
Coastline biodiversity (Bioblitz)
Creating local change
Here are some of our sessions from this year…
September
We took part in the Great Nurdle Hunt at Camber and looked at the difference between nurdles and biobeads. We found the ratio between them can help us detect a spill!
August
We looked at how tides work and explored the routes that items from the US and Canada might take to reach us. We found we could trace many of the fishing-related items by the writing on them, and opened an American bait pot for the first time since its arrival here. Could there be an invasive species lurking inside?
July
After some health and safety training with the throw line, we observed the wildlife around the Military Canal and took water samples for testing. We also tested the samples that our young volunteers had brought with them. There were some surprising results!
May/June
We looked at the sunken forest and explored the rock pools. We finished the morning with a plastics investigation – which plastics float and which sink? Does saltwater make a difference? Why?
April
We found more than 20 different species in our strandline bio-blitz, and then finished the morning with a stone tower competition. You can see the results of our bio-blitz here.
And in 2023…
August
In our first session, we investigated a mass stranding of whitebait along the high tide line. Why were so many washed up? What had been chasing them?
September
This was a MCS beach survey & clean up with the Beach Club @10am
Young Strandliners saw how an OSPAR survey works.
October
This session focused on visible microplastic, nurdles and bio-beads, to coincide with the Great Nurdle Hunt (FIDRA). Unfortunately this had to be cancelled to gale force winds. Young Strandliners were invited to join us at Camber for our Nurdle Hunt.
November
Young Strandliners were invited to join us at Ocean Symposium in Bexhill.