PROGRAMME

 
Coronation Green
    2 June 2001 

A pair of Mute Swans with six furry cygnets greeted the workers setting up at the stalls for Adur World Oceans Day, but as the neap tide ebbed they had disappeared before the start of the event. 


 

FASCINATING, SCARY & WONDERFUL

A fascinating display of large Lobsters, Edible Crabs, Spider Crabs, Fish and Molluscs from the English Channel presented by Jim Partridge of Monteum Ltd / La Poissonerie, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Aquaria in the Adur WOD Marquee (Photograph by Ray Hamblett)ROCK POOL AQUARIUM

In the rock pools and between the tides all around the shores of the world, an attractive mixture of sea anemones, small fish, crabs and molluscs spend their lives. This British Marine Life Study Society display will present the smaller inhabitants of the Sussex coast. 

Bullhead in the Aquaria in the Adur WOD Marquee (Photograph by Andy Horton)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

TOUCH TABLE 

This informative display contains the seashells and other animal remains often washed up on the strandline. It will also include a Computer Quiz and other computer resources.
 
 
 
 
 

SHINGLE PLANTS 

In June the perfume of the shingle plants graces Shoreham Beach. This will be just one of several photographic and information displays on the marine environment. 
 
 
 

Willows First School, Lancing will show illustrations by children at their first school. 
 
 

WHALES AND DOLPHINS

Steve Savage of the Sea Watch Foundation (formerly the Cetacean Society) will be presenting an interactive display about the whales and dolphins that live in the seas around the British Isles.

Sea Watch Foundation (UK Mammal Society Cetacean Group) BMLSS Information Page


 

UNDER THE WEST PIER
Underwater Images by Sean Clark (Brighton)
More photographs by Sean Clark can be found in the Marine Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic Ocean Group Picture Gallery. 
Dahlia Anemone (by Sean Clark)

FISH TASTING

Tasting of fish found around the world by Melanie Blunden (Blunden's Fish 'n Chips)
 

SUSSEX SEA FISHERIES
 
 

Adur World Oceans Day Picture Portfolio

Adur Biodiversity Exhibition (Link)
 
 
 
 
 

Photograph by Natalie Brahma-PearlCHILDREN'S SEA LIFE DRAWING COMPETITION
 



 

References to the Biodiversity Earth Summit (1992):

Biodiversity Challenge
an agenda for conservation in the UK
2nd Edition
ISBN 0 903138 80 8

Biodiversity: the UK Action Plan
(January 1994)
ISBN  0-10-124282-4
Grid References & Maps on the Web
 
 
 

World Oceans Day
(British Isles page)
British Marine Life 
Study Society
Adur Valley
Shoreham-by-Sea

British Marine Life Study Society Index
News 2001
Diary 2000
Adur WOD 2000
WOD 99
Membership
AWOD Slide Show 1999-2000

Adur World Oceans Day Picture Portfolio  2001

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ADUR 2000 World Oceans Day

Biodiversity for the Aquarist & Rockpooler
Shoreham Harbour Page


FIVE KINGDOMS TAXONOMIC INDEX TO BRITISH MARINE WILDLIFE
Use these links if your are familiar with the scientific classifications of marine life
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