01 Stroll the coastline
Take a walk along this beautiful coastline. From Pett Level head past the houses down to the beach and onwards or out past Rock a Nore huts, then out to Ecclesbourne waterfall, cautious of the tides.
02 Look for kelp
See if there is any kelp growth, any kelp growing on the rock strata. There is always an abundance of various wrack seaweed in the area but can you spot any new oarweed or sugar kelp yet?
03 Look for wildlife
Can you see life? Lobsters? Crabs? Starfish? Seals? Anemones? Seahorses? Nudibranch? Whales?! We hope in time the biodiversity will flourish. Let us know, we'd love to hear from you!
FAIRLIGHT BEACH
Amazing Drone flight over Fairlight Cove At Easter 2022. The main section of interest is a little further along the coast but this is the midway between Hastings and Pett Level.
Credit to Stef Dawson: https://www.youtube.com/@SunriseToSunsetwithStefDawson
Hastings geology
The region's geology primarily consists of sedimentary rocks from the Early Cretaceous period, belonging to the Wealden Group. Notable formations include the Ashdown Sandstone, Wadhurst Clay, and Tunbridge Wells Sandstone. Erosion has shaped the coastal cliffs, exposing fossils and contributing to the area's unique landscape and geological features.
Hastings is located within the Weald Basin, an uplifted area between the North and South Downs. This uplift resulted from tectonic forces caused by the collision of the European and African continental plates, an event that also led to the formation of the Alps.
Over time, significant erosion removed younger rock layers, exposing older sedimentary rocks beneath. Erosion was most intense at the center of the anticline, where elevation is highest. This explains the absence of chalk and the prominence of exposed sandstones from river channels, interbedded siltstones and mudstones from floodplains, and dark clays from swamps.
credit www.discoveringfossils.co.uk
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Science
Bringing together skills, experience, education, tutors, students and scientists to combine knowledge for the greater good. A collaborative fusion of minds for optimal result.
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Education
Working with schools, colleges and universities to teach and help the next generations learn, understand and get involved in shaping the future environment.
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Local
Everybody is welcome and encouraged, no matter backgrounds or difficulties, the project is for the town to get involved in, be it passive or fully immersive contribution.
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Future
For the wildlife, planet, oceans, flora and fauna and future generations. The project will increase biodiversity, reduce C02 and provide opportunities with a healthier ocean.
Kelp life....
Direct from MagicMap, the government site managed by Natural England. Partner organizations are the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency, the Forestry Commission, Historic England and the Marine Management Organisation. Kelp!
