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Sussex Beach Wardens
The West Sussex Beach Wardens are a volunteer group who work to raise awareness and conservation of this important coastline.
The Beach Wardens are a fully working group with a committee and help out at national events to raise awareness such as World Oceans Day and Marine Week. We also conduct surveys of coastal flora and fauna and litter. The data collected from these surveys is collated by the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre, MCS (litter survey), and the Beach Wardens. It will be useful for mapping species change, phenology and the general state of our coast and sea.
Other practical work we do includes beach cleans, walks and talks. We have 4 subgroups undertaking this work to allow local community knowledge to flourish. These are Chichester/Pagham area, Arun, Adur, and Shoreham.
This work is supported by Southern Water, who recently became our main sponsor.
Helen Sparkes, Community Programmes Officer says -
"We are absolutely delighted we can offer this support to the Beach Wardens
as at Southern Water we are working towards a common goal of protecting
our
precious coastline"
History
The West Sussex Beach Wardens were born out of a Nature coast Project idea. West Sussex residents have come together over the past 4 years to learn more about their coast and put this knowledge into action - volunteers only needed to show an enthusiasm – full training was provided. Each Warden completed a series of courses; Bird Identification, Shingle Plant Identification, Marine Mammal and Strandline Identification, Working with the Wider Community and Managing Projects.
These courses were generously funded by Veolia Environmental Trust and taught by BTCV. Local experts are enlisted to give essential knowledge, thanks to David Wood, Ivan Lang of Pagham Harbour, the Nature Coat Project and Stephen Savage.
Once fully competent each Warden takes responsibility for a section of coastline and helps out at events.
