Rockpool Poetry
Heaven is a Rockpool By Mel Cross. Aauthor, artist, and spiritual guide who joined us on one of our Rock Pool Safaris in October of 2021 and drew inspiration from her time there to compose the above poem.
Heaven is a Rockpool By Mel Cross. Aauthor, artist, and spiritual guide who joined us on one of our Rock Pool Safaris in October of 2021 and drew inspiration from her time there to compose the above poem.
On our fifth Blue Recovery Beach Day we had periods of cloud and rain but that didn’t stop us from getting out there to explore some rock pools. The Princess Pavilion once again provided us with some delicious pasties and some much needed shelter at the end of the day, as well as serving as a fantastic venue for our second ‘See Our Shore’ event.
Falmouth’s Castle and Tunnel Beach were home to many amazing wildlife discoveries this week for our fourth Blue Recovery Beach Day… from giant spider crabs to devils crabs, there was loads to find! Starting out at the beautiful Princess Pavilion, we welcomed all this week’s participants – some returning and some new. It was a day full of sunshine and much needed sunscreen!
This was our third event and we have certainly got into the swing of things. Falmouth’s Tunnel Beach was again home to inviting shimmering rock pools hiding incredible marine life. Our morning started once again at the fantastic Princess Pavilion, where we greeted those taking part and signed them up to The Rock Pool Project. We got the day kickstarted with the classic Blue Recovery Wildlife Quiz where our groups had a great time learning about all the amazing creatures that they might discover down on the beach.
If, like me, you have ever looked into a colourful rock pool and wondered about all the small animals and plants that live in its green shadows, then a Blue Recovery Beach Day is for you! Blue Recovery’s first Rock Pool Beach Day got off to a great start this Month at Tunnel Beach here in Falmouth. Despite the clouds, an enthusiastic group of us met to see what wonders there were to find in the rock pools.
It seems as though people’s fascination with rock pooling is growing among the people of Falmouth. Last Saturday an enthusiastic group of rock poolers met up at the Princess Pavilion and we headed to Castle beach to see what could be found in and under the rocky shoreline.
I spend a great deal of my time in rock pools. As a PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth, it’s kind of my job. It is often back-aching, knee-busting, solitary work. Scrambling over barnacle-speckled rocks, slipping on splayed kelp, I stop to stoop over glassy pools of water, bits of ocean left behind by the tide’s retreat. Professionally, I study these places and the animals that live here. Personally, these spaces, the ever-shifting boundary zones where sea and land collide, are my favourite places to visit and explore.
There can’t be many social gatherings that are given over to celebrating the humble limpet(!), but that is exactly what happened at the Seco Lounge in the Royal William Yard on Thursday 29th Oct. 2022 with a ‘Loving Limpets’ social evening. The Rock Pool Project had put together an evening of expertise and sharing that revealed all sorts of facts about these crusty little pyramids, familiar to every beach visitor, but so little understood. Co-founder Alan Smith acted as compère for the event, with the organisation’s Falmouth branch being linked in via Zoom.
On Saturday the 8th October our Plymouth Blue Recovery Rangers, Rock Pooling Families and a healthy dose of Rock Pool Project volunteers & team members, grabbed their passports and set off aboard the wonderful Edgcumbe Belle. The course was set for Cremyll, Cornwall on reportedly the oldest passenger ferry route in the UK. Luckily, the waters were calm as we approached Kernow, with not a pirate in sight!
Cornwall’s coast has beaches, cliffs, coves, and rocky shores. Beneath the waves lie cliffs, chasms, and dunes. At low tide, rock pools reveal hidden worlds and fascinating creatures!
