9. SeaWatch

9. SeaWatch

Somerset Sea Watch celebrated 10 years of surveying for marine mammals in December 2023 with a survey from Watchet harbour wall and presentation on the remarkable long-term dataset, recording porpoises, dolphins, seals and even sunfish along the Somerset coast. This...
8. Fossil Walks

8. Fossil Walks

Andy King, one of Geckoella’s Directors and Principal Geologist heads up the Fossil Walks team. Walks are generally run through the school holidays and are great family fun. Advertised on our website, social media and via Watchet visitor centre these walks are proving...
5. Dunster Board

5. Dunster Board

Geckoella has been working with Dunster Beach Huts and graphic design company Paperpixels.ink to create an attractive and detailed information board about the beach and the surrounding West Somerset Coast and Bristol Channel. Look out for it on display in Spring...
11. Sustainable Coastal Management

11. Sustainable Coastal Management

Geckoella has been helping communities manage coastal changes. For example the big news for Watchet this year was the closure of the B3191 as ever increasing coastal erosion threatens the integraty of the road. Geckoella’s geologists continue to monitor the...
Orchards and Pollinators

Orchards and Pollinators

Invertebrates are important to conserve and Geckoella has undertaken a range of valuable work in 2023. Senior Ecologist Joshua Butterworth surveyed for pollinators across several sites with invertebrate specialist Dave Boyce, including a new community orchard in...
Orchards and Pollinators

4. Woodlands, Orchards, Pollinators and Invertebrates

This year Geckoella has been lucky enough to survey pristine habitats within ancient woodlands in the Mendips. Amongst the trees surveyors found a plethora of interesting and rare woodland flowers including Toothwort which is a parasitic plant often found on Hazel....