Category: Current News

Salt on the Solway Webinar Available Now

The Solway Coast AONB and the Solway Firth Partnership are presenting a series of webinars that focus on cross border topics such as salt making, military history, dynamic dunes and farmsteads. The first talk of the series, ‘Salt on the Solway’, has now taken place and was fully booked! It focused on the Solway’s salt… Read more »

Tidelines Winter 2020 Issue Now Out!

The latest edition of Tidelines is now out! SFP will not be printing the Winter 2020 edition of Tidelines due to the covid-19 restrictions but we have got lots of interesting updates from around the Solway in our downloadable pdf. Just click on the image below.  

What’s your experience of the draft North West Marine Plans?

What’s your experience of the Draft North West Marine Plans? The MMO want to hear from you! Are you a decision maker or a proponent in the north west marine plan areas? Or do you have experience of using the Marine Plans in another capacity, or a strong interest in Marine Planning in England? On… Read more »

Solway Coast AONB Volunteer Workparty Postponed due to Lockdown!

********Please note – this event is postponed due to the new lockdown in England****** The Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will be undertaking a path restoration project on Wed 4th and Thu 5th Nov at Crosscanonby Carr Nature Reserve. They will need as many hands as possible to help. There are jobs… Read more »

Scottish Solway Site SW1 Dropped from Scottish Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy

The Solway block SW1 has been dropped as a possible development site in the Scottish Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy Following consideration of the assessment contained within the Sustainability Appraisal and the views submitted during consultation, Scottish Ministers have chosen not to progress SW1 as a Plan Option at this time. In the… Read more »

Solway Firth Partnership AGM – Book Your Place Now!

It’s not too late to book onto the Solway Firth Partnership AGM which is being held at 10.30am on Friday 6 November. This will be an AGM with a difference due to the COVID-19 restrictions. We will hold the Solway Firth Partnership (SFP) business live online at 10.30am on Friday 6 November. This will be… Read more »

Marine Conservation Society Online Conference

Marine Conservation Society are holding their AGM and Conference online this year. The event which is FREE, will take place on Thursday 19 November at 5pm. Find out what the Marine Conservation Society has been doing to recover, protect and celebrate our seas in this special evening of ‘Ocean Optimism’. Hear from a range of… Read more »

Historic Harbour Management Study Undertaken

Researchers at the University of Oxford in collaboration with Historic England are conducting a survey to determine attitudes towards marine wildlife growing on historic maritime structures by those responsible for their management. The short survey takes 10 minutes to complete and can be accessed HERE or at (https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/managing-marine-wildlife-on-historic-maritime-structures). The Researchers are extremely interested in hearing from anyone involved in the… Read more »

New Monitoring Survey for the North West Marine Plans

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are now carrying out a survey as part of their marine plan monitoring for the north west marine plan areas as set out in the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) Section 61. The MMO’s monitoring activity, including information gathered through surveys, is used to inform a three-yearly report to… Read more »