What's in the issue

FEATURES

WILDLIFE OF WONDER
Coastal experiences around the
British Isles for people who love
dolphins, seals and squirrels

BIRDS OF A FEATHER We
celebrate the arrival of thousands
of puffi ns to the Northumbrian coast
at a festival held in their honour

TRY IT NOW: SNORKELLING
WITH SEALS ON THE ISLES OF
SCILLY coast Editor Alex Fisher
heads to St Martin’s for a close
encounter with the seal community

SEASHORE EXPLORERS There’s
a secret world to be discovered
when rockpooling on the tideline

ISLE OF PLENTY The story behind
an award-winning restaurant on Mull

CAPITAL CATCH A fresh idea about
buying fi sh for people living in London

10 BEST… CULTURAL
FESTIVALS BY THE SEA From
short fi lms in fi shing villages to
classical concerts on the sand

WEEKEND IN… BLACKPOOL
This iconic seaside resort in
Lancashire is having a revival

SPEARS OF DESTINY Fields of
asparagus are rising again in Formby

REGULARS

PICTURE THIS Gannets Feast

BEACHCOMBER News, art,
people, style and events by the sea

MARINE LIFE Maya Plass brings
the seashore alive for school children

WALK OF THE MONTH Murlough
National Nature Reserve

THE COASTAL WARDROBE Stylish
outfi ts for a summer’s day by the sea

SHORE SPOTTER’S GUIDE Richard
Harrington talks about jellyfi sh

YOUR coast Get in touch by letter,
email, Twitter or Facebook

WHERE TO BUY Stockist details

CREATIVE CORNER Seaside
ceramicist Julia Smith

MY COAST Author Anne Enright