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There is a lot happening in Dunbar Harbour, so we will keep you informed with our news articles and newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter on the right of this article and come back to this news page often to read more. If you have news related to Dunbar Harbour then please send us a message using the form at the bottom and we will publish it here.
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Have you ever wondered how to make your own creel? and speedily? Here's Barry Brunton showing you how. https://youtu.be/h-ydtqDBrmM Remember to 'subscribe', he needs to keep his viewer numbers up.
Barry's already received his Seafish certification for his new boat. https://www.seafish.org He's looking forward to his MCA letters and numbers coming next month. Congratulations on all your hard work, Barry.
Photo 1, credit Barry's youtube video
Click <<READ MORE>> for Photo 2 by Kenny Maule: Creels galore on the harbourside.
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Visited the Battery recently? It's great for social distancing in a highly-ventilated(!) space with added beauty, flowers and the freshest air in Dunbar. From here you often see the dolphins offshore. The maintenance, gardening and watering is all done by Friends of Dunbar Battery. Let me know should you wish to join us.
Friends of Dunbar Battery on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/447249205640627
Photo 1 is one of our 'blooming' volunteers, sea-gardener Karell,
Click <<READ MORE>> below to see Photo 2: "in full flower". Both photos by Kenny Maule
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OK then, where is this lifebelt? This photo was taken in a comfortable, warm evening light. You must know this one. Oh, come on, we've all seen it many times! It's visible from nearly evey spot around the harbours.
Click <<READ MORE>> below to see the 'answer'.
Photos by Kenny Maule
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Super shot of an anemone -- taken near the little rocky ‘beach’ between the castle and the maggie by Kris Bird
The wildlife in and around our harbours is astonishing. Take the time to look at any stage of the tide, summer, winter, dawn, dusk, and send me your special photos with accompanying identification of species and 'where/when taken'. Editor.
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Harbourmaster Quentin Dimmer has been successful in securing a grant for £1,096 from Sea-Changers who award grants to a range of marine charities, particularly grassroots projects which galvanise community action.
The grant will finance an ambitious citizen-science project and photographic art exhibition conducted by local school children who will:
- take samples of plankton and micro-plastics from within Dunbar harbour, using plankton nets to gather samples.
- identify, study and photograph six different species of plankton and six micro-plastics using digital microscopes.
- print onto 1m square waterproof/graffiti-proof carbon-neutral laminate.
- set up an outdoor art exhibition with interpretation panels mounted for display on the harbour walls.
- display presentations in the local schools, Bleachingfield local community centre, John Muir House and others.
"We aim to reach 5,000 people locally, including school children, and also to open discussion with our MP and MSP about reducing micro-plastic pollution. The exhibition event hosted by Sustaining Dunbar will start the discussion with many people in the community who are keen to make a difference."
The children who are involved in the project will receive their John Muir Awards and have their first hands-on experience of marine biology so that benefit is long term. Engagement with fishing industry representatives and passing tourists will help to ensure a sustained message and ultimately have an impact on behaviour and government policy.
"Many thanks to Quentin for securing this valuable grant."
Photo from Sea-Changers' website.
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A gated fence has been installed at the start of the North Wall as this area is greatly affected by overtopping waves which can drop several tons of sea-water. Signage:--
- No Access
- Dangerous sea conditions forecast
- High risk to loss of life
- By Order of the Dunbar Harbour Trust
For safety reasons during wild weather, blocking the access to the North Wall will allow the bridge to be left down, giving temporary, limited access to the Battery area.
Photo by Kenny Maule
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Excellent video on litter … Harbourmaster Quentin Dimmer ‘stars’. From the Trust’s FB page:--
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2853414971364075&id=179870965385169
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Barry Fisher: Since August 2010, during nearly a decade, Barry Fisher has been an important and valued member of the Harbour Trust Board. His wise counsel will be missed but, having postponed the acceptance of his resignation with the arrival of the coronavirus, we sadly do need to accept it now that he is definitely leaving Dunbar for working at Stirling and taking his leisure at Loch Earn. The Board expressed its appreciation of his long and loyal service and wished him well in his new venture.
John Sim: On 29th May John Sim wrote to resign explaining that his experience, coupled with his desire to assist the Trust, would be of greater value in a more ‘hands on’ practical manner, focusing upon and around the harbour, perhaps under the direction of the Harbour Master, as opposed to being one of several Directors on the Board. Having grown up around Aberdeen Harbour, and after having spent many years working on the sea, he would rather spend his retirement years in a practical sense, doing something to help others who use the harbour and the sea for both commercial and leisure reasons. The meeting expressed their appreciation of John’s offer to help in this way.
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Sno Ice (Ali Russell) and his van have just set up at the harbour, daily from 9:30 / 10am whenever the sun shines until it gets quiet later in the day. You'll have seen his van, he’s been at Sparkling Dunbar the last two years.
Come and enjoy his ice cream, ice lollies, sweets and confectionery. "Roll up, roll up, be quick, queues are forming."
Photo by Kenny Maule