Saturday 1 April 2017: FIELD MEETING (non-marine (and marine)): Golden Cap, Chideock, Dorset.

Jurassic Coast soft cliff site with diverse habitats, including calcareous seeps; National Trust site.

For non-marine, meet at 11:00 in car park at Filcombe Farmhouse (local NT office: SY 407/929).

Site may be wet as well as steep - sturdy boots and waterproofs advised.

Scope for marine recording is more limited, but little previous work has been done.  Small reef and pools below cliff.  Note that there is a walk in of about a mile along a shingle beach.  If you are interested, meet Bas Payne at 12:30 at Seatown car park (SY 421/917).  Low tide (+0.7m) 15:40.