Efforts to protect and restore the natural beauty of Chichester Harbour took another step forward last week when key stakeholders gathered at the latest Chichester Harbour Action Summit. Senior figures from a range of influential organisations came together for their bi-annual review of progress on projects to reverse the environmental decline of the harbour identified […]
Chichester Harbour Conservancy will be hosting a public drop-in session for people to view plans for the footpath and habitat creation at Apuldram meadow. The project is titled Fishbourne Footpath to Nature Recovery. When: Early autumn – date TBC Notifications will be sent out by our monthly newsletter. Where: Fishbourne Church Hall, St. Peter & […]
Chichester Harbour Conservancy is calling for a stronger voice to protect the Chichester Harbour National Landscape in the planning system. Chichester Harbour National Landscape is under significant pressure from development. In the last 2 years more than 750 dwellings have been approved on the boundary of the National Landscape and there is a target for […]
Quick action by a member of the public has helped the Chichester Harbour Patrol to apprehend and prosecute two speeding jet-skiers. The two jet-skiers were spotted exceeding the 8 knots speed limit in the harbour in violation of harbour byelaws. The incident took place on a busy day last summer when lots of small sailing […]
Chichester Harbour has a new weather station. Emsmet, has been installed on the southerly cardinal marker at the southern end of the Emsworth channel. The new Emsmet station is now active and joins Chimet and Cambermet in providing important weather services for water users in Chichester Harbour. You can now access weather reports from Emsmet, […]
Research published this week by environmental scientists from three universities has once again highlighted serious concerns about water pollution in Chichester Harbour. The study comes from scientists at Brunel University of London, the University of Portsmouth and Imperial College London – working alongside citizen scientists from the Clean Harbours Partnership. Their investigation published in the […]
The Chichester Harbour Conservancy Board has made the decision not to grant renewal of a licence for Chichester Wildfowlers’ Association to conduct wildfowling on Chichester Harbour Conservancy managed land. The decision was made at the board meeting held on 31 March 2025. At the meeting the board heard representations from the Chichester Wildfowlers’ Association and […]
Two weeks ago 60 volunteers from the Friends of Chichester Harbour gathered at Portsmouth University’s Institute of Marine Sciences to scrub 4000 Native Oysters., Their aim was to clean them for biosecurity, ready to be introduced to the waters of Emsworth Yacht Harbour. The Return of the Oyster The oysters are being introduced as part […]
From Monday 17 March, Footpath 1 will be temporarily closed in the vicinity of Rookwood, north-west of West Wittering. The closure will be in place for 5 days whilst works are undertaken to replaced a damaged boardwalk. An alternative route is available via Rookwood Road, Sheepwash Lane and Footpath No.2817 (please see yellow route highlighted […]
Teams from both Chichester Harbour Conservancy and Langstone Harbour Board joined forces this week, to carry out a planned exercise to test capability and response in the event of an oil spill taking place in the harbour. Chichester Harbour Master Jo Cox explained, “The purpose of this exercise was to test our oil spill contingency […]
Farmers in the Chichester Harbour National Landscape received good news today with the announcement that the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grants programme will be extended. The news was welcomed by local farmers and by Chichester Harbour Conservancy, responsible for the management of the protected National Landscape. The scheme allocates funds to farming and land […]
We know that saltmarshes have a valuable role in reducing flood and coastal erosion risk, along with mudflats, seagrass meadows and oyster reefs. Last week the Environment Agency updated the “Working with Natural Processes Evidence Directory” summarising the latest evidence in favour of natural flood management and highlighting the importance of saltmarsh for flood and […]