MAGIC - mapping the countryside

MAGIC stands for Multi-Agency Geographical Information for the Countryside.

Zoom into an area.
Check the boxes to overlay information from various sources.

A Living Landscape

A Living Landscape is the way that the landscape along the Norfolk Coast is described by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, which operates a number of reserves.

We are going to be visiting the trust's property at Cley next the Sea.

Cley is a village which has a long history of involvement with conservation and particularly with bird watching. The village is protected by marshes and reed beds, which are also a habitat for wildlife.

Coastal management on the cliffs at Cromer

Here is a new type of coastal management being tried out on the cliffs in Cromer. Goats have been put into a fenced off area of the cliff to graze on the vegetation that is growing there... I went to Cromer today to take a photo of them, and other parts of the town.
Why were they introduced?

Here's a local news story on the project:


goats_for_web from ITV Anglia on Vimeo.

Flood Risk Mapping

A new tool, which uses Open Data from the Environment Agency and Ordnance Survey.

It displays flood risk across the UK, and has been made by BWB Consulting.

Layers can be added showing flood risk from different sources, and various options are available from the menu top left of the main screen.

We can use this tool to explore flood risk at some of the places we will be visiting…
This will be a SECONDARY DATA source.

Art on the beach..

Out to the Norfolk coast today to visit Cley16: an annual art exhibition which takes place in the church in Cley and other nearby locations. These included a piece by Brian Korteling which is shown below, and which I really liked. It represents the view as taken from 3 different perspectives, and breaks up the lines nicely... we'll be here in September.

Pinterest board task

At last year's GA Conference, Bob Digby's session on Assessing the Enquiry Process was filmed and recorded, and is now available on YouTube. This would be a valuable 'watch' for all Heads of Geography who want to start thinking about the way they assess students...

It also provides a lot of ideas for how to assess fieldwork - in Part 2 in particular...

Part 1


Part 2



Part 3




We will be taking these ideas into account when planning our new Norfolk Coast assessment.