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Monday, August 25, 2008

Sands

The Gorse Fox and the local council have long been concerned about the loss of sand from our beach. Bedrock (chalk and clay) can clearly be seen at low tide, where once there was sand. Marks on the breakwaters show that we have lost nearly a metre in the last year or two.

The Council has been looking into this and one possible culprit was identified as offshore dredging on the Ower Banks. Discussion with the Crown Estate this week seem to have discounted this - and several hours of reading of reports and forum entries (from Haipsburgh) have made for an interesting afternoon.

The Gorse Fox is fairly convinced that the dredging is not the cause. The shape of the shallow bay and recent wind conditions make him believe that longshore drift is a far more likely cause.

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