A beautiful calm sunny day with vast expanses of soft sand, despite arriving more than two hours after low tide. After the busy summer months, it is fantastic to have the beach virtually to myself... Moreover, it is unusually clear with Southwold as sharp as I have ever seen on the horizon to the north.
The snails are still inhabiting the plastic... I am interested as to what attracts them to it - traces of what it once contained? - traces of what it has accumulated in the sea? -or is it just a good shelter?
Extraordinarily, I find a blue artificial flower petal identical to those found on my last two walks. Quite a coincidence as I had cleared the beach on each occasion as there was relatively little debris...
low tide: 07.35 hrs, 0.9m; high 14.05 hrs, 2.7m
time of arrival: 10.14 hrs
weather: sunshine, wind 8mph WSW, temperature 15c
marine litter: typical and quite large haul of rope and line, polystyrence, cans, sanitary towels, plastic bags adn plastic pieces.
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| More snails on plastic...is this a preferred habitat now??? |
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| Are they feeding on the plastic or on something on the surface of the plastic? |
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| the coast curves north towards Sizewell and Southwold |
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| unbelievably, three walks, three identical pieces of flower... |
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