Hey now, hey now now,
Between 12.00 & 14.00 today they knock down a section of sea wall in Essex. Between 16.00 & 17.00 the tide comes in. After just 3 years and 7 million pounds the the Wallasea Wetlands come into existence. The Project is creating 115 hectares of wetland, including 7 artificial islands, saline lagoons, mudflats, new public footpaths, and 4km of sea wall. It will be used by birds including Brent geese, oystercatchers, Grey plovers, Dunlins, Shelducks, Curlews, Avocets and Little Terns. It will also provide a nursery habitat for fish such as bass, herring and mullet.
After a ruling in the European courts that the destruction of salt marsh that occurred during the 1990’s improvement of Kent’s ports was illegal the government was obliged to return an equivalent area to salt flats. And to be fair, they have done it in some style.
So today, in one small place, in one small way, we made our planet a little better. That makes me happy.
After a ruling in the European courts that the destruction of salt marsh that occurred during the 1990’s improvement of Kent’s ports was illegal the government was obliged to return an equivalent area to salt flats. And to be fair, they have done it in some style.
So today, in one small place, in one small way, we made our planet a little better. That makes me happy.
posted by Old Man Rich at 11:16 AM
5 Comments:
You're easily pleased.
A billion people still dont have access to fresh, clean water...but as long as the Dunlins are ok eh?
yup.
one step at a time.
Shelducks, Curlews, Avocets, Herring and Mullet.
Were they not the Queens College Oxford team that won University Challenge in 1976?
Lemme guess now, your title, is it a reference to 'This (Coastal) Erosion' by the Sisters of Mercy? My, how that takes me back. Those crazy nights in the Coastal Zone Management labs. Or maybe it wasn't, and I'm just sad. It's a possibility I shan't deny.
GOD BLESS ESSEX!
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