Shorelines

This week, Anne of Slow Shutter Speed is encouraging us to look at shorelines for Lens-Artists Challenge #314. And so many of you have. You’ve shown us glorious holiday-brochure sandy shores with perfect blue skies; dramatic rocks and craggy cliffs; urban shores with a dizzying backdrop of skyscrapers; lakesides in gloriously wild surroundings .

I’ve decided to lower expectations, and go for mudflats; rippled sand; eroded rock and stone. And we’ll stay here in the UK.

Alnmouth
Mossyard, Dumfries and Galloway
Heysham, Lancashire.
Filey, North Yorkshire.

There’s no chance you’ll do any sunbathing on any of these beaches. Best go beachcombing. See what you can find.

All found at Mossyard, Dumfries and Galloway.
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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

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      5. I was an adult. At least, in Germany. Told my parents: I’m going to South Africa. So there. Then I got to SA and I wouldn’t get a permanent residence permit (needed to go to university there) unless I was married (to a permit holder). We decided to do that (with the express proviso that divorces are very easy to get in SA) and I found out that I was still considered a child in SA and had to beg my father for permission …

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  8. I’m just back from a few days by the sea so can attest that even in a downpour beaches can look beautiful. This morning we admired a sky of delicate blues and greys as well as a surprising number of doughty swimmers.

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  12. Your rippled sandy beach photos reminds me of when we were kids living on Canada’s east coast. During extreme low tide conditions we could walk far out onto the ocean floor. The small pools of remaining water were so warm.

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  13. Cornish beaches are, on the whole, beautiful and sandy and full of sunbathers in the summer. But I prefer to wander around the rockpools, investigate the geology and nose around rather than sit, so your last gallery is perfect for me, though I have yet to find anything like those shells! I wonder if there are more on the south coast where they probably don’t get quite the same roughness of the Atlantic ocean.

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  17. I love your mudflats, Margaret. You prompted me to find out more about them this morning so I hopped into a rabbit hole (you seem to have a lot of rabbit holes ready for me to jump into LOL on your blog) Anyway – this is what I found out: mud flats are crucial ecosystems, providing a habitat for a diverse range of wildlife, including migratory birds, fish, and invertebrates, making them vital for biodiversity. And there is more!! They play a key role in coastal protection by absorbing wave energy (I did not know this) and reducing erosion. They also contribute to nutrient cycling and support local fisheries, enhancing both ecological health and human livelihoods. Mud flats can act as natural filters, improving water quality by trapping sediments and pollutants.

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  25. Those shots of the mudflats are very atmospheric – I have been imagining I can smell that saltiness in the air. And the close-ups are lovely – the seaweed and the shells. Those human-placed circles of stones are appealing too.

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