A few photos of Overstrand beach from the 23rd:
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| Oof! Focus. Focus! |
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| That's better. |
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| I think this may be a sanderling (Calidris alba)? |
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And a few more from this morning:
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| Looking east from the Beach Road slipway in Overstrand |
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| Sidestrand begins where the groynes end |
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There looks to have been a cliff fall just past the End of the Line
See that tongue of clay-mud and grass reaching across the beach to the sea (lower middle)?
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| The groynes of Trimingham with the sunrise further around the coast behind the cliffs |
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| A break in the clouds allows a glimpse of the sunrise |
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| Hmmm... I wonder what's out there? |
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| Ah. The offshore supply ship Highland Knight... |
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| ... and the seemingly ever-present Vos Gorgeous. |
It's like you have your own private beach there! "Hey, you sanderlings, get off my lawn!"
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean "it's like"? It is!
Delete* shakes fist at sanderlings *
Stunning! xoxo
ReplyDeleteNorth Norfolk can really turn it up sometimes!
DeleteI love your trips along the beach.Not just for groyne jokes either!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're having an inexplicably wonderful Christmas, Mr Device.xx
Good job, Dinah, as there'll be more of the same in 2018, no doubt.
DeleteChristmas was surprisingly bearable, thank you. Hope you had a good one, too!
Gorgeous indeed! What spectacular fotos and what a hard working ship that Vos Gorgeous is. I am mesmerized by the reflective quality of the water, the evocative skies, and the rugged landscape. Absolutely sublime!
ReplyDeleteMy first thought upon seeing that bird--Hey, sandpiper! Shouldn't it have migrated south for the winter? Or is this a local resident?
That break in the clouds foto is riveting! Thanks for sharing these fotos.
Merry Christmas to y'all! Cheers!
Thanks, Eros! The sanderling has migrated south for winter - the UK is its south as it breeds in the high arctic, apparently.
DeleteWould you call the beach sandy or stoney? Sometimes it looks one then the other.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the tide, Hound. Sometimes it scours away a lot of the sand leaving a horrid stony beach, and other times sand is deposited by the tide-load providing a beach worthy of being in a holiday brochure!
DeleteP.S. Sorry for the late reply. Your comment was lingering in the spam comments folder for some reason. I've just noticed it and applied the despamming spray.
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