Category Archives: NE

8 August 2019 Front Page Gazette – We Won’t Ban People From The Naze TDC

Did someone touch a nerve? Maybe this previous post or David Evans letter to Gazette but something seems to have provoked a reaction. Pretty quickly too. click picture to access article on gazette website To quote from the article The … Continue reading

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Tendring District Council Considering Restricting Public Access To The Naze

But this is much more than the Naze, all across Essex councils are planning to restrict access near coast and rivers. Why? To stop birds being disturbed, to please Natural England and EU Habitats Directive. Hey I thought we were … Continue reading

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Were Early Saltmarsh Surveys Wrong? – Jan 2014

DEFRA targetted EA with recreating 100 ha/year saltmarsh by flooding farmland following saltmarsh surveys. Were surveys wrong? Around 1973 there was a plan to build an airport on Maplin Sands off south Essex.  The airport was never built but there … Continue reading

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Environment Agency And Me – Jan 2014

I was largely unaware of Environment Agency till 2009, then they tried to knock a hole in sea wall about 1/2 mile from my house. I live in Kirby-le-Soken in Essex near the section of sea wall labelled B4a in … Continue reading

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Salt Marsh Growing Back Despite Rising Sea Levels A Problem For Coastal Squeeze – Nov 2013

Salt marsh is being eroded by a process called  coastal squeeze  which is caused by rising sea levels according to Natural England and Environment Agency.  The following photographs show salt marsh is growing back, at least in one part of … Continue reading

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