Tag Archives: natural england

Somerset EA Spend £31million Flooding Farmland For Bird Sanctuary – Jan 2014

EA says it can not afford £4million to dredge Somerset Rivers but has spent £31million in Somerset knocking down sea walls (managed realignment) to flood farmland in order to create intertidal habitat for birds. 29 January 2014 Daily Mail has … Continue reading

Posted in EA, SMP | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tidal Surge And Sea Wall Near Hill House Farm Shotley – Jan 2014

The sea wall near Hill House Farm, Shotley has been damaged,  presumably as a result of tidal surge.  6 weeks on why has EA not started repairs? Here is a picture take from near southern end of the sea wall … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Coastal Squeeze, EA, Salt Marsh Erosion, Sea Level, SMP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Climate Change, DEFRA, Devereux Farm, EA, Kirby-le-Soken, Local, NE, Salt Marsh Erosion, Sea Level, SMP, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reason 2 EA’s Policy of Saltmash Habitat Creation Is Fatally Flawed – Jan 2014

DEFRA have targeted EA with recreating saltmarsh by flooding farmland. Here is reason #2 why this policy is fatally flawed. There is mud in the sea around East Anglia, that’s why the sea is murky unlike in Cornwall or Mediterranean. … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Coastal Squeeze, DEFRA, EA, Salt Marsh Erosion, Sea Level, SMP | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

One Place Where Salt Marsh Erosion Is Not Caused By Coastal Squeeze – Dec 2013

Coastal squeeze is an idea made up to explain how rising sea levels cause salt marsh erosion.  The need to recreate salt marsh, allegedly lost by coastal squeeze,  is behind EA’s unwillingness to maintain sea defences. Quay Lane Kirby-le-Soken At … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Coastal Squeeze, EA, Kirby-le-Soken, Local, SMP | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Climate Change, Coastal Squeeze, EA, NE, Salt Marsh Erosion, Sea Level, SMP | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Walton-on-the-Naze Residents Furious New Fences Block Footpath

On 13 December 2012 Clacton and Frinton Gazette ran a story about a fence which had been put up in North Street which has infuriated residents,  in particular Rosemary Palmer, Susan Merry and Mary Cook. In fact 2 fences have … Continue reading

Posted in Footpaths, Local, Walton-on-the-Naze | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment