2015

NU1143 : Holy Island Sands

taken 9 years ago, near to Holy Island, Northumberland, England

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Holy Island Sands
Holy Island Sands
Banks of higher ground covered in eel grass. Eel grass grows throughout the shallow sea and intertidal areas south and west of Holy Island and is a food stuff for overwintering brent geese. The geese spend the winter between here and Denmark before returning to the breeding grounds in Svalbard. At this time the geese were south of here beside the sea with a few thousand golden plover.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms other tags: Intertidal Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY, 2015 Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in October 2015 Automatic Clusters: · Area [8] · Sea [5] · Eel Grass [3] Title Clusters: · Holy Island Sands [5] ·
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Photographer
Richard Webb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 4 October, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 6 October, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 1131 4316 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:40.9077N 1:49.3020W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 1134 4316
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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