Grid reference TL9706
near to Bradwell Waterside, Essex, England
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Defunct Defence
This is one of the breaches in the sea wall made as part of a Managed Retreat creating a large saltmarsh lagoon, which prevents flooding of more valuable land and creates a superb wildlife habitat.
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New saltmarsh near Bradwell Creek
The old sea defences were allowed to be breached allowing a buffer zone of salt marsh between the Blackwater Estuary and farm land behind the new sea defence.
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Sea wall "path"
Lots of vegetation but no clear path made the walk around the new section of the new salt marsh very difficult at this time of year. Lots of encounters with brambles (but lots of butterflies, other invertebrates and birds). Here I am... (more)
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Signs of Autumn on Footpath 7
Ripe blackberries beside a well mown path. Looking back towards Bradwell-on-Sea
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Saltmarsh Lagoon Panorama
Because the old sea wall remains largely intact at high tide a saltmarsh lagoon exists between the new and old sea defence.
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Small Beach Between St Lawrence & Bradwell
Most of the people on the beach had arrived in or on watercraft.
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Saltmarsh by Footpath 7
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