Horrid autumn- 22/8/17

A Horrid factoid- The gate at the start of the causeway is closed on the highest spring tides. The threat has to be of a high spring (6.3, 6.4 metres) with a surge to take up to around the 6.8, 6.9 metre mark. The gate is usually closed from early morning on such days to prevent people from trying to experience the Hill as an island.

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22/08/17
12:50-13:20, high tide

A bit of a waste of a visit, going in the middle of the day during school holidays (I had been out wader ringing overnight). Made even more so when, on arriving at the Point, a speeding rib flushed the waders off of both Nor and Friars.19 Whimbrel did go south, and two Sandwich Tern were offshore, plus a party of three Arctic tern.