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Harwich Haven Pilot boat

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:09:57 +0000

A Harwich Haven pilot boat making rapid headway in the entrance to Harwich harbour, Suffolk, England. Viewed from Languard Point, Felixstowe.

Spurn Neck sand ripples 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:04 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 4

Spurn Neck eastern low tide zone.

Asymmetric ripples in beach sand, presumably formed by the previous flood tide(s). The steeper, lee, side of the ripples face west (left); the gentle, stoss, sides face east (right). This indicates that these ripples were formed by water flow moving from right to left, i.e. by the incoming tide. They have clearly survived the previous ebbing tide, suggesting that the incoming tide flows faster than the ebb.

Spurn Neck; looking out to sea

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:08 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 5

Looking out to sea from Spurn Neck at low tide. The Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm is visible in the distance.

Spurn Neck view south

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:10 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 6

Looking southwards from Spurn Neck at low tide. Sand and clayey gravel bars parallel to the coast allow the formation of elongate tidal pools, which become completely flooded by the incoming tide.

Spurn groyne 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:19 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 9

The east-facing beach of Spurn has a series of groynes, now mostly in disrepair. The object was presumably to try to limit sediment drift southwards to help keep the mouth of the Humber clear for shipping.

Spurn groyne and large vessel

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:23 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 10

The east-facing beach of Spurn has a series of groynes, now mostly in disrepair. The object was presumably to try to limit sediment drift southwards to help keep the mouth of the Humber clear for shipping.
A large cargo vessel is moored in the estuary mouth, perhaps awaiting high tide before moving off?

Spurn Warren view NE

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:36 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 14

A view north-east from the grassy sand banks of Spurn Warren.

Spurn Warren view SW to lighthouses

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:39 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 15

The southern part of Spurn widens into the grassy sand banks of Spurn Warren. There are two lighthouses on Spurn; the newer 'High Lighthouse', painted black and white, was built 1893-95; the older 'Low Lighthouse' is visible to the right of centre.

More details here:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083476

The High Lighthouse was taken out of service in 1985 and is now managed and opened for visitors by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Spurn High Lighthouse 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:46 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 18

There are two lighthouses on Spurn; the newer 'High Lighthouse', painted black and white, was built 1893-95; the older 'Low Lighthouse' is visible to the right of centre.

More details here:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083476

The High Lighthouse was taken out of service in 1985 and is now managed and opened for visitors by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Spurn Warren view W to Grimsby

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:42 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 16

This is a view from the grassy sand bank of Spurn Warren across the Humber Estuary to Grimsby with its prominent Dock Tower.

Spurn High Lighthouse 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:51 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 20

There are two lighthouses on Spurn; this is the lantern turret of the newer 'High Lighthouse', which was built 1893-95.

More details here:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083476

The High Lighthouse was taken out of service in 1985 and is now managed and opened for visitors by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Spurn east beach bank, swales and ripples 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:23:07 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 25

Sand and gravel bars (possibly with a foundation of the Wolstonian age Basement Till) parallel to the coast allow the formation of elongate tidal pools, which become completely flooded by the incoming tide.

In this view the darker clayey gravel bar is in the middle distance on the left. In the foreground are large, metre-scale linguoid ripples: 'swales'. These are highly asymmetrical, with the steep lee sides facing south, indicating a predominant current direction from north to south (left to right). This is consistent with the southward longshore drift along the east of England coast

The linguoid swales in turn display centimetre-scale sand ripples on the stoss slopes. The ripples tend to be more symmetrical, indicating a current direction alternating between northward (to the left) flow on the flooding tide and southward flow (to the right) when the tide is ebbing.

In this photo the incoming tide is just beginning to flood the low swale zone.

Spurn north end view SW over the Spurn Neck

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:23:13 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 26

Looking south-west from the landward end of Spurn, over the narrow Spurn Neck (the high spring tide wash-over zone). Spurn Point itself, and the two lighthouses, are visible on the skyline towards the right.

Spurn east beach bank, swales and ripples 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:23:02 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 24

Sand and gravel bars (possibly with a foundation of the Wolstonian age Basement Till) parallel to the coast allow the formation of elongate tidal pools, which become completely flooded by the incoming tide.

In this view the darker clayey gravel bar is in the middle distance. In the foreground are large, metre-scale linguoid ripples: 'swales'. These are highly asymmetrical, with the steep lee sides facing south, indicating a predominant current direction from north to south (left to right). This is consistent with the southward longshore drift along the east of England coast

The linguoid swales in turn display centimetre-scale sand ripples on the stoss slopes. The ripples tend to be more symmetrical, indicating a current direction alternating between northward (to the left) flow on the flooding tide and southward flow (to the right) when the tide is ebbing.

Spurn Warren view E to wind farm

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:58 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 23

A view east from Spurn Warren, with the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm visible on the horizon.

Spurn lighthouses view NE

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:55 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 22

There are two lighthouses on Spurn; the newer 'High Lighthouse', painted black and white, was built 1893-95; the older 'Low Lighthouse' is visible on the left.

The Lower Lighthouse', was built by engineer John Smeaton and completed in 1776. But by 1892, the structure was becoming cracked and unstable, and the new 'Upper Lighthouse' was constructed to replace Smeaton's light.

The black cylinder on the top of the Lower Lighthouse is a water tank, which has replaced the former lantern turret.

Spurn Lower Lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:52 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 21

There are two lighthouses on Spurn; this is the older, 'Lower Lighthouse', which was built by engineer John Smeaton and completed in 1776.

By 1892, the structure was becoming cracked and unstable, and the new 'Upper Lighthouse' was constructed to replace Smeaton's light.

The black cylinder on the top is a water tank, which has replaced the former lantern turret.

Spurn High Lighthouse 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:49 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 19

There are two lighthouses on Spurn; this is the newer 'High Lighthouse', which was built 1893-95.

More details here:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083476

The High Lighthouse was taken out of service in 1985 and is now managed and opened for visitors by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Spurn Warren view NE

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:43 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 17

A view north-east from Spurn Warren, with the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm just visible on the horizon.

Spurn Chalk Bank view north 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:22:28 +0000

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A visit to Spurn Point 12

The western side of Spurn overlooks the salt marsh and mud flats: a haven for wading and migrating birds, which flock here to feed.

The white Chalk boulders originate from barge-loads of Chalk emplaced on the west side of the spit during the period 1851 - 1857 following a series of storm surge breaches.