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Plastic Pollution of our Beaches

Plastic Pollution

Please follow the link the the Surfers Against Sewage website to see how you can help reduce plastic waste.

The gallery below shows just some of the 5000 items of marine plastic pollution per mile of beach in the UK

This stuff is used for seconds and then ditched but never degrades.

Plastic pollution found on a small stretch of beach at Hill Head

Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans.

Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macrodebris, based on size.

The prominence of plastic waste is correlated with plastics being inexpensive and durable This lends to high levels of plastics used by humans. However, it is slow to degrade.

Plastics can unfavourably affect lands, waterways and oceans. Living organisms, particularly marine animals, can also be affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions.

Humans are also affected by plastic pollution, such as through the disruption of the thyroid hormone axis or hormone levels.

Plastic reduction efforts have occurred in some areas in attempts to reduce plastic consumption and pollution and promote plastic recycling. Source Wikipedia

 

Storm Doris at Lee on the Solent

Storm Doris at Lee on the Solent

Storm Doris gave winds gusting up to 40 kts at Lee on the Solent, not as strong as Storm Imogen in early 2016 but still worth a trip to snap a few photographs.

 

Lee on the Solent
Hill Head is a residential area to the south of Stubbington and west of Lee on the Solent. Beaches at Hill Head provide many locations for wind and kite surfing at most states of the tide. Low tide generally gives shallow water extending a significant distance from the high tide mark. There is a car park at Salterns with a grassy area for rigging up with access to the beach across a low wall and promenade. The prevailing winds are south westerly though the conditions can be very choppy to say the least! West to north west gives cross shore winds down from Southampton water
Lee on the Solent
Late afternoon sun but still a strong breeze from the storm
Storm Daris and High tide at Lee on the Solent
Windsurfing at Hill Head

Some hardy windsurfers braved the elements to sail from the beach at Hill Head, from the safety of the beach I can say that about 30 years ago I would have done the same!!

Hill Head is a residential area to the south of Stubbington and west of Lee on the Solent. Beaches at Hill Head provide many locations for wind and kite surfing at most states of the tide. Low tide generally gives shallow water extending a significant distance from the high tide mark. There is a car park at Salterns with a grassy area for rigging up with access to the beach across a low wall and promenade. The prevailing winds are south westerly though the conditions can be very choppy to say the least!
West to north west gives cross shore winds down from Southampton water

 

Sunrise from the Meon Shore

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Sunrise from the Meon Shore, freezing cold but looked promising at first but what little colour was in the sky was soon covered by cloud so the sun didn’t appear until sometime after actual sunrise time. Still, never mind at least it was shown on the BBC main weather and on South Today.

 

Looking promising…
South Today weather picture
Cold and overcast 🙁

 

Sunset from the Meon Shore

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Some interesting cloud formations throughout the day, with a light and decreasing wind from the north  hinted at the possibility of a worthwhile visit to the Meon Shore at Titchfield Haven for the sunset.

There were just enough clouds to make it interesting but the mirror like water was stunning. I have set the alarm for tomorrow morning!

Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/250 at f13
Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/250 at f13
Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/250 at f13
Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/250 at f11
Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/3 at f9.5
Nikon D7000, 18 – 105 kit lens. 1/22 at f6.7