Treasures of the strandline
Treasures of the strandline
Treasures of the strandline
Encouraging natural curiosity in a blog post for Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
In those golden days of faded shades when summer seeps into autumn and the holiday crowds have mostly dispersed, Cornwall's coastline is at its prime for intertidal exploration.
The UK has some of the world's largest intertidal zones - transient spaces that fleetingly reveal the ocean’s secrets before swallowing them once more. As the sea ebbs and flows, it creates an ever-changing landscape of sculpted sand, pooling pockets of seawater and living beings, temporarily trapped by craggy and undulating terrain.
Powerful waves and currents add to the mix, with the upheaval of stone and wrenching of seaweeds. It's an environment of displacement and rearrangement, constantly in flux with no two tides the same. There’s a magic in never knowing what you might find there. Treasures are cast ashore and suddenly snatched away.
In those golden days of faded shades when summer seeps into autumn and the holiday crowds have mostly dispersed, Cornwall's coastline is at its prime for intertidal exploration.
The UK has some of the world's largest intertidal zones - transient spaces that fleetingly reveal the ocean’s secrets before swallowing them once more. As the sea ebbs and flows, it creates an ever-changing landscape of sculpted sand, pooling pockets of seawater and living beings, temporarily trapped by craggy and undulating terrain.
Powerful waves and currents add to the mix, with the upheaval of stone and wrenching of seaweeds. It's an environment of displacement and rearrangement, constantly in flux with no two tides the same. There’s a magic in never knowing what you might find there. Treasures are cast ashore and suddenly snatched away.
In those golden days of faded shades when summer seeps into autumn and the holiday crowds have mostly dispersed, Cornwall's coastline is at its prime for intertidal exploration.
The UK has some of the world's largest intertidal zones - transient spaces that fleetingly reveal the ocean’s secrets before swallowing them once more. As the sea ebbs and flows, it creates an ever-changing landscape of sculpted sand, pooling pockets of seawater and living beings, temporarily trapped by craggy and undulating terrain.
Powerful waves and currents add to the mix, with the upheaval of stone and wrenching of seaweeds. It's an environment of displacement and rearrangement, constantly in flux with no two tides the same. There’s a magic in never knowing what you might find there. Treasures are cast ashore and suddenly snatched away.
