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South Milton Ley flood water burst through the beach at Thurlestone Sands - Jan 2023 - Paul martin
South Milton Ley Nature Reserve is a sixteen-hectare wildlife refuge designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It includes Devon’s second largest reedbed and together with South Huish Nature Reserve in the adjacent valley and the nearby coastline is visited by up to 200 bird species in a typical year.
Occupying a shallow reeded valley 100-150 metres wide, running north-east for 1.5 km inland from the coast at Thurlestone Sands from which it is separated by a shallow sand bar to the sea. At this point there is a permanent shallow lagoon of water which slowly seeps excess water through the sands to the sea unnoticed.
Over the Christmas period 2022 the general weather was awful. Luckily Boxing Day the sun came out and was a lovely day for the traditional walk with the family. While we were there an event occurred not witnessed by many people.
Due to the heavy winter rain the wetlands overfill with water. When this happens the freshwater bursts through the sands which starts as just a trickle and after only a few minutes, becomes a torrent of fresh water to the
sea, which is quite spectacular. Over the period we were there the Ley dropped in height by almost a metre which signifies an enormous amount of water draining to the sea over a short period. I only had my mobile phone to visually captured the action the best I could. It was video footage and from this I created a You Tube video which can be see viewed by entering the following link into their device’s Laptop / tablet or mobile phone.
Occupying a shallow reeded valley 100-150 metres wide, running north-east for 1.5 km inland from the coast at Thurlestone Sands from which it is separated by a shallow sand bar to the sea. At this point there is a permanent shallow lagoon of water which slowly seeps excess water through the sands to the sea unnoticed.
Over the Christmas period 2022 the general weather was awful. Luckily Boxing Day the sun came out and was a lovely day for the traditional walk with the family. While we were there an event occurred not witnessed by many people.
Due to the heavy winter rain the wetlands overfill with water. When this happens the freshwater bursts through the sands which starts as just a trickle and after only a few minutes, becomes a torrent of fresh water to the
sea, which is quite spectacular. Over the period we were there the Ley dropped in height by almost a metre which signifies an enormous amount of water draining to the sea over a short period. I only had my mobile phone to visually captured the action the best I could. It was video footage and from this I created a You Tube video which can be see viewed by entering the following link into their device’s Laptop / tablet or mobile phone.
leasfoot BEACH sand dune rebuild SCHEME Failure against STORM CIARA & dennis - february 2020 - Paul Martin
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THURLESTONE'S STORM CIARA - february 2020 - julian ware
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leasfoot BEACH sand dune rebuild SCHEME Failure against STORM CIARA & dennis - february 2020 - Paul Martin
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Beast from the east AROUND THURLESTONE & Coastline - Feb 2018 - PHIL MILLARD
" beast from the east" - 27th feb 2018 - Mike Herring
" beast from the east" - 27th feb 2018 - alison bone
" beast from the east" - 27th feb 2018 - Michael stephens
snow blizzard-"beast from the east" - 27th Feb 2018 - Various Residents
Below are a selection of the aftermath of the "Beast from the East" taken by local residents. They are Alison Bone,Jack Rhymes, Mike Herring, Paul Dunne, Sarah Tyres and Paul Martin.
SNOW BLIZZARD VIDEO - "beast from the east" - 27th FEB 2018 - PAUL MARTIN
STORM IMOGEN RAGING - THURLESTONE - 9TH SEPT 2016 - JULIAN WARE / PAUL MARTIN
