The high tide on the Wash at dusk on the 1st March before the ‘big spring’ the next morning occurs on a quiet, still evening. At Snettisham Beach, a mile north of the old gravel pits, the oystercatchers come down the water’s edge in a constant procession of small flocks that fly just over the…
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The Wash in Winter
At Snettisham Beach, the dark mudflats riven with water channels stretch into the mists to the west. The myriad worms, crustacea and molluscs that live in the fine sands support over 400,000 wintering waterbirds including around 80,000 red knot; the estuary is also the roost site for around 30,000 wintering pink-footed geese that commute at…