Underwater visibility fairly poor after the storms earlier this week. Water temperature 9.3C. Several two-spot gobies seen on the camera, and one corkwing wrasse.

The very high tide last monday came very close to the exceptionally high tide of November 2005. A few more inches and the instrumentation system would have been flooded.

The weather earlier in the week caused significant over-topping of Chesil Beach with the strandline well down the landward side of the beach in places along the stretch of the beach at Ferrybridge. This did not result in any of the canns opening. This over-topping probably occurred on tuesday night/wednesday morning. The seaward slope of the beach has been swept clear of marine litter.

Nothing too exciting swept up, quite a few whelk shells, plus the usual collection of angling discards i.e. light sticks, fishing line, and tackle, also a good selection of timber. Only isolated lumps of fresh oil were found.

Two swallows, possibly more, seen on Chesil Beach on friday afternoon. Also seen on Chesil Beach the first clumps of Portland Pinks about to flower and the scurvy grass in full flower.

Can spring be far away now?

Ed