The recent stormy weather has
had quite an impact on the beach.
There are dozens of mermaid’s
purses washed up with the seaweed.
And last Sunday we saw a seal
swimming just off the shore. He was too far out to get a good photo and every
so often he’d bob under the water and reappear further along. There is a colony
of seals not far from where we walk Dusty, but this is the first time we’ve
seen one.
Sea foam blows off the sea
and rolls along the beach in little fluffy clouds. That’s quite unusual too.
But most of all, there have
been dozens of cuttlefish bones washing up. It’s never been unusual to see the
odd one here and there, but right now they’re scattered all over the beach. And
there are tiny ones too, which is sad, as they would be babies and it’s very
unusual to see baby ones.
The bigger bones all have
teeth marks.
Cuttlefish have several
predators including sharks and seals. I think the teeth marks look as if they
belong to seals.
A little further down the
coast around Mersea Island and Brightlingsea, a pod of pilot whales has been
spotted.
Sad sight though this morning
of a Harbour Porpoise on the beach. I crossed the creek to check if there was
any possibility of it being alive, hoping to be able to get it back into the
water, but it was dead. Poor thing had injuries to its tail and fins.
Dusty will take his last
antibiotic on Tuesday – then we wait and see if the infection has been beaten
or whether it will be another trip to the vet.
