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27 Jul

Lepe Dolphins

Lepe Dolphins

Lepe Dolphins. The remains of the pier head used to load ships departing for Normandy on 6th June 1944 for the D-Day landings. The seaweed …

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Tags: 6th June 1944, beach, Beach Hardening Mats, caissons, chocolate bar, country park, D-Day, dolphins, head, history, iron hook, lepe, Mulberry Harbour, New Forest, normandy, opeartion overlord, P.L.U.T.O pipeline, pier, remains, sea, seaweed, second world war, sky, Stanswood Lane, water, ww2, wwII
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20 Jul

Wild Fennel

Wild Fennel

A wild Fennel plant (Foeniculum vulgare) growing on the beach at Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire.

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Tags: beach, culinary, feathery leaves, fennel, flower, Foeniculum vulgare, Gosport, Hampshire, herb, medicinal, perennial, plant, Stokes Bay, umbelliferous, wild, yellow flowers
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19 Jun

Groynes

Groynes

Groynes on a beach on the Solent, Hampshire.

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Tags: beach, groynes, Hampshire, shingle, solent
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26 May

Sea Kale

Sea Kale

Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) in flower growing in shingle on above the high line on a beach on the Solent.

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Tags: beach, crambe maritima, flower, Hampshire, perennial, sea cabbage, sea kale, shingle, solent, tide
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04 Apr

Measured-mile marker

Measured-mile marker

Easterly measured-mile marker at Gilkicker Point, Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire in silhouette with dog walkers.

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Tags: beach, dog walkers, gilkicker point, Gosport, Hampshire, measured-mile marker, navigational aid, people, sea, sea mark, sil, Stokes Bay, sunset, wooden tower
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02 Apr

Browndown Beach

Browndown Beach

Ministry of Defence Property sign on Browndown Beach close to Browndown Battery and Military Training Area. Many rare plants inhabit the 'shingle heath' including the …

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Tags: barbed wire, beach, black and white, browndown battery, browndown beach, browndown camp, gilkicker weevil, Hampshire, military training area, ministry of defence, mod, naturist beach, sea, sign, solent, solent way, sun
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29 Mar

Llandudno West Shore

Llandudno West Shore

A view of the breakwater on Llandudno Beach West Shore looking towards Conwy over the sandy Mussel Banks of Conwy Bay. In the background are …

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Tags: alltwen, bae conwy, beach, breakwater, conwy, conwy bay, hill fort, llandudno, mountain, mussel banks, mynydd y dref, north wales, penmaen-bach point, rocks, sand, sandy, sea
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24 Mar

Measured-Mile Marker at Gilkicker Point

Measured-Mile Marker at Gilkicker Point

Easterly measured-mile marker at Gilkicker Point, Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire. The Westerly marker is on Browndown Beach.

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Tags: beach, gilkicker point, Gosport, Hampshire, measured-mile marker, navigational aid, sea, sea mark, Stokes Bay, wooden tower
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20 Feb

Rusty bolts on beach groynes

Rusty bolts on beach groynes

Rusted bolts on a timber groyne at Stokes Bay, Hampshire.

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Tags: beach, bolt, groyne, Hampshire, rusted, rusty, sea defence, solent, Stokes Bay, timber
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