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Because the wide, shallow Blackwater Estuary - off Mersea Island was considered to be an obvious landing beach during invasion threat 1940-1941, it was mined and fenced off.

A LEADING conservation charity has named the Blackwater Estuary as one of the UK's most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of… ...

From a motorist’s point of view that’s a good thing. It means that just 40 miles from the M25 you get to something close to wilderness, and only the locals to share it with. I blundered into the area ...

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Winyah Bay is a coastal estuary that's located near Georgetown, South Carolina, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It is fed by four blackwater rivers: the Waccamaw River, the Pee Dee River, the ...

Native oyster populations in Essex river estuaries are thought to be close to collapse Native oyster beds in river estuaries in Essex have been closed to commercial fishing after a survey revealed ...

More than 180 competitors ploughed through the estuary mud across the mouth of a river in Maldon, Essex. The Maldon Mud Race, run annually across the River Blackwater, raises tens of thousands of ...

The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program ask the public to be on the lookout for manatees People are urged to report any and all manatee sightings at panhandlemanatee.org ...

READ MORE: The picturesque walk on the edge of Essex which is immortalised in famous artwork Leading down to the town, you have a spectacular view over the Blackwater Estuary, which compliments ...

This aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows a view of frozen tidal creeks in the wetland of Liaohe River estuary in Panjin, northeast China's Liaoning Province.(Photo: Xinhua) This aerial photo ...