On tidal flats stacks 'thatched' with brushwood (kidding) have been installed
to help stabilise the surface and encourage accretion. Where these have been
successful but subsequent erosion has taken place can result in their being
exposed. There are numerous examples of these structures on the east coast from
Humberside to the Essex and Kent estuaries (see picture below).
Caption:
Old shoreline stabilisation feature ('kidding') on the Essex coast
