Rapid development of the 'Sefton Green Beach'

The sand dune coastline along the beach front is eroding along the central section whilst accreting to the north and south. Between 1989 and 1997 an area of 'green beach' grew from approximately 2-12ha. The sequence of vegetation from salt marsh to low dune ridge and dune slack shows how rapidly accreting dune sand can become vegetated (Edmondson et al. 2001).

References

Edmondson, S.E., Traynor, H. & McKinnell, S. 2001. The development of a green beach on the Sefton Coast, Merseyside, UK. In: Coastal Dune Management: Shared Experience of European Conservation Practice, eds.Houston, J.A., Edmondson, S.E. & Rooney, P.J.Liverpool University Press, 48-58. Abstract...