Report Details

We finally got a break in the wet, windy, chilly weather--and this was a super end to the year on our lovely beach. A family of 3 was hauling SOLV bags full of rubbish and scads of fishing nets as we began. Other couples were just enjoying the day. Not many birds to report: just a few Snowy Plovers high in the dry sand and a gull or two in the wet sand. Logs were light along my mile, perhaps moved out by the crashing surf of late. Animal casings, kelp, small rocks and wood pieces in the driftline. Not much litter, probably because the family hauled it out.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 7. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 7. A great couple with a child were hauling SOLV bags and piles of fishnet off the beach. I wish more people were like them. It would be a really happy new year.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 4.

Notable Wildlife

A few Snowy Plovers scurried along the high tide line. A couple of gulls waded along the surf.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks, Wood pieces.

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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Mile 97

December 8, 2013

A nearly nonexistent driftline with just a few Chrysaora jellies and a few small rocks.

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Mile 97

June 9, 2013

A light diftline of a few Postelsia, some Fucus, Ulva, Hymenena and Nereocystis, crab molts, broken Sand Dollars, jellies, the Ctenophore, Pleurobrachia, the Tunicate, Salpa maxima and Phyllospadix, surfgrass.

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Mile 97

March 19, 2013

Sparse driftline of small rocks, a few shells and broken Sand Dollars, one clump of Bull Kelp (Nereocystis) and a few strands of Macrocystis.

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Mile 97

November 24, 2012

European beachgrass dominated the driftline.

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September 18, 2012

Shells, rocks, crab carapaces, a few kelp/algae, wood, green phytoplankton scum, broken sand dollars in driftline.

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June 17, 2012

Light driftline of many Ctenophores, small rocks, a few shells and crab carapaces, one Sea Star and pieces of the flowering plant, Lasthenia maritima.

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Mile 97

December 30, 2011

Light driftline with fresh water aquatic plants- Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil), terrestrial plant debris-stems, leaves and needles and saltwater plants, Phyllospadix (Surfgrass)and Eelgrass, Zostera.

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Mile 97

September 19, 2011

The beach consisted of a high ridge of accumulated sand with a six degree slope and lagoons in the runnel.

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