sealord > Coastal flooding and storm damage >  Les Banques bicyclist high tide 030310 ©RLLord 137 smg
sealord > Rough seas >  Belle Greve Bay rough sea 0303010 ©RLLord 62 smg
sealord > Coastal flooding and storm damage >  Les Banques high tide walk 030310 ©RLLord 111 smg
sealord > Coastal flooding and storm damage >  Les Banques high tide 030310 ©RLLord 70 smg
sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Leptosynapta inhaerans BG 010206 ©RLLord 35-813 smg
sealord > Guernsey Sea hares and sea slugs >  Aplysia punctata BG 140209 1802 smg
sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
sealord > This image shows a juvenile xanthid crab which was living in a large tide pool in Belle Greve Bay.  This individual is the smallest xanthid crab I have seen with a carapace width of 21.4 mm.  I believe it is Xantho incisus which is chocolate brown as an adult with black tipped claws.
File No. BG 090208 2964 
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sealord > This is the mid-shore area of the southern end of Belle Greve Bay near the Salerie quay looking out towards the Quaine pole in the distance which is reachable by foot during an extremely low tide.  

I found this Guernsey Safeway plastic carrier bag lying on the beach and took an image of it before picking it up.  Guernsey retail food shoppers used about 10 million plastic carrier bags per year before a £0.05 charge was introduced in 2008.  Stopping the free distribution of plastic carrier bags at Guernsey retail food shops has significantly reduced the number being distributed.  However a few plastic carrier bags still end up in the environment.  Because of their light weight, some plastic carrier bags are blown onto the shore where they may be carried out to sea to be ingested by cetaceans, marine birds or turtles.  See  http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gecc/publications/pdf/PosterSeattle2002.pdf

Those that don't get ingested can degrade to invisible microscopic particles which then begin their journey through the food chain back to humans. 

Disposable plastic carrier bags represent such a wasteful use of oil.  They provide a short term convenience and a long-term environmental hazard.

Please bring a shopping bag with you when you shop.  There are plenty of ways of remembering to bring a shopping bag with you.  I have one attached to my belt loop so I never forget it.  See  http://www.sealordphotography.net/gallery/3338107_734Um#206829342

File No. 090208 2954
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Les Banques bicyclist high tide 030310 ©RLLord 137 smg
Coastal flooding and storm damage >  Les Banques bicyclist high tide 030310 ©RLLord 137 smg
Les Banques bicyclist high tide 030310 ©RLLord 137 smg
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