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| Watch out for fast incoming tides - Amy Parry and Jenny Parsons spell out the dangers |
MEMBERS of North East Lincolnshire Council’s resort management team have been talking to schools about the delights - and dangers - of Cleethorpes coastline.
The educational safety presentations have often been given on the beach with a short walking tour, but they can also be given in the classroom.
The talks include information about such hazards as fast tidal flows, sandbanks and sinking mud.
The team have also been sharing their knowledge about the internationally important role the resort plays for wildlife.
With its sand dunes, salt marsh and tidal mud flats, Cleethorpes is a protected site of special scientific interest and, in autumn and winter, provides vital habitat for hundreds of thousands of wading birds, rare plants and sea life.
Says resort safety officer Amy Parry: "We are pushing the importance of the environment and what we can do to help protect it and support the wildlife that share our open spaces.
"This includes taking litter away, not disturbing feeding birds or approaching wildlife that may use the foreshore to rest."
The presentations have also been covering climate change and tidal erosion and the direct impact it can has in our area from increased flooding risk if tidal defences are breached.
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| The truck used by safety officers to patrol the beach |
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| Is that a robin? No, I think it's a cormorant. A pupil scans birdlife of the shoreline through binoculars |
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