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SAND DUNES –REGAINING THEIR NATURE
Studland beach and dunes – 1960s
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The seaside holiday
Sandy waste and biodiversity hotspot
Sefton coast 1920s
Braunton Burrows 1990s
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Do we really love our dunes?
Donald Trump, golf & Menie Dunes
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Structure of the talk
• Setting the scene – what do we have?• History of dunes – how have we got here?• Challenges – do the changes described matter?• Management – the tools of the trade• Constraints – the real world?• The future – and climate change
Setting the scene – what do we have?
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Wide beaches
Sand, wind and space
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Climbing dunes
Strandline with sea rocket
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Short grassland and dune slack
Acidic dunes
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Northern species
Purple milk-vetch & bloody cranesbill
Lumps and bumps
Kenfig Dunes, South Wales
Sandscale Haws, Cumbria
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Welcome to non-natives
Extent of dune habitats – some numbers
Derived from Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) datao 52,500ha. (Britain excluding machair, 62% in Scotland)
o 70,000ha. (Britain including machair, 71% in Scotland)
Revised figures (Graham Weaver)o 33,200ha. (Britain excluding machair)
o 7,880ha. (England)
o 5,040ha. (Wales)
o 20,250ha. (Scotland)
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Will this become ‘Atlantic dune woodland’?
History of dunes – how have we got here?
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Buried soils
Culbin Sands, Scotland - 1909
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Any one got a spare £1 million?
Braunton Burrows 1920s
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The last 50 years
Challenges – do the changes matter?
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A modern dune – is this so bad?
Species of conservation concern: the 60%-ers
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Species of conservation concern: the 60%-ers
Shrublands
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Dune ecohydrology
Dunes on the move
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Not so welcome visitors
Management – tools of the trade
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Disconnected beach and dune
Dune erosion – Formby Point
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New dunes – the ‘green beach’
New dunes – now you see them, now you don’t
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Bare sand
Chasing the water table
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Grazing
Golf management
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Constraints – the real world?
Big scary animals?
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The Studland cowgirl
How to lose friends quickly: Tree removal
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Losing control
The future – and climate change
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The Studland peninsula
The Sefton coast
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The future!