Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Essex

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. Photo taken from in front of the statue of Byrhtnoth, looking south-east down the Southey Creek branch of the River Blackwater at the top of a high spring tide.

The statue of Byrhtnoth (Brithnoth), at Maldon, Essex. He was an Anglo-Saxon earl who confronted the invading Danes at the Battle of Maldon in 991. See here: www.battleofmaldon.org.uk/index.htm

This is at the confluence of the River Chelmer (main body of water) with the Heybridge Creek (where the barges are moored/grounded) which is where the River Blackwater joins, and thereafter taking that name downstream (right).

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group and guessed by ChurchCrawler.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. Best viewed at largest size. This is a panoramic view south-east looking over the Walton Hall marshes towards Walton on the Naze, Essex. The Naze Tower is visible on the skyline. It is 86 feet high and dates from 1720, built by Trinity House as navigation aid to shipping. www.nazetower.co.uk/ I took the photos in an attempt to demonstrate that the field levels are below sea-level in places. The panoramic view covers an angle of about 100°.

Just saw this amazing sunset and dashed to get the camera. It only lasted a few minutes.

Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group. Windsurfing just off the beach of Mersea Island, Essex. The view is south-westerly across the huge mouth of the River Blackwater estuary, with the Bradwell Magnox nuclear power station (currently being decommissioned) in the distance on the Dengie peninsula. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Geese over east Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex.

Geese over east Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex.

Pleistocene silts and river gravels of the proto-Thames form low cliffs on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex. This is a site of regional geological importance and is a SSSI. Active erosion is taking place, with the cliffs receding northwards. Hence all the fallen trees on the beach. Rising sea-levels associated with global warming will exascerbate this effect.

Pleistocene river gravels of the proto-Thames form low cliffs on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex. This is a site of regional geological importance and is a SSSI. Active erosion is taking place, with the cliffs receding northwards. Rising sea-levels associated with global warming will exascerbate this effect.

Pleistocene river gravels of the proto-Thames form low cliffs on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex. This is a site of regional geological importance and is a SSSI. Active erosion is taking place, with the cliffs receding northwards. Rising sea-levels associated with global warming will exascerbate this effect.

Reeds at East Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex.

Tree root on the beach on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex.

A stiff easterly wind on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex, looking east towards the River Colne estuary.

Tree root on the beach on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex.

Windsurfing off the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex, in the huge mouth of the River Blackwater estuary. Dengie peninsula in the distance.

Tree root on the beach on the south coast of Mersea Island, Essex.