Tay Estuary Diary August 2014

A dry spell at the start of the month saw the river level remaining low up until the 11th then heavy rain brought the system out in spate.

There was an overnight rise of about 8ft on the river which coincided with big tides down in the estuary but thankfully we managed to avoid any flooding. Further down in the estuary there has been some major repair to the flood bank that was breached during a tidal surge early on in the year.

There were a few more coasters again this month working their way up the estuary with their cargoes to Perth Harbour, the Fri Moon was one of them back again with another load of fish meal.

Another boat out and about on the river this month was the “Maid of the Tay”, with a few passengers enjoying a sightseeing trip between Newburgh and Perth.

There has been an autumnal feel about the days now as the month has progressed, the farmers are well on with the harvest and the birds have already stripped a few of the Rowan trees of their berries!

We have spent a bit of time again this month cutting more pathways; and some of the old netgreens are getting a cut, now that a lot of the wild flowers are past.

There were more running repairs to our cutting kit with another quick weld job being done to keep things going.

We have also spent a bit of time hedge cutting at various locations about the river side.

There has been a little movement of birds along the estuary this month with the geese beginning to move overhead and a few Snipe beginning to pass through. We also had the Osprey building its nest in new location on the river this year, with one of the navigational poles being used!

The bees have been busy during the good spells of weather.

We managed to get another spin of honey from the hive again this year.

There was another wet spell just before the end of the month which saw a quick rise in the river level again, but it was soon dropping back again as the good weather returned.

It was a glorious day to end the month with the mercury getting up into the low seventies!

 

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