After the HUGE tides in recent weeks we often get a super low one and Wednesday's one went out way beyond the Neolithic bog wood revealing old jetty pots and more of the ancient wood than we normally see. Stangely, a low tide (of any sort) at Rainham is not much good for us bird wise as the mud at that level is not food rich as it is covered by over 25 feet of silty water at high tide. Most of our tidal wading birds prefer the freshly revealed mud at about half tide and spend low tide east of the QEII bridge on the true mud flats rather than our mud slopes!
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer