Did you know about Severn Bore? 😮 🌊 It's an amazing local phenomenon. The funnel shape of the Severn Estuary and high tides combine to produce a wave that surges up the Severn, travelling as far as Tewkesbury. It occurs roughly 130 days a year, but the height and intensity vary depending on the tide level, weather and atmospheric conditions. Events are categorised from 1 to 5 stars, with 5 being the biggest - and these are major spectator events. However, lower-star events can be just as spect

The Severn estuary has the second greatest tidal range in the world ,close to 15 meters rise and fall. This video filmed east of the Black rock lave net fishing grounds illustrates the speed at which the water fows out of the estuary on an ebb tide. A Spectacular sight . www.blackrocklavenets.co.uk | Black rock lave net heritage fishery

Looking out onto the Severn estuary fron the seawall most would have no idea of the amount of waste that is rolling around the estuary at any one time .😞 You name it and it's out there , out of sight and out of mind . This particular evening we notice a new batch of notices on the sea wall lauding the wild life of the estuary . We wonder if any of the people that produce these things have ever spent time on the estuary observing the reality of what is actually happening out there.🤔 www.blackro

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At any one time there must be tonnes of wood in the form of trees floating around on the Severn estuary. Depending on the wind direction some ends up on our black rock lave net fishing grounds foreshore . Here we have a couple of particularly large examples , washed out of a river and left high and dry on the sea wall . No access to cart away just here, mores the pity........... www.blackrocklavenets.co.uk | Black rock lave net heritage fishery