The UK coastline is recovering from the worst run of winter storms in a generation. One Guardian reader, Sarah Bernsen, got in touch via GuardianWitness to describe the situation at Cogden, her local beach in Dorset:
Not only has our shoreline changed with the movement of stones, promenades, cliffs and mud, all of which are their own stories in their own rights, but there has also been the ineivatable 'dumping' of huge amounts of flotsam and jetsam on high tide lines that far exceed some previous tide marks.
As well as the traditional flotsam and jetsam, such as wooden pallets, packing cases, and "even a boat's cabin door," there have been sightings of plastics, and much more besides. Our reader spotted "tampon applicators, syringe cases, pregnancy testers, bottle tops and eyedrop bottle tops. Less worrying are the toothbrushes, bottles, chunks and lumps of plastic, wrappers and lightbulbs, old shoes, lengths of twine and rope... our beach, after these storms, looks as if a landfill site has erupted over it."
How are the beaches and coastline where you are, in the wake of the UK storms? Share your images via GuardianWitness, with a description of your location, or post a comment in our thread, describing where you are and what you have seen.
