Dorset Hedgelayer

As we move into our winter season and we’re having our “1st storm” thought I pop some warmer pictures together. Prevention of windblown sand along the beaches and dunes of Essaouira in Morocco. In the past this has been our destination for a holiday. The work seems to have happened from about 2016 where masses of branches and brash were laid out to protect the dunes from being blown, either away, into the town or like long shore drift. Along with that a massive dead hedge was built stretching way out into the distance along the ridgeline of the dunes. Our last trip in 22 we took a quad ride along the beach, there was still signs of the hedge 10km later all along the dune edges. Taking the full brunt of any Atlantic storms it clearly took a battering between some of our visits. Either being partly wash away or possibly blown away. A lot of it still serving it purpose of protecting the dunes. In some places there are troughs approximately 9-10 foot deep right next to the hedge line, and in other spots a gentle slope leading up to the hedge sitting right on top of a dunes. Thought I’d do just a little bit to help out and so I could say I’ve done some hedging in Morocco #essaouira #morocco #deadhedging #sanddunes #protectionofthedunes #longshoredrift #dunemanagement #essaouirebeach #essaouiramogador #conserveduneecosystem #naturalcoastaldefences #warmerhedging #ecology #mogador

[@trishgibbons8726]

Wow, Ive never sern a hedge laid on sand before...xx

[@G5XW]

It’s a dead hedge used like a wind break to stop the sands drifting, like in the first 3 scenes you can see brash laid out and covering the dunes again to stop the wind blowing or drifting the sand. There has been a thing in north Devon & Cornwall UK to lay out old Xmas trees in the dunes to stop the sands drifting.. Thank you for watching