ICC Kingston 2024 01 06 Fleedie and mouth of the Spey

Footage from the ICC drone taken on a low Neep Tide. Covers the "Fleediee" (marsh land at Kingston), the lower River Spey, the mouth section and the beach behind Kingston. Note how the river spl;ts into two major channels before entering the sea. This could lead to the river getting back into its old course behind Kingston if nothing done soon. Current river mouth is at the point where a new mouth had ot be cut circa 1988. The shape and position of the mouth currently is leading to a build up of gravel in the estuary part of the river, reducing its ability to move gravel out to sea. According to experts the transportation of gravel from the river is necessary to replenish gravel eroded from Kingston Beach. Interesting that the shape of the gravel bar offshore at the mouth is constanly changing in shape, size and location.
A consultant engaged by Moray Council in 2012/13 informed a meeting of the community that Kingston beach was reasonabily stable at that time and that gravel washed down stream by the river into the sea was carried in currents and replaced eroded gravel. Meanderings of the river in recent years has seen much of the gravel deposited up stream and it has not reached the sea. Is that part of the reason why the coast line is eroding so fast!