Ebb

"The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time,
rolling, rushing on, swift, silent,
like an all-embracing ocean tide..."

Thomas Carlyle



Yachts and fishing vessels moored in the salt marshes of the Alnmouth SSSI in the Northumberland AONB, on an autumn afternoon with a receding tide.

The marshes are largely made up of :

Sea Purslane, Seepweed, Common Saltmarsh-grass, Sea Aster, Sea Arrowgrass, Marsh Samphire, Sea Plantain and Sea Thrift




*SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest

**AONB = designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty