Camber Sands
Beachcombing
Beachcombing is more than just searching the beach for what the sea's left behind. It can be the key to making a walk along the beach a thrilling treasure hunt for children with tales of planks of wood from pirate ships and precious seashells left by mermaids.
Camber Sands was recently named as one of the top ten places in the country for beachcombing, by holiday company 'Cottages for You', so what better place to start your coastal treasure hunt than Camber!
There is plenty of wildlife and vegetation to see at Camber Sands. Next time you visit, look or listen out for the brown-tail moth caterpillar, the skylark, sea splurge, weever fish and the silver Y moth among many other wild and wonderful things.
Here are some top tips for beach combing:
- The best place to hunt is along the high water mark, and at low tide, to get the best of what's been washed up.
- If you can, go beachcombing after a storm or a particularly high tide; the sea will have brought in more unusual treasure than in calm conditions.
- Supervise children while they're beachcombing. You're unlikely to find anything toxic or dangerous, but some objects can be sharp or dirty.
- Keep an eye out for unusual stones, shells or pieces of wood.
- No-one knows what might turn up, but on British beaches you can often find many creatures including shore crabs, common starfish, dog whelk, muscles, winkles, prawns, shrimps, anemones, marine springtails, rag worm, worm casts, sand gobies, limpets and several species of seaweed and shells.
- Please do not disturb any of the marine life you find on the beach or damage any of their habitats.
- Whatever you do, have fun wondering about how your Camber treasure ended up on the beach!
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