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Mitigation Day 1 - 23/3/06 (am) (stills)
Excavation at northern boundary of footprint
First new skear deposits
Deposited skear being redistributed
New skear created on first day
Mitigation Day 2 - 24/03/06 (stills)
Appearance of new skear on morning of day 2
Bird prints on new skear on morning of day 2
10m boundary from sea wall for skear excavation
Excavation at southern boundary of footprint
Profile through skear excavation cut
Excavation at central section of footprint (along 10m boundary)
New skear with start of second day’s deposits
Appearance of new skear on afternoon of day 2
Redshank feeding near new skear
Mitigation Day 2 - 24/03/06 (videos)
Excavation of existing skear surface
Translocation of excavated material
Spreading of skear material in mitigation area
Flattening of skear (inc. placement of large boulders on surface)
Panorama of skear after day 2
Mitigation Week 6 – 05/5/06 (stills)
Southern area of excavated skear
Northern area of excavated skear
Last (clay-dominated) deposits being laid
View of new skear from distance
Northern cobble-dominated area of new skear
Southern mixed substratum area of new skear
Substratum in northern part of new skear (Site A)
Substratum in southern part of new skear (Site F)
Mitigation Week 6 – 05/5/06 (videos)
Panorama of skear after completion
Mitigation Month 8 – 28/11/06 (stills)
Northern edge of the mitigation area
Northern edge of skear with sand accretion
Skear at HW
Under boulder habitat
View from Heysham
View of skear from hill
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