Hi Keith. It is a good all round patch. Behind the beach are dunes and a small wooded area. Also the Par Beach Pool holds a large number of C Geese, Swans, ducks and the usual array of wildfowl,gulls and a few waders. Herons and little Egret are often to be seen .Most of the little brown jobs are found in the Dune area during breeding activity. The shoreline holds waders, Rock Pipits, Pied Wagtails,Swallows, Martins and the popular Gulls and Terns. During the winter months the bay is noted for the Divers and Grebe which take advantage of the calmer waters of the bay. Not a bad patch with that lot also twenty different Butterflies have been seen this year.
A Market Town since 1189 and has now undergone a major regeneration program .
The new shopping and leisure centre (White River Place) opened October 2009 and employs 500 - 700 people.
Imery's modernized China Clay industry employs 2000 which is a huge drop from the early 20th Century when tin, copper and china clay found in the hills made St Austell a major Cornish industrial centre.
Another industry still alive and kicking is the St Austell Brewery which celebrated 150 years of trading in 2001.
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That looks like my kind of beach. I think I could happily spend a few hours there.
ReplyDeleteHi Keith. It is a good all round patch. Behind the beach are dunes and a small wooded area. Also the Par Beach Pool holds a large number of C Geese, Swans, ducks and the usual array of wildfowl,gulls and a few waders. Herons and little Egret are often to be seen .Most of the little brown jobs are found in the Dune area during breeding activity. The shoreline holds waders, Rock Pipits, Pied Wagtails,Swallows, Martins and the popular Gulls and Terns. During the winter months the bay is noted for the Divers and Grebe which take advantage of the calmer waters of the bay. Not a bad patch with that lot also twenty different Butterflies have been seen this year.
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