GMC Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site
21 November 2015
Observation details
Overview
| Estuary | Gellibrand River Estuary |
|---|---|
| Site | Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site |
| Observation ID | #9959 |
| Date and Time | Saturday 21st November 2015 11:35am |
| Approved | Approved |
Notes
- Slight very pale discharge out over shallow entrance, channel very narrow but waves are entering over a much wider area.
- Discharge travelling short distance east along foreshore but some also going out to south
- Longshore drift across mouth
- Ocean beach changing drastically-sand cliffs at east end have almost gone but high area just east of entrance now has steep front. The rest of the beach east of this area is now a series of wide rises & depressions
- Last hi tide has been a long way up on the beach & over the high area
- Thousands of small fish(?) eggs along the swash line also small lumps of jelly. Silver gulls feeding along the swash line
- 3 Hooded Plover at far end of beach
- Algae in the estuary & river around G2 is now clustered along the vegetation at the sides driven by strong wind & wave action
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