Weather: Overcast
Finds: 29
I got down to the beach to find between 25 to 30 people trying to make the most of the very low tide. Strangely, some were digging holes, many were sieving, and others were wandering about in unusual places (i.e. not the best spots).
As I did my own wandering, looking for a good place to start, I saw the reason for the unusual behaviour: Once again the best spots were smothered in silt and/or frigging slipper shells. Is this the new normal?
One group had set up on a 'stream' and were basically sieving what was being brought down. Pretty logical and a tactic I may try next time I go. Another group was wandering about on a sort of promontory which I've been told used to be productive but has since been taken over by mussels. Yet another group was ranging to the East. Presumably both were doing it out of desperation. But I couldn't figure out the hole diggers. They were basically digging big holes in some pretty anonymous sand and sieving the results. What was that all about? Did it produce anything I wonder?
I finally found a decent spot and realised it was quite extensive.....just before the tide turned and flooded it.
Finds: 25 x S. macrota, 3 x C. hopei, 1 rabbit fish partial.