New Poem Out: A Saltmarsh Poem – 16th July 2026

This poem was originally conceived as a locative app to make scientific understanding of saltmarsh dynamics more accessible for the communities of the Taf Estuary in Carmarthenshire and the Mawddach Estuary in Snowdonia.

Link to poem and video with words spoken by Philip Brett King

The context for this was ‘CoastWeb’, an academic research project to explore community perceptions of saltmarsh that ran between 2017-2021. It now exists as a poem and an audio version spoken by Welsh voice actors and as a Welsh language translation.

This is an edited version produced for the Environment Agency’s ‘ReMeMaRe’ conference July 2026.

Acknowledgements: CoastWeb research project, ‘Valuing Nature Programme’, UKRI

Booklet released: ‘A Place at the Table – Community Engagement on the Deben Estuary’ – 19th March 2026

A beautifully illustrated account of a Deben Estuary Partnership research initiative that was facilitated by the Environment Agency’s 3Cs fund and co-ordinated by Helene Burningham, Professor of Physical Geography UCL and Simon Read, Associate Professor of Fine Art, Middlesex University London and Deben Estuary Partnership trustee.

The project sought to identify strategies for community engagement on the Deben estuary and adjacent coastline, encourage stewardship activities and a higher level of community participation in the estuary management process

The 3C‘s: Championing Coastal Coordination

Link to the new booklet

The Rabble Chorus on Waldringfield beach

Ancient fishing? sticks revealed after beach stripped of shingle – East Lane

DEP Steering Group visits site of Waldringfield erosion – 12th March 2026

The Deben Estuary Partnership held its latest Quarterly Meeting Waldringfield Sailing Club on 12th March and viewed the erosion that has been successfully repaired.

For more information about the repairs, please see the 6th March RDA Journal item about erosion in the Estuary, at Bawdsey, Waldringfield and Ufford. https://www.riverdeben.org/rda-journal/erosion-on-the-deben-bawdsey-waldringfield-ufford/#more-10318