We’re pleased to share an update on how wildlife is thriving alongside construction at the Benacre & Kessingland Flood Management Project.
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Suffolk hippos and sabre-toothed cats ... Kessingland’s 600,000–700,000 year old deposits have yielded hippo, straight-tusked elephant, giant deer and sabre-toothed cat ... plus fossil plants indicating summers warmer than today. #Kessingland #Suffolk #AerialPhotography

Once Benacre Ness, now Kessingland Ness: this vast bank of sand & shingle is migrating north at about 20–25 metres a year ... unusually, against the usual long-term direction of sediment transport along this Suffolk coast. #Kessingland #Suffolk #AerialPhotography #Coast