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Gulls. Sometimes a great flock of gulls will gather on the Salty as the tide closes over it.
©Robin Stott
This is near to where the Teign joins the sea. This is a good anchorage.
©Richard Knights
The village of Shaldon is just below the photographer and Teignmouth is the town on the otherside of the river. Teignmouth New and Old Quays can be seen with two cargo vessels moored along the New Quay ready to be loaded possibly with Ball Clay from the nearby quarries. The sandy patch in the middle of the river is called The Salty and is shown here at low water (springs) which means the tide is exceptionally low. The Salty is dotted with small pools of water trapped as the tide went out. Many boats can be seen beached on The Salty whilst those that need to stay afloat can be seen moored in the deeper water around the edge of The Salty.
©Colin Vosper
This photo is taken from the junction of Picket Head Hill and Commons Old Road, above Shaldon It shows boats moored on the partially-submerged sandbank of The Salty, backed by Teignmouth's New Quay docks and town. The ship at New Quay is called Sea Kestrel.
©Stephen McCulloch
©Maurice D Budden
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Salty is almost fully exposed. It's a bank of shingle, sand and mud about 30 hectares in extent. People walk, maintain boats and even ride horses on it when the tide is out. The yachts are permanent dwellings. The flag is flown from the roof of a shed used by a rowing club for oars, small craft, post-training socialising, barbies… A Cross Country train passes under Shaldon Bridge, right, behind boats in the river channel.
©Robin Stott
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking from the river beach up the Teign estuary.
©Chris Downer
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.1km<br/>Surface: eroding mud at the south end of the Salty. The ferryman said that 30 years ago the Salty was never covered by the tide as it is now; grass grew on it. Is this evidence of rising sea level? Falling land level? Is the river charged with more surface water during and after rain?
©Robin Stott
Dist:0.1km<br/>The flood tide is speeding upstream (to the left), although it must be nearing high tide. Across the estuary is Teignmouth.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>One of the many boats moored next to The Salty at Shaldon, with Teignmouth on its spit in the background.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>Transformed by an amazing sky. Rippon Tor on Dartmoor is on the skyline. You can tell that the tide is still rising because the boats are all facing into the current.
©Robin Stott
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©Robin Stott
Dist:0.2km<br/>The walls of a detached private garden have been raised to protect it and the street from tidal flooding. The private access to the foreshore is also seen in [[2614106]]
©Robin Stott
Dist:0.2km<br/>Boats moored off Shaldon beach, with high tide covering The Salty, and Western Quay at teignmouth in the background.
©Derek Harper

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