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Fiona MacLeod

Environment correspondent

Fiona MacLeod covers climate and conservation as a place on a map. Little use for speeches about the planet that never name a burn.

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Essex estuary mudflat at low tide with sparse green saltmarsh shoots and a worker in waterproof trousers carrying a plastic seed bucket, grey overcast sky, no logos or readable text.

Environment

RSPB Restocks Saltmarsh Seeds on Essex Coast After Storm Surge Erosion

RSPB teams reseeded Essex saltmarsh after winter storm surge stripped pioneer vegetation on Wallasea and adjacent flats, racing the autumn window before high tides return on the Thames estuary.

Fiona MacLeod Sep 19, 2026United Kingdom