So how can our visitors help us manage this fragile and important habitat? Our greatest challenge is to change the way people use the dunes, so East Head can continue to naturally manage itself, growing and contracting with each different season and year. The simplest way of doing this is to ask people to avoid visiting during high tides. Tide times can be found here , so you can plan your day out.
Visitors can also help by avoiding the roped off areas – this includes keeping dogs off these areas too. You may have noticed that these fenced areas are as dynamic as the sand dunes themselves. The Rangers have chosen them specially, whether it is to give the vegetation a chance to come back, to protect nesting or roosting birds or to try and reduce erosion pinch points. It is always for a good reason, to ensure East head continues to be the special place that we know and love.
With climate change, sea levels and temperatures have already risen and brings the possibility of more frequent stormy winters and unpredictable seasons. By working together we can ensure that East Head is as robust as possible to still roll with the natural and human punches that it absorbs so well.