The Donald's Scottish wall

I was back at the Menie dunes this afternoon to get a GPS fix of the location of the Perri-perri infestation that I discovered yesterday.

The sand dunes to the south of Newburgh on Ythan are designated as a Site of Special Interest, the Nation's very best wildlife and geological sites. A major part of the scientific interest is that the dunes are highly mobile with the sand gradually moving northwards along the coast. A large area of the dunes was purchased by Donald Trump and, with the help of the Scottish Parliament under Alex Salmond's leadership, turned into a golf course. The Donald has attempted to prevent the sand blowing onto his verdant greens by erecting sand fences and by planting marram grass. Back in January 2013 I blipped a photograph of the newly erected  sand fences.

As you can see from today's offering Nature laughs at the feeble efforts of man, even man as great as The Donald, and the fences are now collapsed and largely buried under the sand.

Nevertheless, Trump's golf course has effectively trashed the scientific interest of the area and it is expected that Scottish Natural Heritage will declassify the SSSI.