Coordinates: 50°27'07,38" N 1°38'34,17" E
Slightly east of Le Bout De Haut
Also this a bit further south
Unless I got the coordinates wrong, it appears to be part of a protected wetland area called Marais de Balençon. I can't find much more information aside from hiking trails and this very short description on the merlimont website.
I might be off by a bit though, navigating maps on a phone is a pain for me.
I found an explanation on a French blog. These shapes are called "Platières à bécassines". Bécassine is the French for the wild bird "snipe". The idea is to cut the grass/vegetation on some patches of the swamp in June (when it's dry), so that when water comes back in the autumn it creates small ponds that snipes like. It's for bird/duck hunting purposes basically.
I think you're right about the area
This page (google translated) suggests they are either mown fields, duck hunting areas, or areas disrupted and monitored for the effect on bees
Interestingly, I think the second photo from the carousel on your link shows one of these areas
You might be right. I could not discern anything in those blurry pictures for the life of me.
Interesting! Ill need to check that out when i am at a pc again. Its true, phones are not ideal foe everything..
Looking along that coastline, there are similar areas at other river mouths, including the Somme. I found this blog talking about manmade ponds for observation or hunting of waterfowl. Wonder if that’s what it is?
They are really strange. On google earth i was able to see some older picture of the same place. I dont think they are water ponds. In the earlier pictures its a bit more clear that they are earth patches
They will be. It's just a dry season image, see my explanation above
I found the name "Marais de Balançon". Marais is swamp. I still don't know about the shapes, but could be bird nesting related
Peat bogs?
That is a good guess!
Never seen them done in circles like that. Only in (mostly) straight lines. But maybe they do it differently in France!
Could those be shallow pans to grow/collect sea salt?
They dont seem to hold water really or even be connected to water at all.
If you notice, the first picture in the post comment, shows the same location slightly zoomed out. There you may notice some larger areas that seem like ponds. But the smaller patches seem to be just cleared earth patches
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