Sodding silt

It was a lovely bright day today so headed out for a walk. I was turned around again from my usual jaunt because of the flood defences. The flooding didn't materialise but obviously the removal of said defences took the whole of today.
I did get as far as Reads' island.
"Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice, on the Humber Estuary in England. The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island. However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of "Old Warp" and is shown on the 1734 Customs Map of the Humber where Read's Island now lays, and extending further downstream."
Unfortunately Reads' Island is also inadvertently the cause of some of the flooding issues in that it allows silt to build up. A family discussion last night highlighted the fact that 50/60 years ago when my uncle was a youngster there was always at least one barge/dredger there (and often two) dredging the silt that builds up. Nowadays nothing is done and although it is great for wildlife (hugely important for waders, including avocet) it does mean the silt build up raises the risk of flooding.
Anyway this shot is looking out over towards Reads. The colour of the silt with the blue sky shining on it is out of camera (with a polariser to be fair). I love the textures and patterns