Firths and estuaries are liminal places where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores. The Solway Firth the crooked finger of water that both unites and divides Scotland and England is a beautiful yet unpredictable place and one of the leastindustrialised natural large estuaries in Europe. Its history geology and turbulent character have long aff