Yes it seems to have ben a season of very hi tides.....I don't know if it is one of those times when the moon is closer to the Earth. However combined with the stormy weather it has certainly ravaged the dunes on the west coast. I was on middle beach with the Mrs yesterday between Westport and Machrihanish and a good 9-10 ft high of dunes has been washed away:
The beaches have been stripped too; the Gauldrons are as rocky as can be. Let's hope some of it gets redeposited before the summer.