Mile 203
Driftwood Beach south, Hidden Lake
Lincoln County
Longitude: -124.083241268810
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), southerly to the Lincoln County-Lane County line (44° 16.5774', Mile 190).

2020
Mile 203 was almost free from human debris. Thanks for that. Only a couple of gulls seen. The Wrack line had minimal deposits. Saw people walking and walking their dogs. There was some interesting beach art/sand towns being built. One thing I did not think was good was the surfing...read more
The beach was fairly clean on the 26th. Many people were using the beach for recreation. There were lots of Burrowing Sea Cucumbers along the whole mile and a dead seal skeleton on the beach (pictures attached). read more
Snowy Plover nest Mile 202 (this was reported to Plover Patrol), Plover on mile 203, Skeleton of Seal Pubread more
Nesting Snowy Plover, firecracker debris and signs of campfire activity. read more
bonefire and campfire set ups
SAND202001 Snowy Plover Nest Failed
Driftwood Snowy Plover nest still ok.read more
Discovery of New Snowy Plover nest labelled SAND202001 on beach near Sandpiper Shores and being attended by Snowy Plover Patrol. Unbanded bird.read more
Shoreline Wildlife -
We found, we believe, a dead sturgeon on the shore without its head. We have included a picture with a penny for size reference.
We picked up two 2.5 gallon buckets of ocean debris. Pictures show bucket and examples of the debrisread more
I met with Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept Beach Ranger Doug Sestrich on the beach to show him a Western Snowy Plover nest I had discovered 5/15 so that he could install a pole and rope buffer around the nest, which had contained one egg on 5/15, two eggs on...read more
I feel guilty being able to walk my miles, 202 and 203, within walking distance from my home, when others aren't able to because of COVID-19 restrictions. I apologize for so many reports, but when I walk my miles I always find something that I think others might find interesting...read more
My neighbor in Bayshore came upon and photographed this rare Western Snowy Plover nest approx 4/23/2020. My neighbor didn't notice any birds incubating the eggs, but snowy plovers are very inconspicuous (see the plover photographs in my Mile 202 reports), and the incubating plover probably ran off without being seen....read more
Human Activity - 10 people and 1 dog
Shore Wildlife - Possible 2 Plovers (photo attached), 7 dead birds, Quanities of plastic and wood chips.read more
2019
There were no items to report on. read more
Human activity - 24 people and 7 dogs. 15 people walking, 4 playing in the sand, 2 sitting and 3 surfing.
Shoreline wildlife - 5 dead birds. 4 birds can not be identified due to the condition of the carrcases, the 5th bird can be identified but we do not know...read more
The major concerns are the number of fires involving the logs that are piled high up on the beach and the quanity of jelly pieces on the beach was much above anything we have ever seen.read more
Today was a bit chilly with the cloud cover but is was a great day on the beach. The natural change processes of the beach were evident from the last two months. We do not have any concerns about human activity impacting the beach except for the debris that washes...read more
It was a nice day, but windy, with many people walking or playing with dogs. We monitered the dogs to see if there was any disturbance of sea birds and we did not see any. The number of large jellies on the beach was substancially higher than we have seen...read more
The beach was unusually clean of debris.read more
The beach had a lot of marine debris such as polypropelene rope, fuel lines, expended shot gun/ fire works shells and other items that had washed in. We filled two 3-gallon buckets with debris.read more
2018
A very quiet day on the beach.read more
2017
Quiet day on the beach, quiet ocean. Did see fairly fresh bear scat near the wrack though. That was unusual.read more
Found burned out campfire log, also area littered with cans, etc.read more
I am including photos of each direction of the beach as well as the minimal trash found this round, a setup someone created with chairs & drift wood as well as dead seal with turkey vultures.read more
2015
6 dead Common murres found between Buckley Creek and north beach access of Sandpiper Village. I had noted 3 last week.read more
The storms blowing in from the west over the last few days left much debris covered with pelagic barnacles. Some of which are confirmed by Fawn Custer to be Tsunami debris. Velella velella covered the tide line as well.Fawn collected Tsunami related debris samples.read more