Remarkable picture shows a tide of over 10,000 starfish that died after being washed up on Holkham Beach Photo: MASONS By Matthew Moore
Published: 5:00PM GMT 08 Dec 2009 A beach that featured in the closing scene of the film Shakespeare in Love has been left covered with slick of dead starfish. Up to 10,000 of the sea creatures died after being washed up onto Holkham Beach in Norfolk by strong currents during recent storms. Experts believe that the starfish were pulled loose from the seabed, where they feed on mussels, and carried on to the beach in high tide. …

Shakespeare in Love beach becomes ‘starfish graveyard’