Sky, sea, beach and marshes

A southerly view over Corporation Marshes towards Dunwich from Walberswick beach. There is not much separating the sea from the marshes. At times of high spring tides coinciding with a tidal surge down the North Sea, this area is flooded by the sea.

This whole area is a Nature Reserve, home of bittern, marsh harrier and avocet, among others. However, the Environment Agency plans to discontinue maintaining the shingle bank sea defence and let the area revert to estuary.

A depression with its associated warm from is rapidly moving in from the west. It was raining within three hours of this photo being taken.

I love the wild bleakness of this stretch of coast and its big skies.

This photo is a panorama consisting of 5 frames stitched together.