Church Norton,West Sussex As the sun comes out, a slender grey greenshank wakes from its slumber and starts to preenThe South Downs are hidden behind low cloud as wind drives the rain across the harbour. Raindrops fall on the brambles all around me and escape down the ripening blackberries and blue-grey juniper berries. I put my hood up, or cover the telescope and sit on a bench overlooking the harbour,sheltering among the bushes, to wait for the tide to fall.It is hard to assume now, or but the harbour at Pagham once bustled with boats – from Roman times to the 14th century – until storms engulfed the area in 1341. The inlets began silting up and the channels became too narrow and shallow.
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Source: theguardian.com