After a wet morning I ventured out onto the Spit and found a Stonechat on the metalwork of the 'old' harbour entrance and as I only had my compact with me, got a shot 'just for the record'! A couple of Wheatears were present on the track from the old car park and as I was watching the high tide, a couple more turned up on the beach. On the off shore spit there were half a dozen Med Gulls alongside the Turnstones.
Talking about the high tide the sea was pounding in and eating ever closer to the beach bungalows!
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| A worrying scene |
....but there is better news and I understand that work is soon to begin on installing the rock revetment and I noticed that the yacht club car park had being caged off and a vehicle had just unloaded several rolls of heavy duty liner.
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| This looks hopeful...at last!! |
On walking back along the beach I was interested to see a bungalow is being demolished but the original railway coaches have been exposed and will hopefully be preserved...shame the exterior windows have been replaced.
Although this is strictly a blog about the birds of Pagham Spit I will include photographs of the ongoing work relating to the beach erosion protection as I believe it will be interesting as and when it occurs....so watch this space!
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