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Dunwich River at Walberswick

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:50:59 +0000

The Dunwich River flowing through the Corporation Marshes at Walberswick, Suffolk. Photo taken from the footbridge at National Grid Reference TM 49510 74159.

Reeds and Westwood Marshes

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:51:01 +0000

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I loved the back-lit reeds shimmering in the vast expanse of the Westwood Marshes at Walberswick, Suffolk.Tricky to capture in a photo, however!

Walberswick wind pump 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:51:02 +0000

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The remains of the Walberswick wind pump in the Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk.

Walberswick wind pump 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:51:05 +0000

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The remains of the Walberswick wind pump in the Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk.

Walberswick wind pump 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:51:09 +0000

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The remains of the Walberswick wind pump in the Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk.
A bit more falls off each year as the weather takes its toll.

Sky reeds river

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:51:12 +0000

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The Dunwich River flowing through the Coorporation Marshes between Walberswick and Dunwich, Suffolk.
I love the vast, minimalist expanse of the landscapes here.

Bricks and reeds

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:22:43 +0000

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Bricks and reeds at the base of the derelict (but undergoing restoration) Walberswick windpump on the edge of the Westwood marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk.

Sizewell across the marshes

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:41:34 +0000

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Sizewell nuclear power station shimmers in the heat haze across the marshes between Walberswick and Dunwich, Suffolk.

Marsh Beach Sea

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:41:34 +0000

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The lowest point of the beach separating the North Sea from the Corporation Marshes at Walberswick, Suffolk. During high water storm surges, the sea breaks through here and floods the marshes.

In the middle distance you can see where the shingle has been carried into the marshes.

Reeds and Windpump

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:41:34 +0000

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The Walberswick windpump stands in the midst of a sea of reeds on the edge of the Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk

Westwood Marshes

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:41:35 +0000

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The Walberswick windpump formerly discharged into this drain in the Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk.

Walberswick wind pump, Suffolk

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:01:10 +0000

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Dunwich River

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:16 +0000

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The Dunwich River flows through the Westwood and Corporation Marshes, entering the North Sea at Walberswick.

The stump of the Walberswick wind pump is visible in the middle distance.

Reeds in seed

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:46 +0000

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and constantly in graceful motion.

Walberswick, Suffolk.

Harvest in progress

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:27 +0000

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At the Old Town Marshes near Walberswick, the reeds are being harvested (one man and a cart) for thatching material - a long established tradition.

Walberswick Westwood Marsh

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:36 +0000

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Reeds almost as far as the eye can see. This is one of the largest reed beds in England.

Minimalist

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:51 +0000

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Walberswick Corporation Marshes - reeds, sky and cloud.
The North Sea is just out of sight below the beach shingle ridge which forms the skyline. A beautiful, lonely, wild place - home of Avocet and Ringed plover, Dunlin, Oyster catchers and many other wading and wetland birds.

Walberswick beach huts....

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:21:58 +0000

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...nicely illuminated in the late afternoon sun.
The beach and the North Sea is just the other side of the row of huts.

Corporation Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:57:18 +0000

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This is a view over the Corporation Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk looking southerly towards Dunwich Forest on relatively high ground in the distance. 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.

The North Sea is just out of shot, over the shingle bank on the left. This whole area is a Nature Reserve, home of bittern, marsh harrier and avocet, among others. The tower of the derelict Walberswick wind pump is visible just right of centre.

At times of high spring tides coinciding with a tidal surge down the North Sea, this area is flooded by the sea. Just a little way further south, towards Dunwich, the Environment Agency plans to discontinue maintaining the shingle bank sea defence and let the area revert to estuary.

Sky, sea, beach and marshes

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:29:36 +0000

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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.