Pagham Harbour

We went to Pagham Harbour on Saturday afternoon. There weren't as many birds as last time we were there but we did see shell ducks, a lapwing, curlews, oyster catchers, swans and little egrets. There were loads of dead crabs - some big ones, and loads of little one washed up around the harbour. And dead cuttlefish - I've seen the cuttlebones that are washed up on the shore but this one still had skin and flesh. Something (seagulls?) had eaten the tentacles but we could see where the ink sack must have been.

In the evening we went across to West Wittering and had a Barbeque on the beach. Paul and Kerry both took some photos. Fortunately for me they both managed to get some great shots of the sunset - I don't remember it at all - I must have been to busy enjoying the food.

Photos:
Pagham Harbour
Barbeque at West Wittering [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum

Went to the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. Loads of old buildings and information about how people used to live. We bought some stone ground bread flour and some honey and Jenny made some bread the next Saturday. It was the best bread and honey I can remember.

Portland

We went to Chesil Beach for lunch then explored around Portland Bill. We saw some big prawns and fairly large fish in rockpools - gobys and blennies I think.

On the way out of Portland we stopped at the viewpoint above Portland Harbour and had a look round. We saw a mouse and a yellowhammer.

There's some more photos in my Portland album on picasaweb.