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Between my town and the next, there is an area of marshland known as the Pevensey Levels Nature Reserve. Hundreds of years ago it was the seabed, and in 1066 Willian the Conqueror’s fleet of ships sailed over it on their way to the Battle of Hastings.
On Sunday I travelled along the narrow road, stopping to take some pictures now and again
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Great shots, especially the one with the sheep staring at you.
Everywhere I went those eyes followed me!
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What nice photos very atmospheric the sheep shots are brilliant love the way there just LQQKING ha 🙂
Have a baaaatastic week 👍
Thanks so much, Steve!
I wonder who was more glad … gladder … to have that fence. You or the sheep? They had some pretty mean looks on their faces.
I enjoy your nature photos.
At least there weren’t any rams around! I was gladda ’bout that!
Don’t you just love clouds? And sheep! 🐑
Equally. White clouds often look like sheep!
Wonderful photos. Lush lands and a great history. Amazing how time changes/shapes nature…
It does. They are predicting that the sea will encroach on that area again in time to come.
Interesting!! Wow!!
What an enchanting, glorious walk this must have been. Thank you for sharing the backstory of these stunning marshes.
I loved the not so sheepish sheep.
Hopped in this week.
It’s lovely along there, and in the autumn it will look completely different. I enjoyed your hop, Natasha!
As much as I loved yours. Picture perfect!
Keep them coming though. 😊
It’s a beautiful place for a walk, thank you for sharing it with us!
The pleasure is – and was, mine Mimi!
I love nature preserves. I would love to roam about. Love all the sheep. Don’t want to got to close though. They are pretty ripe. Cute, but ripe.
Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂
Ripe sheep, I like that! Thanks, Sandee.
As always wonderful photos. I especially like the three sheep looking at the camera.
They were quite nosey! Thanks, Patricia.
It’s just beautiful!
Crossing it so often it’s easy to take it for granted, but now and again it’s good to remind oneself how special it is.
Thanks Keith – especially the little bit of history you included – lovely photos …cheers Hilary
Thanks so much, Hilary.
Lovely photos of the marshes. Sheep are very inquisitive!
We have marshes on the edge of the river below us. There was a sluice gate that let some of the water out if the levels were getting too high. About 4 years ago the tenant farmer told the land owner that the wall holding the gate in position was looking precarious after a lot of storms. In the spring there was another storm and the wall collapsed letting the river flood the marshes and neighbouring field. I hate to think how many birds were nesting there and had their nests destroyed or possibly drowned too. The landlord who is gentry and owns thousands of acres never bothered to get it repaired. So sad.
That is indeed very sad. Even nature needs a helping hand now and again. My final photo is in fact a flooded field, but that is down to recent torrential rain rather than neglect.
It reminds Mom a bit of the North Sea Coast where she lived in Germany. There is a huge area between the homes and towns and the beach/North Sea. The dike keeps the waters from coming up too far and there are sheep roaming all over it. It is a very interesting area similar to the one you have here.
I imagine it is, I’ve seen similar places in Holland.
I love sheeps, sometime I vissit a farm near by to coudle with them
They are lovely, it’ll soon be the lambing season!
So very beautiful. What a wonderful walk. Great pics.
I’m pleased you like them, thanks so much.
Looks like a nice walk. Marshes can be fascinating; the sheep were a bit of a surprise 🙂
It was, and they are!