The RSPB Nature reserve and beach at Titchwell Marsh Norfolk
Titchwell Marsh was first claimed from the sea for farming and agriculture. Sea walls were built and the whole area of the current reserve was taken out of the surrounding salt-marsh, enclosed and used as arable farmland and grazing marsh. During the Second World War, part of the area was also used by the military as a tank range. After the floods of 1953, the sea walls were not rebuilt and the area went back to salt-marsh. It was left like that for 20 years. The RSPB bought the site in the 1990s, an area of dunes in front of the reserve was eroded by the sea, and formed a creek and the current tidal marsh.
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Location: Norfolk England UK
Photo credit: © Ernie Janes / Alamy / Afripics
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