Bomb alert on Pagham Beach today.

Whilst birding on the beach this morning I was stopped by police who requested I kept away, as an ordnance had been found and was going to be made safe. Within an hour 'bomb disposal' turned up and duly blew it up.
Missed the explosion but a few pics beforehand....

Rather them than me!

Closer inspection

Preparations

Big bang at mid-day and it was all over....problem solved.

Pagham Beach December 2019

High spring tides November 26....

High water washing over the shingle spit....

 


    
...so that the 'new lagoon' was totally swamped!

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A lot has happened since the previous blog earlier in the year and shown below are a few photos taken today when walking from the harbour mouth eastwards towards the yacht club.

 During the recent high tides and gale force winds the shingle alongside the Little Lagoon has suffered considerable loss. Eight posts have been lost together with vegetation and about another 4 metres of beach since March 

This metal work which was exposed some time ago and then covered again is now revealed again...presumably old wartime defences.

The 'new' lagoon is gradually getting narrower as the sea pushes the shingle towards the bungalows and hopefully will provide some protection to these properties.

The shingle in front of the West Front Road properties has grown enormously but regrettably the same can't be said about the frontage to the East Front Road properties. Work is currently taking place to replace the substantial loss of the past few weeks.