Easter in Dunwich, in a cabin at the cliff top looking over the sea. This is East Anglia at its most wonderful. Susserating waves on shingle beaches giving on to marshland, endless heath and woodland and over all, a huge sky. The skies this week were dramatic. I have not exagerrated them in the edit, they were truly this dark with a strengthening spring sun backlighting and bathing everything in the glow. Sandwiched between the sea and the heathland are the extensive reed beds around Minsmere, an important and critical location for embattled species of bird. You rarely see the Bittern but you hear their low booming all around. The iconic Avocet also nest here in numbers. Minsmere is a great success story, bringing back Marsh Harriers and Bitterns from near extinction. And yet they are building a third nuclear power station in this most sensitive and important of environments, giving the lie to the commitment of successive governments in the regard for our precious landscape.
A selection of photographs below from the week - click on any image to enlarge, view full-screen, or run a slide-show.