Portesham

Karen felt her knee was improving, so we walked along a disused railway line into Abbotsbury where we had a look in a gallery selling wooden crafts before passing through the village to the old Abbey. The views from the top of the hill by the old abbey building looked down onto the famous swannery.
The following day we passed across fields to The Fleet where we watched the sea birds on the waters edge for a short while. There were sandlings, egrets, whimbrel, curlew and black tailed godwits as well as the usual array of gulls.Read more