On the very edge of the county is a peaceful haven for wildlife and people.
Camera club snapper Philip Carter spent a morning this week pottering around Pagham Harbour and photographing some of the highlights.
The harbour, near Bognor, is an RSPB nature reserve and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Pagham is home to salt marsh and tidal mudflats as well as shingle, open water, reed swamps and grassland.
It is of national importance for wintering wildfowl and waders and also for breeding birds both within the harbour and the surrounding grazing pasture, Natural England says.
As well as the more familiar, feathered species, Pagham is home to molluscs and crustaceans like barnacles.
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It was a misty morning and Philip's monochrome snaps of the habour capture the stillness in a dramatic way.
The site has an RSPB visitor centre and the charity also has trails around the reserve.
An RSPB spokeswoman said: "Watch black-tailed godwits and little egrets by day, then linger when skies are clear for an amazing sunset."
If you follow the routes around the reserve, you can even venture past the old Sidlesham tramway, along the pebbly beach, and to a neighbouring reserve, Medmerry.
Unlike some reserves, RSPB Pagham Harbour is close to a public transport route.
The 51 Link service from Chichester Bus Station to Selsey stops outside the visitor centre.
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