Reedbeds and Cley windmill, 18th century tower windmill on old quay, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe

Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Cley Windmill on a summer day, Cley Village, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Cley Windmill on a summer day, Cley Village, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A misty morning at the marshes at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A view of St. Margarets Church at Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A view of Cley Mill at dawn, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley Mill, Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Windmill at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Boats on waterway and windmill, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Storm clouds move in over the reedbeds towards Cley Windmill at Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Man fishing on Cley Beach, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Restored 18th century Cley Windmill, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A bright winter day looking across the reedbeds towards Cley Mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley Mill, Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Seaweed washed up on Cley Beach, North Norfolk coast, United Kingdom

Storm clouds over St. Margarets Church at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A windmill at Cley Next the Sea, North Norfolk, UK.

Coastal flooding on fields at salthouse on the North Norfolk coast, UK.

Second World war defences that for a long time were buried under the storm beach are revealed after the December 2013 storm surge at Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK. The huge waves completely breached the storm beach, and pushed it inland onto the Cley nature reserve.

Damage caused to the coastal defences by the December 2013 storm surge at Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK. The huge waves completely breached the storm beach, and pushed it inland onto the Cley nature reserve.

Damage caused to the coastal defences by the December 2013 storm surge at Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK. The huge waves completely breached the storm beach, and pushed it inland onto the Cley nature reserve.

A windmill in Cley, Norfolk, UK.

A windmill at Cley Next the Sea, North Norfolk, UK, with Blakeney church in the background at sunset.

Salt marsh at Cley Next the Sea, North Norfolk, UK.

Windmill, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Saltmarsh in Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK.

Bulldozers rebuilding the storm beach in Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A 2nd World War bunker on the beach at Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lobsters washed up on the beach by extreme storm winds at Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Breach in shingle barrier, North Norfolk coast around Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman walking on the Pedders Way at Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mute swan and cygnets covered in oil from an oil spill in Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Arnolds Marsh, a protected bird reserve on the North Norfolk coast near Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley windmill at sunset, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Breach in shingle barrier, North Norfolk coast around Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Local food for sale at a shop in Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk coast, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mute swan and cygnets covered in oil from an oil spill in Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Local food for sale at a shop in Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Poppies in a fallow field near Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe