Other butterflies fluttered amongst the nettles. In the field opposite the Cement Works, on the western side of the Adur including the towpath, both cows and sheep grazed. Plenty of Pyramidal Orchids were easily spotted on the cycle route from Old Shoreham to Bramber and on the roadside verges. Meadow Brown and Red Admiral Butterflies flitted amongst the variety of wild plants with the occasional Clouded Yellow . The area known as the Saltings was salt marsh up to medieval times, and marsh until the twentieth century.
Parts are still liable to flooding.
Towpaths on both sides of the river take the walker to the town of Bramber. Water Voles , Arvicola terrestris , were living in the area shown in the photograph at least until the 1980s. However, they may now be scarce or extinct. Also both predators Stoats and Foxes have increased since the increase in Rabbit numbers. Herons, which prey on Water Voles, have also increased and a small part of the vole habitat has also disappeared.