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  • BRACKISH WATER-CROWFOOT Ranunculus baudotii (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Annual or perennial of brackish pools, ditches and channels near the coast. FLOWERS are 12-18mm across with 5 white petals (Apr-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded, long-stalked heads. LEAVES comprise deeply lobed floating leaves and thread-like submerged ones that do not collapse out of water. STATUS-Local around the coast.
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  • Lobster and crab pots stacked up on the quay at Wells on the north Norfolk coast, Uk
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  • Lobster and crab pots stacked up on the quay at Wells on the north Norfolk coast, Uk
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  • Lobster and crab pots stacked up on the quay at Wells on the north Norfolk coast, Uk
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  • Rock Cook Centrolabrus exoletus Length to 15cm<br />
Colourful wrasse with a relatively small mouth. Found on rocky coasts and around pier pilings. Adult is variably colourful, often with reddish-brown, blue and yellowish reticulations. Note the diagnostic dark band across base of tail. Widespread and locally common in S and W; almost absent from coast of E England.
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  • Cuckoo Wrasse Labrus mixtus Length to 30cm<br />
Colourful distinctive wrasse. Found on rocky coasts, venturing inshore in summer months. Adult has a rather slender body. Male is mostly blue on head, flanks and tail, and pinkish-orange elsewhere. Female is orange with black spots at base of dorsal fin. Widespread and locally common in S and W; almost absent from coast of E England.
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  • Cuckoo Wrasse Labrus mixtus Length to 30cm<br />
Colourful distinctive wrasse. Found on rocky coasts, venturing inshore in summer months. Adult has a rather slender body. Male is mostly blue on head, flanks and tail, and pinkish-orange elsewhere. Female is orange with black spots at base of dorsal fin. Widespread and locally common in S and W; almost absent from coast of E England.
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  • Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta Length to 30cm<br />
Our most familiar and colourful wrasse. Found inshore on rocky coasts, sometimes in rockpools too. Adult has a thickset body and a long dorsal fin characteristic of all wrasse. The colour is variable but often marbled reddish-brown or green. Widespread and locally common except off coast of E England.
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  • Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta Length to 30cm<br />
Our most familiar and colourful wrasse. Found inshore on rocky coasts, sometimes in rockpools too. Adult has a thickset body and a long dorsal fin characteristic of all wrasse. The colour is variable but often marbled reddish-brown or green. Widespread and locally common except off coast of E England.
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  • Cuckoo Wrasse Labrus mixtus Length to 30cm<br />
Colourful distinctive wrasse. Found on rocky coasts, venturing inshore in summer months. Adult has a rather slender body. Male is mostly blue on head, flanks and tail, and pinkish-orange elsewhere. Female is orange with black spots at base of dorsal fin. Widespread and locally common in S and W; almost absent from coast of E England.
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  • Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta Length to 30cm<br />
Our most familiar and colourful wrasse. Found inshore on rocky coasts, sometimes in rockpools too. Adult has a thickset body and a long dorsal fin characteristic of all wrasse. The colour is variable but often marbled reddish-brown or green. Widespread and locally common except off coast of E England.
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  • Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta Length to 30cm<br />
Our most familiar and colourful wrasse. Found inshore on rocky coasts, sometimes in rockpools too. Adult has a thickset body and a long dorsal fin characteristic of all wrasse. The colour is variable but often marbled reddish-brown or green. Widespread and locally common except off coast of E England.
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  • TREE MALLOW Lavatera arborea (Malvaceae) Height to 3m<br />
Imposing woody biennial, covered in starry hairs. Favours rocky ground near the coast, often near seabird colonies. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with dark-veined pinkish purple petals; borne in terminal clusters (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are round, flat capsules. LEAVES are 5-7 lobed. STATUS-Locally common W coasts of Britain and S and W Ireland.
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  • DANISH SCURVYGRASS Cochlearia danica (Brassicaceae) Height to 20cm. Compact, often prostrate, annual of sandy soils, shingle and walls, mainly around the coast. FLOWERS are 4-6mm across with 4 white petals (Jan-Aug). FRUITS are ovoid and 6mm long. LEAVES comprise long-stalked heart-shaped basal leaves and stalked, ivy-shaped stem leaves. STATUS-Widespread and common around most coasts.
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  • TREE MALLOW Lavatera arborea (Malvaceae) Height to 3m<br />
Imposing woody biennial, covered in starry hairs. Favours rocky ground near the coast, often near seabird colonies. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with dark-veined pinkish purple petals; borne in terminal clusters (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are round, flat capsules. LEAVES are 5-7 lobed. STATUS-Locally common W coasts of Britain and S and W Ireland.
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  • TREE MALLOW Lavatera arborea (Malvaceae) Height to 3m<br />
Imposing woody biennial, covered in starry hairs. Favours rocky ground near the coast, often near seabird colonies. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with dark-veined pinkish purple petals; borne in terminal clusters (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are round, flat capsules. LEAVES are 5-7 lobed. STATUS-Locally common W coasts of Britain and S and W Ireland.
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  • Topknot Zeugopterus punctatus Length to 20cm<br />
Distinctive fish. Unusually for flatfish it favours rocky coasts and is quite happy clinging onto vertical sides of rock faces. Adult lives with left side, and eyes, facing uppermost. Outline is round-oval with anal and dorsal fins almost meeting at head end, and continuous with tail. Upper surface is typically marbled reddish brown. Widespread and locally common, except on E coast.
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  • Razorbill - Alca torda.  L 41cm. Bulky seabird with distinctive bill and essentially black and white plumage. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has black head, neck and upperparts, and white underparts; note white wingbar. Bill is large and flattened with vertical ridges and white lines. In winter, similar but throat and cheeks are white and bill is smaller. Voice Mostly silent. Status Locally common on rocky coast seabird colonies in W and N. Nests under boulders and in crevices on cliff ledges. Pelagic outside breeding season; healthy birds seldom seen close to land. Vulnerable to oil spills.
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  • Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Wingspan 125-140cm. Similar to Buzzard but most individuals are separable using plumage details and behaviour. In flight and from above, the pale base to the tail gives the Rough-legged Buzzard a white-rumped appearance. Hovers more frequently than Buzzards. Adult male has brown upperparts, except for white tail with a dark terminal band and smaller second bar. From below, underparts are pale except for dark head, carpal patches, wing tips and trailing edge to wing; pale tail is tipped with two dark bands. Adult female is similar but has a dark belly and single dark terminal band on tail. Juvenile is similar to adult female but dark markings are indistinct. Voice - mainly silent. Status and habitat – A winter visitor to Britain, mainly to East coast, and usually between October and March. Favours coastal marshes and grassland.
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  • Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Wingspan 125-140cm. Similar to Buzzard but most individuals are separable using plumage details and behaviour. In flight and from above, the pale base to the tail gives the Rough-legged Buzzard a white-rumped appearance. Hovers more frequently than Buzzards. Adult male has brown upperparts, except for white tail with a dark terminal band and smaller second bar. From below, underparts are pale except for dark head, carpal patches, wing tips and trailing edge to wing; pale tail is tipped with two dark bands. Adult female is similar but has a dark belly and single dark terminal band on tail. Juvenile is similar to adult female but dark markings are indistinct. Voice - mainly silent. Status and habitat – A winter visitor to Britain, mainly to East coast, and usually between October and March. Favours coastal marshes and grassland.
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  • Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus - male and female.  Length 2.2-3.2m Bulky seal with proportionately large head. Inquisitive in water. Hauls out for long periods. Adult is greyish overall with dark blotchy spots; fewer, larger spots than on Common Seal. Males are larger and darker than females. In profile, looks ‘Roman nosed’: bridge of nose is convex, more pronounced in males than females. From the front, nostrils are distinctly separated and more or less parallel to one another, not V-shaped. Fore flippers have sharp claws and hind flippers propel the animal through water. Pup is born with white fur; moulted after a few weeks.Voice Utters low, moaning calls. Often found on rocky shores and tolerates rough seas heavy waves. Widespread on west coast of Britain and locally in North Sea.
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  • Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus - juveniles. Length 2.2-3.2m Bulky seal with proportionately large head. Inquisitive in water. Hauls out for long periods. Adult is greyish overall with dark blotchy spots; fewer, larger spots than on Common Seal. Males are larger and darker than females. In profile, looks ‘Roman nosed’: bridge of nose is convex, more pronounced in males than females. From the front, nostrils are distinctly separated and more or less parallel to one another, not V-shaped. Fore flippers have sharp claws and hind flippers propel the animal through water. Pup is born with white fur; moulted after a few weeks.Voice Utters low, moaning calls. Often found on rocky shores and tolerates rough seas heavy waves. Widespread on west coast of Britain and locally in North Sea.
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  • Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus - female.  Length 2.2-3.2m Bulky seal with proportionately large head. Inquisitive in water. Hauls out for long periods. Adult is greyish overall with dark blotchy spots; fewer, larger spots than on Common Seal. Males are larger and darker than females. In profile, looks ‘Roman nosed’: bridge of nose is convex, more pronounced in males than females. From the front, nostrils are distinctly separated and more or less parallel to one another, not V-shaped. Fore flippers have sharp claws and hind flippers propel the animal through water. Pup is born with white fur; moulted after a few weeks.Voice Utters low, moaning calls. Often found on rocky shores and tolerates rough seas heavy waves. Widespread on west coast of Britain and locally in North Sea.
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  • Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus - Bull. Length 2.2-3.2m Bulky seal with proportionately large head. Inquisitive in water. Hauls out for long periods. Adult is greyish overall with dark blotchy spots; fewer, larger spots than on Common Seal. Males are larger and darker than females. In profile, looks ‘Roman nosed’: bridge of nose is convex, more pronounced in males than females. From the front, nostrils are distinctly separated and more or less parallel to one another, not V-shaped. Fore flippers have sharp claws and hind flippers propel the animal through water. Pup is born with white fur; moulted after a few weeks.Voice Utters low, moaning calls. Often found on rocky shores and tolerates rough seas heavy waves. Widespread on west coast of Britain and locally in North Sea.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark - Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
 Juvenile in bright light – note slit-like pupil in eye.<br />
 Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Red Hemp-nettle - Galeopsis angustifolia (Lamiaceae). Height to 30cm. Branched and downy annual with stems that are not swollen at the nodes. Grows in arable fields, on disturbed ground and on shingle usually near the coast. FLOWERS are 15-25mm long and reddish pink with a hooded upper lip and a 2-lobed lower lip, the corolla tube being twice as long as the calyx; borne in terminal heads (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are narrow and only slightly toothed. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common only and encountered mainly in SE England.
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  • Red Hemp-nettle - Galeopsis angustifolia (Lamiaceae). Height to 30cm. Branched and downy annual with stems that are not swollen at the nodes. Grows in arable fields, on disturbed ground and on shingle usually near the coast. FLOWERS are 15-25mm long and reddish pink with a hooded upper lip and a 2-lobed lower lip, the corolla tube being twice as long as the calyx; borne in terminal heads (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are narrow and only slightly toothed. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common only and encountered mainly in SE England.
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  • Giant's Castle on the coast of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Giant's Castle on the coast of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Giant's Castle on the coast of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis L 16-17cm. Confiding, plump-bodied bunting. All birds have extensive white on inner wing, rump and tail. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has mainly white plumage with blackish back, black on wings, and black bill and legs. Adult female in summer is similar but back is brownish and has brown and buff streaking on head, neck and sides of breast. Winter birds have mainly white underparts and buffish orange upperparts. Adult males are whitest on wings, face and underparts. Bill is yellowish and legs are black. Voice Has tinkling flight call. Song is twittering. Status Small numbers breed in Scottish mountains but best known as winter visitor, commonest on E coast; saltmarshes, coastal grassland and beach strandlines are favoured.
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  • Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola L 19-21cm. Elegantly proportioned wader. Legs are yellowish and relatively longer than those of similar-sized cousins. Has pale supercilium and, in flight, note white rump and barred tail. Sexes are similar. Adult has brownish, spangled upperparts. Head and neck are streaked and has faint streaks and spots on otherwise pale underparts. Juvenile is similar but upperparts are browner and marked with pale buff spots. Voice Utters a chiff-chiff-chiff flight call. Status Widespread and fairly common passage migrant, found mainly on freshwater pools near the coast; more rarely inland. Handful of pairs breed in bogs in Scottish Highlands.
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  • Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus L 43cm. Distinctive wader with striking black and white plumage and loud alarm call. Powerful bill used to hammer molluscs off rocks. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has black upperparts and white underparts with clear demarcation between the two on breast. Note red bill, pinkish legs and beady red eye. In winter, similar but note white half-collar. Juvenile is similar to summer adult but black elements of plumage are brownish and bill and leg colours are subdued. Voice Utters a loud, piping peep call. Status Breeds commonly on coast and beside inland lakes and rivers in N. Mainly coastal in winter, favouring estuaries and mudflats.
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  • Floods of  6 12 2013 due to tidal surge showing flooded coast road, A 149,  Cley next the sea,  Norfolk UK
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  • Floods of  6 12 2013 due to tidal surge showing flooded coast road, A 149,  Cley next the sea,  Norfolk UK
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  • Floods of  6 12 2013 due to tidal surge showing flooded coast road, A 149,  Cley next the sea,  Norfolk UK
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  • Storm clouds rage over the south coast at Climping Beach near Littlehampton in West Sussex as yet another low pressure system races in.
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  • Sunset and incoming tise at Lepe Country Park on the south coast in Hampshire
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  • West coast of Lundy, Devon
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  • SEA CAMPION Silene uniflora (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 20cm. Cushion-forming perennial that is confined to coastal habitats, notably cliffs and shingle beaches. FLOWERS are white and 20-25mm across, with overlapping petals; borne on upright stems (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capules. LEAVES are grey-green, waxy and fleshy. STATUS-Widespread and locally common around the coast.
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  • SEA CAMPION Silene uniflora (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 20cm. Cushion-forming perennial that is confined to coastal habitats, notably cliffs and shingle beaches. FLOWERS are white and 20-25mm across, with overlapping petals; borne on upright stems (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capules. LEAVES are grey-green, waxy and fleshy. STATUS-Widespread and locally common around the coast.
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  • Sunset over the south coast at Lepe Country Park, Hampshire
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  • Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis - 1st winter. L 16-17cm. Confiding, plump-bodied bunting. All birds have extensive white on inner wing, rump and tail. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has mainly white plumage with blackish back, black on wings, and black bill and legs. Adult female in summer is similar but back is brownish and has brown and buff streaking on head, neck and sides of breast. Winter birds have mainly white underparts and buffish orange upperparts. Adult males are whitest on wings, face and underparts. Bill is yellowish and legs are black. Voice Has tinkling flight call. Song is twittering. Status Small numbers breed in Scottish mountains but best known as winter visitor, commonest on E coast; saltmarshes, coastal grassland and beach strandlines are favoured.
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  • Coastal lagoons and saltmarsh at Pennington Nature Reserve on the Hampshire coast, UK
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  • Coastal lagoons and saltmarsh at Pennington Nature Reserve on the Hampshire coast, UK
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  • Coastal lagoons and saltmarsh at Pennington Nature Reserve on the Hampshire coast, UK
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  • Coastal lagoons and saltmarsh at Pennington Nature Reserve on the Hampshire coast, UK
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  • Coastal lagoons and saltmarsh at Pennington Nature Reserve on the Hampshire coast, UK
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  • Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales
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  • Winterton Dunes, Norfolk Coast
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  • Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales
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  • Wembury, South Devon Coast
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  • Mediterranean Coast, Lesvos
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  • Winterton Beach on the Norfolk coast
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  • Winterton Beach on the Norfolk coast
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  • Rough sea on the British coast
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  • Rough sea on the British coast
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  • Coastal dunes and dune slacks at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast
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  • Coastal dunes and dune slacks at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast
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  • Footpath through the dunes at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast
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  • Footpath through the dunes at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast
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  • MATTED SEA-LAVENDER - Limonium bellidifolium on the saltmarsh at Holme Nature Reserve, Norfolk. (Height to 25cm) is a compact perennial that grows in saltmarshes, and is restricted mainly to the north Norfolk coast. The spoon-shaped basal leaves mostly wither before the spreading, arching sprays of pinkish lilac flowers, with many non-flowering shoots below, appear (Jul-Aug).
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  • MATTED SEA-LAVENDER - Limonium bellidifolium on the saltmarsh at Holme Nature Reserve, Norfolk. (Height to 25cm) is a compact perennial that grows in saltmarshes, and is restricted mainly to the north Norfolk coast. The spoon-shaped basal leaves mostly wither before the spreading, arching sprays of pinkish lilac flowers, with many non-flowering shoots below, appear (Jul-Aug).
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  • Sea Purslane (Atriplex portulacoides) at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast. Height to 1m. Spreading, mealy perennial that sometimes forms rounded clumps. Entirely coastal, and restricted to drier reaches of saltmarshes. FLOWERS are yellowish and borne in spikes (Jul-Oct). FRUITS are lobed. LEAVES are grey-green and oval at the base but narrow further up the stem. STATUS-Widespread and locally common.
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  • Sea Purslane (Atriplex portulacoides) at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast. Height to 1m. Spreading, mealy perennial that sometimes forms rounded clumps. Entirely coastal, and restricted to drier reaches of saltmarshes. FLOWERS are yellowish and borne in spikes (Jul-Oct). FRUITS are lobed. LEAVES are grey-green and oval at the base but narrow further up the stem. STATUS-Widespread and locally common.
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  • Beach and dune system at Holme Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast
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  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis L 16-17cm. Confiding, plump-bodied bunting. All birds have extensive white on inner wing, rump and tail. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has mainly white plumage with blackish back, black on wings, and black bill and legs. Adult female in summer is similar but back is brownish and has brown and buff streaking on head, neck and sides of breast. Winter birds have mainly white underparts and buffish orange upperparts. Adult males are whitest on wings, face and underparts. Bill is yellowish and legs are black. Voice Has tinkling flight call. Song is twittering. Status Small numbers breed in Scottish mountains but best known as winter visitor, commonest on E coast; saltmarshes, coastal grassland and beach strandlines are favoured.
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  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis L 16-17cm. Confiding, plump-bodied bunting. All birds have extensive white on inner wing, rump and tail. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has mainly white plumage with blackish back, black on wings, and black bill and legs. Adult female in summer is similar but back is brownish and has brown and buff streaking on head, neck and sides of breast. Winter birds have mainly white underparts and buffish orange upperparts. Adult males are whitest on wings, face and underparts. Bill is yellowish and legs are black. Voice Has tinkling flight call. Song is twittering. Status Small numbers breed in Scottish mountains but best known as winter visitor, commonest on E coast; saltmarshes, coastal grassland and beach strandlines are favoured.
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  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis L 16-17cm. Confiding, plump-bodied bunting. All birds have extensive white on inner wing, rump and tail. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has mainly white plumage with blackish back, black on wings, and black bill and legs. Adult female in summer is similar but back is brownish and has brown and buff streaking on head, neck and sides of breast. Winter birds have mainly white underparts and buffish orange upperparts. Adult males are whitest on wings, face and underparts. Bill is yellowish and legs are black. Voice Has tinkling flight call. Song is twittering. Status Small numbers breed in Scottish mountains but best known as winter visitor, commonest on E coast; saltmarshes, coastal grassland and beach strandlines are favoured.
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  • Turban Top Shell - Gibbula magus Height to 30mm<br />
Stout and robust shell. Found on lower shore on rocky and mixed substrates. SHELL is rounded overall with 8, ridged whorls; shells are pinkish-brown, patchily suffused with orange, and typically worn and damaged. STATUS Locally common in S and NW; absent from most of E coast.
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  • Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Wingspan 125-140cm. Similar to Buzzard but most individuals are separable using plumage details and behaviour. In flight and from above, the pale base to the tail gives the Rough-legged Buzzard a white-rumped appearance. Hovers more frequently than Buzzards. Adult male has brown upperparts, except for white tail with a dark terminal band and smaller second bar. From below, underparts are pale except for dark head, carpal patches, wing tips and trailing edge to wing; pale tail is tipped with two dark bands. Adult female is similar but has a dark belly and single dark terminal band on tail. Juvenile is similar to adult female but dark markings are indistinct. Voice - mainly silent. Status and habitat – A winter visitor to Britain, mainly to East coast, and usually between October and March. Favours coastal marshes and grassland.
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  • Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Wingspan 125-140cm. Similar to Buzzard but most individuals are separable using plumage details and behaviour. In flight and from above, the pale base to the tail gives the Rough-legged Buzzard a white-rumped appearance. Hovers more frequently than Buzzards. Adult male has brown upperparts, except for white tail with a dark terminal band and smaller second bar. From below, underparts are pale except for dark head, carpal patches, wing tips and trailing edge to wing; pale tail is tipped with two dark bands. Adult female is similar but has a dark belly and single dark terminal band on tail. Juvenile is similar to adult female but dark markings are indistinct. Voice - mainly silent. Status and habitat – A winter visitor to Britain, mainly to East coast, and usually between October and March. Favours coastal marshes and grassland.
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  • Durdle Door on the Jurassic coast, Dorset, Uk
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  • Durdle Door on the Jurassic coast, Dorset, Uk
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  • Garn Fawr Fort looking towards March Mawr near Strumble Head on the Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales, Uk
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  • Trig point at Garn Fawr fort looking towards Strumble Head on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, Uk
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  • Trig point at Garn Fawr fort looking towards Strumble Head on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, Uk
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  • Trig point at Garn Fawr fort looking towards Strumble Head on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, Uk
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  • Hairy Greenweed - Genista Pilosa. Height to 1m but often prostrate. Low growing shrub. It recalls Petty Whin but is spineless, and Dyer's Greenweed but its leaves are silvery-downy below. The flowers are yellow, in terminal heads (May-June). It grows on maritime heaths and sea cliffs. It is also found, locally, on the North Cornish coast and in West Wales.
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  • Hairy Greenweed - Genista Pilosa. Height to 1m but often prostrate. Low growing shrub. It recalls Petty Whin but is spineless, and Dyer's Greenweed but its leaves are silvery-downy below. The flowers are yellow, in terminal heads (May-June). It grows on maritime heaths and sea cliffs. It is also found, locally, on the North Cornish coast and in West Wales.
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  • Ray’s Bream Brama brama Length to 70cm<br />
An unmistakable laterally-compressed, deep-bodied fish. The head and eyes are proportionately very large. Overall, the fish is silvery-metallic in appearance, with a maroon/bronze sheen to the dorsal surface. This warm water species follows the Gulf Stream north in summer, retreating south in autumn; those that head south into the North Sea invariably end up dying and can be found on the north Norfolk coast in early winter.
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  • Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens L to 6cm<br />
Well-marked fish that spends more time swimming in water column than most other gobies. Found among seaweeds and eelgrass beds in shallow water. Aduklt has rather streamlined body, marbled brown and buff with blue spots and pale dorsal patches. Typically there is a dark spot at base of tail; male has 2nd dark spot behind pectoral fin. Locally common except along E coast.
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  • Gilthead Sparus aurata Length to 70cm<br />
Thick-bodied, fast-swimming fish. Similar to Black Sea-bream but with diagnostic yellow band across streep forehead and dark patch at anterior end of lateral line. Small numbers of this warm water species move into shallow British waters and estuary mouths on S coast in summer.
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  • Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens L to 6cm<br />
Well-marked fish that spends more time swimming in water column than most other gobies. Found among seaweeds and eelgrass beds in shallow water. Aduklt has rather streamlined body, marbled brown and buff with blue spots and pale dorsal patches. Typically there is a dark spot at base of tail; male has 2nd dark spot behind pectoral fin. Locally common except along E coast.
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  • Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens L to 6cm<br />
Well-marked fish that spends more time swimming in water column than most other gobies. Found among seaweeds and eelgrass beds in shallow water. Aduklt has rather streamlined body, marbled brown and buff with blue spots and pale dorsal patches. Typically there is a dark spot at base of tail; male has 2nd dark spot behind pectoral fin. Locally common except along E coast.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Juvenile at night – note round, open pupil in eye.<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Juvenile in bright light – note slit-like pupil in eye.<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Ray’s Bream Brama brama Length to 70cm<br />
An unmistakable laterally-compressed, deep-bodied fish. The head and eyes are proportionately very large. Overall, the fish is silvery-metallic in appearance, with a maroon/bronze sheen to the dorsal surface. This warm water species follows the Gulf Stream north in summer, retreating south in autumn; those that head south into the North Sea invariably end up dying and can be found on the north Norfolk coast in early winter.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Juvenile in bright light – note slit-like pupil in eye.<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Juvenile in bright light – note slit-like pupil in eye.<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus Length to 15cm<br />
Enigmatic, unmistakable fish. Extremely hard to observe and protected by law. Adult has classic seahorse shape; profile is angular; body lacks slender projections. Local, mainly along S coast of England.
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  • Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus Length to 15cm<br />
Enigmatic, unmistakable fish. Extremely hard to observe and protected by law. Adult has classic seahorse shape; profile is angular; body lacks slender projections. Local, mainly along S coast of England.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Lesser Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Length to 75cm<br />
Familiar inshore fish, better known as a Dogfish. Found in inshore waters, on mixed substrates. Adult is slender and buffish-yellow above with darker spots. Skin is rough, with a texture like sandpaper. The eye has slit-like pupil in bright light. It lays eggs, protected in a tough case, a so called ‘Mermaid’s Purse’. Widespread and locally common, except along E coast.
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  • Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens L to 6cm<br />
Well-marked fish that spends more time swimming in water column than most other gobies. Found among seaweeds and eelgrass beds in shallow water. Aduklt has rather streamlined body, marbled brown and buff with blue spots and pale dorsal patches. Typically there is a dark spot at base of tail; male has 2nd dark spot behind pectoral fin. Locally common except along E coast.
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  • Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Length to 1.5m or more<br />
Massive, unmistakable fish. Sometimes seen inshore, at surface, usually from W coast headlands or ferries, in late summer and autumn. Adult is flattened laterally and roughly circular in side profile. Has tall, narrow dorsal and anal fins, and frilled fringe at tail end. Occasional; mainly W Britain.
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  • Western Balsam-poplar Populus trichocarpa (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Fast-growing (up to 2m per year), columnar when mature with a tapering crown and trunk. BARK Dark-grey bark with shallow grooves and fissures. SHOOTS Stout. LEAVES Pointed, tapering, glossy-green above and white below; turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, produced in April, slender and pendulous: males reddish-brown and females greenish. Seeds are hairy and produced abundantly. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Pacific coast of N America, sometimes planted here.
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  • Western Balsam-poplar Populus trichocarpa (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Fast-growing (up to 2m per year), columnar when mature with a tapering crown and trunk. BARK Dark-grey bark with shallow grooves and fissures. SHOOTS Stout. LEAVES Pointed, tapering, glossy-green above and white below; turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, produced in April, slender and pendulous: males reddish-brown and females greenish. Seeds are hairy and produced abundantly. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Pacific coast of N America, sometimes planted here.
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  • Western Balsam-poplar Populus trichocarpa (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Fast-growing (up to 2m per year), columnar when mature with a tapering crown and trunk. BARK Dark-grey bark with shallow grooves and fissures. SHOOTS Stout. LEAVES Pointed, tapering, glossy-green above and white below; turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, produced in April, slender and pendulous: males reddish-brown and females greenish. Seeds are hairy and produced abundantly. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Pacific coast of N America, sometimes planted here.
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  • Western Balsam-poplar Populus trichocarpa (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Fast-growing (up to 2m per year), columnar when mature with a tapering crown and trunk. BARK Dark-grey bark with shallow grooves and fissures. SHOOTS Stout. LEAVES Pointed, tapering, glossy-green above and white below; turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, produced in April, slender and pendulous: males reddish-brown and females greenish. Seeds are hairy and produced abundantly. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Pacific coast of N America, sometimes planted here.
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