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  • Tower Bridge reflected in the River Thames at dawn, London, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest reflected in the still water of Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park,  Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Tower Bridge reflected in the River Thames at dawn, London, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest reflected in the still water of Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park,  Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Windsor Castle and the River Thames at sunset, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Dusk over the River Thames at Reading Bridge, Reading, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic image of Henley on Thames at dusk, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic image of Henley on Thames at dusk, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up Glen Dee towards Ben Macdui and The Devil's Point, Cairngorm and Grampian Mountains, Scotland, Uk
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  • Panoramic view looking up Glen Dee towards Ben Macdui and The Devil's Point, Cairngorm and Grampian Mountains, Scotland, Uk
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  • The Swan Hotel and Restaurant on the River Thames at dusk in Streatley, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Redshank Tringa totanus L 28cm. Medium-sized wader with shrill alarm call. In flight, note white trailing edge to wings, white back and rump, and trailing red legs. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly grey-brown above and pale below but back is marked with dark spots and neck, breast and flanks are streaked. Note faint, pale supercilium and eyering; base of bill is reddish. In winter, has uniform grey-brown upperparts, head, neck and breast, with paler, mottled underparts. Bill and leg colours are dull. Juvenile recalls winter adult but plumage is overall browner, back feathers have pale marginal spots, and legs and base of bill are dull yellow. Voice Utters a yelping tiu-uu alarm call. Song is musical and yodelling. Status Locally common nesting species in damp grassland, moors and marshes. Migrants boost numbers outside breeding season and common on coasts in winter.
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  • Lock on the River Kennet and Kennet and Avon Canal looking towards Loch Fyne restaurant in the centre of Reading at dusk, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Weir at Bellweir Lock on the River Thames in Egham, Surrey, Uk
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  • Shore of Loch Garten looking towards the Cairngorm Mountains, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Riverside on the Oracle shopping centre in Reading at Dusk, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Riverside on the Oracle shopping centre in Reading at Dusk, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Riverside on the Oracle shopping centre in Reading at Dusk, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Lock on the River Kennet and Kennet and Avon Canal looking towards Loch Fyne restaurant in the centre of Reading at dusk, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Millenium Bridge over the River Thames looking towards St Paul's Cathederal at dawn, London, Uk
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  • Barge cruising the River Thames in autumn near Newbridge, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Barge cruising the River Thames in autumn near Newbridge, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Barge on the River Thames at Newbridge in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Dawn over the River Thames at Ham Island Weir, Old Windsor, Berkshire, Uk
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  • View of Eton Bridge and Eton from the Windsor bank of the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Tadpole Bridge on the River thames near Bampton in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • One of the two adjoining bridges over the River Thames at Radcot, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Dawn over the River Thames from Caversham Bridge, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Spring dawn on the River Thames in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Tower Bridge and City Hall on the River Thames at dawn, London, Uk
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  • Winter dawn over Windsor Castle from the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Spring dawn on the River Thames in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Roundhouse on the River Thames at Inglesham near Lechlade in Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • The Roundhouse on the River Thames at Inglesham near Lechlade in Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Winter on the River Kennet above Padworth Mill, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Burghfield road bridge over the River Kennet by the Cunning Man pub looking downstream towards Reading, Berkshire in England
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  • University Boat Houses on the River Thames in Oxford, Uk
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  • Early morning mist at Sonning bridge on the River Thames, Sonning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Dawn along Port Meadow on the River Thames, Oxford, Uk
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  • Winter dawn on the River Thames at Goring Weir, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Water Patterns, Holkham Beach, Norfolk, UK
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  • Sunset over Loch an Eilein and castle island, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Sunset over Loch an Eilein and castle island, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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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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  • Redshank Tringa totanus L 28cm. Medium-sized wader with shrill alarm call. In flight, note white trailing edge to wings, white back and rump, and trailing red legs. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly grey-brown above and pale below but back is marked with dark spots and neck, breast and flanks are streaked. Note faint, pale supercilium and eyering; base of bill is reddish. In winter, has uniform grey-brown upperparts, head, neck and breast, with paler, mottled underparts. Bill and leg colours are dull. Juvenile recalls winter adult but plumage is overall browner, back feathers have pale marginal spots, and legs and base of bill are dull yellow. Voice Utters a yelping tiu-uu alarm call. Song is musical and yodelling. Status Locally common nesting species in damp grassland, moors and marshes. Migrants boost numbers outside breeding season and common on coasts in winter.
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  • Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola L 28cm. Plump-bodied coastal wader. Best known in winter plumage but breeding plumage sometimes seen in newly-arrived, or shortly-to-depart, migrants. In flight, note black ‘armpits’ on otherwise white underwings. Typically solitary. Sexes are similar. Adult in winter looks overall grey but upperparts are spangled with black and white and underparts are whitish. Legs and bill are dark. In summer plumage, has striking black underparts (sometimes rather mottled in females) separated from spangled grey upperparts by broad white band. Juvenile resembles winter adult but has buff wash to plumage. Voice Utters diagnostic, trisyllabic pee-oo-ee call, like a human wolf-whistle. Status Nests in high Arctic; coastal, non-breeding visitor to Britain and Ireland.
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus L 35-38cm. Our most numerous medium-sized gull. Plumage variable but white leading edge to outerwings is consistent feature. Forms single-species flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey back and upperwings, white underparts and chocolate-brown hood. Legs and bill are red. In flight, trailing edge of outerwing is black. In winter, loses dark hood; white head has dark smudges above behind eye. Juvenile has orange-brown flush to upperparts, dark feathers on back, dark smudges on head, and dark tip to tail. Acquires adult plumage by 2nd winter through successive moults. 1st winter bird retains many juvenile plumage details but loses rufous elements and gains grey back. 1st summer bird still has juvenile-type wing pattern but gains dark hood. Voice Raucous calls include a nasal kaurrr. Status Widespread and numerous. Commonest on coasts and inland freshwater sites, but also in towns and on farmland; often follows the plough. Nests colonially beside water. Migrants from Europe boost winter numbers.
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Eton and Eton Bridge over the River Thames at dawn on a winter's morning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Eton College on the River Thames from Romney Lock Island, Windsor, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Dawn on the River Thames at Northmoor Lock and Weir in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Roundhouse on the River Thames at Inglesham near Lechlade in Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • The Roundhouse on the River Thames at Inglesham near Lechlade in Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Sunset over Cricklade and the Upper Thames, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Spring on the River Thames in Abingdon town centre, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Sunset over Loch an Eilein and castle island, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Redshank Tringa totanus L 28cm. Medium-sized wader with shrill alarm call. In flight, note white trailing edge to wings, white back and rump, and trailing red legs. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly grey-brown above and pale below but back is marked with dark spots and neck, breast and flanks are streaked. Note faint, pale supercilium and eyering; base of bill is reddish. In winter, has uniform grey-brown upperparts, head, neck and breast, with paler, mottled underparts. Bill and leg colours are dull. Juvenile recalls winter adult but plumage is overall browner, back feathers have pale marginal spots, and legs and base of bill are dull yellow. Voice Utters a yelping tiu-uu alarm call. Song is musical and yodelling. Status Locally common nesting species in damp grassland, moors and marshes. Migrants boost numbers outside breeding season and common on coasts in winter.
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  • Dusk on the River Thames at Staines Bridge, Middlesex, Uk
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  • Cairngorm Mountains and Abernethy Forest reflected in the surface of Lock Garten near Boat of Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Reflection of St Helen's church spire and Saint Helen's Wharf on the River Thames at Dusk in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Panoramic view of reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Forest reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Panoramic view of reflections on Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Canoes on the River Thames in front of The Head of the River Pub in Oxford, Uk
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  • River Thames from Streatley Bridge
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Sunlight through autumn leaves on Silver Birch at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Caledonian Pine Forest at Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve, Loch Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Uk
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Millenium Bridge over the River Thames at dusk from the South Bank looking towards St Paul's Cathedral, London, Uk
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  • Caversham Bridge and Pipers Island on the River Thames at sunset, Reading, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Sunset over the River Thames at Maidenhead looking towards the A4 road bridge and Blue River Cafe, Berkshire, UK
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  • River Thames at dawn, Child Beale, Pangbourne, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Caversham Bridge and Pipers Island on the River Thames in Reading, Berkshire at sunset
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  • Caernarvon Castle at dusk on a cloudy summer night, Wales, Uk
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  • Summer dawn over the River Thames and Houses of Parliament, London, Uk
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  • River Kennet and tow path at Ufton near Reading, Berkshire, Uk
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