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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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  • Tower Bridge reflected in the River Thames at dawn, London, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Dusk over the River Thames at Reading Bridge, Reading, Berkshire, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The Swan Hotel and Restaurant on the River Thames at dusk in Streatley, Berkshire, 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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  • Weir at Bellweir Lock on the River Thames in Egham, Surrey, Uk
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  • University Boat Houses on the River Thames in Oxford, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Eton and Eton Bridge over the River Thames at dawn on a winter's morning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Dawn over the River Thames at Ham Island Weir, Old Windsor, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Early morning mist at Sonning bridge on the River Thames, Sonning, Berkshire, 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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  • 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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  • 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
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  • Caversham Bridge and Pipers Island on the River Thames in Reading, Berkshire at sunset
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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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  • Dusk on the River Thames at Staines Bridge, Middlesex, Uk
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  • River Thames at dawn, Child Beale, Pangbourne, Berkshire, Uk
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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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  • Saint Helen's Wharf on the River Thames at Dusk in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Tewet Tarn with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the background, Lake District, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Tewet Tarn in the evening light looking towards Skiddaw and Blencathra, Lake District, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus L 46-51cm. Graceful waterbird with slender neck and dagger-like bill. White wing panels revealed in flight. Dives frequently. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey-brown upperparts and mainly whitish underparts; head has black cap and crest, and orange-buff ruff bordering paler cheeks. Bill is pink and eye is red. In winter, has drab grey-brown and white plumage. Juvenile recalls winter adult but has dark stripes on cheeks. Voice Utters wails and croaks in breeding season. Status Locally common breeding species on lakes and reservoirs. Widespread in winter, when also found in inshore seas.
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  • Turnstone Arenaria interpres L 23cm. Pugnacious wader with stout, triangular bill, used to turn stones in search of invertebrates. Feeds unobtrusively. All birds have reddish orange legs and black and white wing pattern in flight. Sexes are similar. Adult has orange-red on back, white underparts and bold black and white markings on head. Males have brighter back colours than females and more distinct black head markings. Winter adult has grey-brown upperparts, the head and neck. Breast is marked with blackish band that shows a clear demarcation from white underparts. Juvenile is similar to winter adult but upperparts are paler and back feathers have pale fringes. Voice Utters a rolling tuk-ut-ut in flight. Status Non-breeding visitor to coasts. Widespread and common.
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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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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
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  • Stone-curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus
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  • Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
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  • American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
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  • Waterfowl Lake and Mount Chephren, Banff National Park, Canada
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
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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
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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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  • Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus - winter adult
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