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  • Rocky shoreline on the south of St Mary's close to Peninnis, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Rocky shoreline on the south of St Mary's close to Peninnis, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
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  • Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
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  • Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
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  • Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
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  • Cabot's Tern - Thalasseus acuflavidus
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  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
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  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
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  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
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  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
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  • Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri - adult in transition to breeding plumage
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  • Great Egret - Ardea alba
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  • Heerman's Gull - Larus heermanni
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  • Heerman's Gull - Larus heermanni
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  • Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla - summer adult
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  • Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
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  • Brown Pelican - Pelicanus occidentalis - Pacific race
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  • Brown Pelican - Pelicanus occidentalis - juvenile
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  • Brown Pelican - Pelicanus occidentalis - Pacific race
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • Southern or  South American Sea lion cow - Otaria flavescens
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  • Southern Elephant Seal bull - Mirounga leonina - with captured pup
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  • Southern Elephant Seal bull - Mirounga leonina
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - colony
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - fighting males
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • The Anglesey coastline close to South Stack, Wales
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  • The Anglesey coastline close to South Stack, Wales
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  • South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey, Wales
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  • South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey, Wales
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Hoopoe Upupa epops L 25-28cm. Distinctive, with long, downcurved bill. Habit of creeping along ground often makes it hard to spot. In flight, however, unmistakable thanks to bold black-and-white bird pattern and butterfly-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile are mainly pale pinkish brown with black and white barring on wings and back; white rump is seen in flight. Erectile crest of barred, pink feathers is raised in excitement. Voice Utters diagnostic hoo-poo-poo call. Status Has bred here, but best known as scarce visitor in spring and autumn.
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
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  • Beachcomber or Strandline Beetle - Eurynebria complanata
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  • Drift wood and rubbish accumulated on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset.
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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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  • Turtle Rock and the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn over the harbour and Hugh Town from The Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Smew Mergus albellus - Adult winter male. L 38-44cm. Elegant little diving duck. Male is stunning and unmistakable. Female might be confused with grebe in winter plumage. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male looks pure white at a distance but close view reveals black patch through eye and black lines on breast and back. In eclipse (not seen here) resembles adult female but retains more extensive white on wing. Adult female, Juvenile and 1st winter birds (so-called ‘Redhead’ Smews) have orange-red cap and nape, white on cheek and throat, and grey-brown body. Voice Silent. Status Occasional and unpredictable winter visitor. Turns up on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and lakes.
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  • Angler fishing in the last light of evening at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Angry clouds and surf around Shipman Head, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Moored boats on the Harbour Beach on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn over the harbour on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn on the quay at St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn on the quay at St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly
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  • Sunset over Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Sunset over Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • COMMON GLASSWORT Salicornia europaea (Chenopodiaceae) Height to 30cm.  Fleshy, yellowish green annual that fancifully recalls a miniature cactus. Often appears segmented. Entirely coastal. A classic saltmarsh plant that tolerates tidal immersion in seawater. FLOWERS are tiny; appear at stem junctions, of equal size and in 3s, (Aug-Sep). FRUITS are minute seeds. LEAVES are small, paired and fleshy. STATUS-Locally abundant.
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  • COMMON SEA-LAVENDER Limonium vulgare (Plumbaginaceae) Height to 30cm. Distinctive, hairless perennial that is woody at the base. Entirely restricted to saltmarshes and tolerates tidal inundation. FLOWERS are 6-7mm long and pinkish lilac; they are borne in branched, flat-topped heads on arching sprays (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are spoon-shaped with long stalks. STATUS-Widespread and locally common in S and SE England but scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Waves hitting the beach on Hurst Spit, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire at sunset
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  • COMMON RESTHARROW Ononis repens (Fabaceae) Height to 70cm. Robust, creeping and woody perennial with hairy, spineless stems. Restricted to calcareous soils. FLOWERS are 10-15mm long and pink, the wings and keel similar in length; in clusters (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are pods that are shorter than the calyx. LEAVES are stickily hairy and trifoliate with oval leaflets. STATUS-Locally common.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Coot Fulica atra L 36-38cm. Robust waterbird, often found with Moorhen. Has lobed toes. Feeds by upending, making shallow dives or grazing waterside vegetation. Gregarious outside breeding season. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish plumage, darkest on head and neck. Note white bill and frontal shield on head, and beady red eye. Legs are pale yellowish. In flight, shows white trailing edge on otherwise dark, rounded wings. Juvenile has dark greyish brown upperparts and white on throat and front of neck. Voice Utters a loud kwoot call. Status Common resident, found on range of freshwater wetland habitats; numbers boosted in winter by influx of migrants.
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  • Boulter's Lock and Ray Mill Island on the River Thames in Maidenhead, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Nicholas' Church in Hedsor near Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Railway bridge over the River Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Bray Lock and Weir on the River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up the steps to the church of St Michael and All Angels in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up the steps to the church of St Michael and All Angels in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • St Bartholomew's Parish Church in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Parish Church of St Mary in Streatley, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Bartholomew's Parish Church in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Cleeve Lock on the River Thames near Goring, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • View along The Street looking towards The Red Lion pub in the Cotswold village of Castle Eaton on the Thames Path, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • View along The Street looking towards The Red Lion pub in the Cotswold village of Castle Eaton on the Thames Path, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Cleeve Lock on the River Thames near Goring, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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