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  • Winter evening sun on the upper reaches of the River Thames near Cricklade, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Winter afternoon sun on the River Thames near the source, Ewen, Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Late afternoon sun over the beach at low tide, Titchwell, Norfolk, Uk
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  • Sun Spurge - Euphorbia helioscopia
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  • Winter afternoon sun on the River Thames near the source, Ewen, Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Late afternoon sun over the beach at low tide, Titchwell, Norfolk, Uk
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  • Midnight sun - Arctic Norway
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  • Midnight sun - Arctic Norway
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  • Blackbird - Turdus merula - Female. L 25-28cm. Familiar ground-dwelling bird. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has uniformly blackish plumage. Legs are dark but bill and eyering are yellow. 1st winter male is similar but bill is dark and eyering is dull. Adult and 1st winter female are brown, darkest on wings and tail, and palest on throat and streaked breast. Juvenile is similar to adult female but marked with pale spots. Voice Utters harsh and repeated tchak alarm call, often at dusk. Male has rich, fluty and varied song. Status Common and widespread in gardens, but in woodland, farmland and coasts. Upland birds move to lower levels in winter and migrants arrive from Europe.
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  • Dawn over Rooksbury Mill, Andover, Hampshire
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  • Lilith Little Owl - Athene noctua lilith
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  • Lilith Little Owl - Athene noctua lilith
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  • Dawn over Rooksbury Mill, Andover, Hampshire
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  • Lilith Little Owl - Athene noctua lilith
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  • Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus
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  • Dawn at Stoke Wood, Bicester, Oxfordshire
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  • Corsican Pine - Pinus nigra ssp. maritima, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Sunset over the Red Deer River in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
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  • Holly Ilex aquifolium Aquifoliaceae Height to 15m <br />
Distinctive evergreen. Bark Silver-grey, fissured with age. Branches Sweep downwards but tips turn up. Leaves To 12cm long, leathery, variably wavy with spiny margins. Reproductive parts White flowers, 6mm across, 4-petalled, clustered in leaf axils; males and females grow on different trees. Fruits are red berries. Status Common native in woods and hedgerows.
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  • Alder Carr - Alnus glutinosa Betulaceae Height to 25m. Spreading, often multi-stemmed tree. Bark Brownish, fissured into squarish plates. Branches Ascending in young trees. Young twigs sticky. Buds 7mm long, on 3mm-long stalks. Leaves Stalked, to 10cm long, rounded with notched apex. Reproductive parts Purplish male catkins, in bunches of 2–3, appear first in winter. Female catkins cone-like, reddish at first ripening green by summer. Status Common beside water.
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  • Goat Willow (Sallow) - Salix caprea (Salicaceae). HEIGHT to 12m. Depending on its situation this may be a multi-branched, dense, shrubby tree, or a taller tree with a straight, ridged stem and sparsely domed crown. SHOOTS Thick, stiff twigs are hairy at first, but become smoother and yellowish-brown with age. If the twigs have the bark peeled off they are smooth. (Compare with Grey Willow.) LEAVES Large, up to 12cm long and oval, with a short twisted point at the tip. The upper surface is dull green and slightly hairy, the lower surface is noticeably grey and woolly. The leaf margins have small, irregular teeth, and the short petiole sometimes has 2 ear-like sinuous stipules at its base. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female catkins, on separate trees, appear before the leaves, often very early in the spring in sheltered places. Measuring up to 2.5cm long, they are ovoid and covered with greyish silky hairs before opening; at this time, Goat Willow is often called ‘Pussy Willow’ because the silky-grey buds bear a fanciful resemblance to cats’ paws. When they open, the male catkins become bright yellow. Female catkins are greener and produce numerous silky-haired seeds. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A widespread and common native species in Britain and Ireland, occurring in woods, hedgerows and scrub, and often in drier places than other similar species.Goat Willow (Sallow) Salix caprea (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 12m. Depending on its situation this may be a multi-branched, dense, shrubby tree, or a taller tree with a straight, ridged stem and sparsely domed crown. SHOOTS Thick, stiff twigs are hairy at first, but become smoother and yellowish-brown with age. If the twigs have the bark peeled off they are smooth. (Compare with Grey Willow.) LEAVES Large, up to 12cm long and oval, with a short twisted point at the tip. The upper surface is dull green and slightly hairy, the lower surface is noticeably grey and woolly. The leaf margins have small, irregular teeth, and the sho
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  • The restored Berks and Wilts canal near Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire
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  • The restored Berks and Wilts canal near Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire
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  • The restored Berks and Wilts canal near Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire
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  • Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
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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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  • Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis - Winter Adult. L 41cm. Striking seabird with buoyant flight and distinctive call. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has pale grey back and upperwings; dark, crested cap, and otherwise white plumage Legs are black and long, black bill is yellow-tipped. Looks very white in flight. Non-breeding plumage (seen from late summer onwards) is similar but forehead is white. Juvenile is similar to winter adult but back is barred and scaly. Voice Utters a harsh chee-urrick call. Status Locally common summer visitor and an early-returning migrant. Coastal, nesting on shingle beaches and islands.
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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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  • The Old Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The Old Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • Classic heathland pool, perfect for breeding dragonflies, Decoy Heath, Hampshire
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  • Classic heathland pool, perfect for breeding dragonflies, Decoy Heath, Hampshire
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  • Tibbets on Lundy Island, Devon
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  • Spring on the River Test near Houghton, Hampshire
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  • The coastline of Lundy Island from The Castle and the landing bay looking along the east side
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  • Sargent’s Rowan Sorbus sargentina Sargent’s Rowan Sorbus sargentiana 10m. Small, often much-branched tree. LEAVES Pinnate, with 4–5 pairs of 5cm-long, sharply toothed leaflets, hairy below. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits bright-red. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Discovered in W China by Charles Sargent. Popular here for its fiery-red autumn colours.
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  • Barley Field in the Test Valley, Whitchurch, Hampshire
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  • Footbridge over the River Kennet at Chilton Foliat near Hungerford, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Footbridge over the River Kennet at Chilton Foliat near Hungerford, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Red-footed Falcon - Falco verspertinus
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  • Tower Bridge reflected in the River Thames at dawn, London, 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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  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta L 55-65cm. Unmistakable pure white, heron-like bird. Long, black legs have bright yellow toes. Feeds actively in water, often chasing small fish. Has a hunched posture when resting. In flight, neck is held ‘S-shaped’ and legs are trailing. Sexes are similar. Adult has pure white plumage. Note yellow eye. Nape plumes seen in breeding plumage. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Mostly silent. Status Recent arrival to Britain, now locally common on coasts and increasingly on inland wetlands.
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  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta L 55-65cm. Unmistakable pure white, heron-like bird. Long, black legs have bright yellow toes. Feeds actively in water, often chasing small fish. Has a hunched posture when resting. In flight, neck is held ‘S-shaped’ and legs are trailing. Sexes are similar. Adult has pure white plumage. Note yellow eye. Nape plumes seen in breeding plumage. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Mostly silent. Status Recent arrival to Britain, now locally common on coasts and increasingly on inland wetlands.
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  • Drift wood and rubbish accumulated on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset.
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  • Spring on Greenham Common, near Newbury, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Spring on Greenham Common, near Newbury, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Farnham Heath RSPB Nature Reserve, Surrey
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  • Farnham Heath RSPB Nature Reserve, Surrey
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  • Farnham Heath RSPB Nature Reserve, Surrey
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  • Farnham Heath RSPB Nature Reserve, Surrey
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  • Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, pursuing Redshank, Tringa totanus in kleptoparasitic pursuit.
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  • Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
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  • Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides (L 45-47cm) is a buffish heron with pure white wings seen in flight.
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  • Teal Anas crecca L 34-38cm. Our smallest duck. Forms flocks outside breeding season. Often nervous and flighty. In flight, both sexes show white-bordered green speculum. Sexes are otherwise dissimilar. Adult male has chestnut-orange head with yellow-bordered green patch through eye. Plumage is otherwise finely marked grey except for black-bordered yellow stern and horizontal white line along flanks. Bill is dark grey. In eclipse, resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled grey-brown plumage. Bill is grey with hint of yellow at base. Juvenile is similar to adult female but warmer buff. Voice Male utters a ringing whistle, female utters a soft quack. Status Associated with water. Nests in small numbers beside pools and bogs mainly in N. Locally common outside breeding season on freshwater marshes, estuaries and mudflats.
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  • House Martin Delichon rubica L 12-13cm. Recognised by overall black-and-white appearance and striking white rump. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blue-black upperparts with white rump; underparts are white. Juvenile is similar but underparts are grubby and upperparts are duller. Voice Utters distinctive prrrt call in flight. Twittering song often delivered from overhead wires near nest. Status Locally common summer visitor. Typically constructs hemi-spherical mud nest under house eaves and overhangs, in loose colonies. On migration, often feeds on insects and congregates over freshwater.
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  • Angler fishing in the last light of evening at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Sunset over the south coast at Lepe Country Park, Hampshire
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
 Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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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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  • Mudflats at Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, Uk
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  • Brent Goose Branta bernicla L 56-61cm. Our smallest goose – similar size to Shelduck. Subtle plumage patterns allow separation of two subspecies that winter here: Pale-bellied Brent B.b.hrota (breeds on Svalbard and Greenland) and Dark-bellied Brent B.b.bernicla (breeds in Russia). Seen in sizeable and noisy flocks. In flight, looks dark except for white rear end. All birds have a black bill and black legs. Sexes are similar. Adult Pale-bellied has blackish head, neck and breast; side of neck has narrow band of white feathers. Note neat division between dark breast and pale grey-buff belly. Back is uniform dark brownish grey. Adult Dark-bellied is similar but belly is darker and flanks are paler. Juveniles are similar to respective adults but note pale feather margins on back and absence of white markings on side of neck; white on neck is acquired in New Year. Voice Very vocal, uttering a nasal krrrut. Status Winter visitor to coasts
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  • Autumn colours on Hampshire heathland
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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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  • Boulter's Lock and Ray Mill Island on the River Thames in 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Traditional thatched cottages in the Thames village of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • St Bartholomew's Parish Church in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Evening light over Wittenham Clumps in the Sinodun Hills with signpost and information board, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 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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  • 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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  • Sonning Lock on the River Thames, Sonning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Sonning Lock on the River Thames, Sonning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Sonning Lock on the River Thames, Sonning, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Spring along the Thames Path at Church Walk in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • The White Hart Pub on High Road in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Looking along the wooden footbridge over the River Thames towards Marsh Lock near Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Farmer and tractor mowing grass for hay and haylage production
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  • Farmer and tractor mowing grass for hay and haylage production
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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