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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis - Winter. L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Purple Willow Salix purpurea (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 6m<br />
Spreading shrub or small tree. BARK Grey and shiny. SHOOTS Shiny and reddish purple when young. LEAVES Elongate ovate, broadest towards the blunt tip and up to 12cm long; hairless, the margin toothed only near the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are golden-yellow with reddish purple anthers. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread but rather local; absent from, or scarce in, SE England, W Britain and the Scottish Highlands. Grows in damp ground, beside rivers and ponds and in marshes
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  • Almond Willow Salix triandra (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 10m <br />
Small tree or untidy shrub. BARK Smooth, flaking off in small patches. SHOOTS Greenish or reddish-brown and terminate in brown, ovoid, smooth buds. LEAVES Ovate, up to 10cm long, with a serrated margin and pointed tip, usually smooth, hairless, and a dark glossy green. The petiole to 1.5cm long and smooth. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins usually appear at the same time as the leaves on short leafy shoots and are erect and cylindrical. Male catkins up to 5cm long and greenish-yellow, remaining on tree for some time. Female catkins shorter and more compact. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread in southern England but becoming scarce further north and west. Grows in damp ground, often beside rivers and ponds or in marshes.
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  • Purple Willow Salix purpurea (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 6m<br />
Spreading shrub or small tree. BARK Grey and shiny. SHOOTS Shiny and reddish purple when young. LEAVES Elongate ovate, broadest towards the blunt tip and up to 12cm long; hairless, the margin toothed only near the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are golden-yellow with reddish purple anthers. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread but rather local; absent from, or scarce in, SE England, W Britain and the Scottish Highlands. Grows in damp ground, beside rivers and ponds and in marshes
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  • Almond Willow Salix triandra (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 10m <br />
Small tree or untidy shrub. BARK Smooth, flaking off in small patches. SHOOTS Greenish or reddish-brown and terminate in brown, ovoid, smooth buds. LEAVES Ovate, up to 10cm long, with a serrated margin and pointed tip, usually smooth, hairless, and a dark glossy green. The petiole to 1.5cm long and smooth. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins usually appear at the same time as the leaves on short leafy shoots and are erect and cylindrical. Male catkins up to 5cm long and greenish-yellow, remaining on tree for some time. Female catkins shorter and more compact. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread in southern England but becoming scarce further north and west. Grows in damp ground, often beside rivers and ponds or in marshes.
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  • SLENDER MARSH-BEDSTRAW Galium constrictum (Rubiaceae) Height to 60cm. Similar to Common Marsh-bedstraw but more slender and with smooth stems. Grows on marshy ground beside ponds. FLOWERS are 2-3mm across, white and 4-petalled; in few-flowered clusters (May-Aug). FRUITS are warty nutlets. LEAVES are narrow, not bristle-tipped but with forward-pointing marginal bristles. STATUS-Local, restricted to a few locations in England and W Ireland; easiest to locate in New Forest.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Purple Willow Salix purpurea (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 6m<br />
Spreading shrub or small tree. BARK Grey and shiny. SHOOTS Shiny and reddish purple when young. LEAVES Elongate ovate, broadest towards the blunt tip and up to 12cm long; hairless, the margin toothed only near the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are golden-yellow with reddish purple anthers. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread but rather local; absent from, or scarce in, SE England, W Britain and the Scottish Highlands. Grows in damp ground, beside rivers and ponds and in marshes
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  • GREATER SPEARWORT Ranunculus lingua (Ranunculaceae) Height to 1m. Robust and upright perennial of fens and the shallow margins of ponds and lakes. Plant has long runners. FLOWERS are 20-40mm across with 5 yellow petals; borne on furrowed stalks (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are rough and winged, with a curved beak. LEAVES are narrow, 25cm long and sometimes toothed. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • GREATER SPEARWORT Ranunculus lingua (Ranunculaceae) Height to 1m. Robust and upright perennial of fens and the shallow margins of ponds and lakes. Plant has long runners. FLOWERS are 20-40mm across with 5 yellow petals; borne on furrowed stalks (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are rough and winged, with a curved beak. LEAVES are narrow, 25cm long and sometimes toothed. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • SHOREWEED Littorella uniflora (Plantaginaceae) Creeping<br />
Aquatic perennial that grows on the margins of ponds and lakes with acid, nutrient-poor waters. Has creeping runners and sometimes forms patches. FLOWERS are greenish; males, with long stamens, are borne on stalks while females are stalkless and basal. FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are 7-10cm long, semi-circular in cross-section, narrow and spongy; borne in tufted, radiating rosettes.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Almond Willow Salix triandra (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 10m <br />
Small tree or untidy shrub. BARK Smooth, flaking off in small patches. SHOOTS Greenish or reddish-brown and terminate in brown, ovoid, smooth buds. LEAVES Ovate, up to 10cm long, with a serrated margin and pointed tip, usually smooth, hairless, and a dark glossy green. The petiole to 1.5cm long and smooth. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins usually appear at the same time as the leaves on short leafy shoots and are erect and cylindrical. Male catkins up to 5cm long and greenish-yellow, remaining on tree for some time. Female catkins shorter and more compact. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native, widespread in southern England but becoming scarce further north and west. Grows in damp ground, often beside rivers and ponds or in marshes.
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  • A winter dawn over one of the small ponds found on Cow Common, Chilbolton, Hampshire
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  • A winter dawn over one of the small ponds found on Cow Common, Chilbolton, Hampshire
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis L 25-29cm. Dumpy, buoyant waterbird with powderpuff of feathers at rear end. Dives frequently for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Wings are rounded and uniform grey-brown. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly brownish but neck and cheeks are chestnut. Pale-tipped dark bill has lime-green spot at base. In winter, has mainly brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but with pale throat and black stripes on face. Voice Utters a whinnying trill. Status Ffairly common resident of freshwater ponds and slow-flowing rivers; in winter, also seen on sheltered coasts and estuaries.
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  • GARDEN POND
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  • GARDEN POND
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  • COMMON SPIKE-RUSH Eleocharis palustris (Cyperaceae) Height to 50cm. Creeping, hairless perennial with green, leafless stems. Grows in marshes and pond margins. FLOWERS are brown and borne in terminal, egg-shaped spikelets of 20-70 flowers (May-Jul). FRUITS are yellowish brown. LEAVES are reduced to brownish, basal sheaths on the stems. STATUS-Widespread and locally common throughout.
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  • YELLOW IRIS Iris pseudacorus (Iridaceae) Height to 1m. Familiar and robust perennial that grows in pond margins and marshes, and on river banks. FLOWERS are 8-10cm across and bright yellow with faint purplish veins; borne in clusters of 2-3 flowers (May-Aug). FRUITS are oblong and 3-sided. LEAVES are grey-green, sword shaped and often wrinkled. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor. Close up of adult head. 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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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult in flight. 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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  • 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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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult grazing
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult male close-up of large basal knob
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor - Juvenile. 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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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult in flight. 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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  • LESSER WATER-PLANTAIN Baldellia ranunculoides (Alismataceae) Height to 25cm. Creeping, spreading perennial that thrives best in still, calcareous waters. FLOWERS are 12-16mm across, pale pink, 3-petalled and usually solitary (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are greenish, nut-like and borne in clusters. LEAVES are narrow and long-stalked. STATUS-Locally common in S and W; scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult birds squabbling. 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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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult birds squabbling. 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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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult birds squabbling.
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  • Coot - Fulica atra
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  • Coot - Fulica atra
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  • Coot - Fulica atra
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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult birds squabbling.
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  • Coot - Fulica atra - Adult birds squabbling.
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - juvenile
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  • Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
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  • Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis - winter plumage
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  • POND WATER-CROWFOOT Ranunculus peltatus (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Annual or perennial of ponds, lakes and other areas of still water. FLOWERS are 15-30mm across with 5 white petals (May-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded, long-stalked heads. LEAVES comprise lobed and rounded floating leaves and short, rigid and thread-like submerged ones. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • POND WATER-CROWFOOT Ranunculus peltatus (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Annual or perennial of ponds, lakes and other areas of still water. FLOWERS are 15-30mm across with 5 white petals (May-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded, long-stalked heads. LEAVES comprise lobed and rounded floating leaves and short, rigid and thread-like submerged ones. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • POND WATER-CROWFOOT Ranunculus peltatus (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Annual or perennial of ponds, lakes and other areas of still water. FLOWERS are 15-30mm across with 5 white petals (May-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded, long-stalked heads. LEAVES comprise lobed and rounded floating leaves and short, rigid and thread-like submerged ones. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • POND WATER-CROWFOOT Ranunculus peltatus (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Annual or perennial of ponds, lakes and other areas of still water. FLOWERS are 15-30mm across with 5 white petals (May-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded, long-stalked heads. LEAVES comprise lobed and rounded floating leaves and short, rigid and thread-like submerged ones. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • Lesser Pond Sedge (Carex acutiformis) HEIGHT to 1.2m. Creeping, mat-forming perennial of marshes and the margins of ponds and streams. FLOWERS Comprising 2-3 brownish male spikes above 3-4 yellowish-green femalespikes; spikes usually unstalked (June-July). FRUITS Green, egg-shaped but flattened, narrowing to a beak. LEAVES Long, bluish grey, rough.
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  • WATER-PLANTAIN Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) Height to 1m. Aquatic and emergent perennial that grows on the margins and in the shallows of ponds and lakes. FLOWERS are 1cm across, whitish lilac and 3-petalled; borne in branched whorls (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are greenish and nut-like. LEAVES are oval and long-stalked with parallel veins. STATUS-Locally common except W England, W Wales and N Scotland.
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  • GREATER DUCKWEED Spirodella polyrhiza (Lemnaceae) Aquatic. Surface-floating, freshwater perennial that grows in still or slow-flowing waters of canals, ditches and ponds. FLOWERS are minute and seldom seen. FRUITS are seldom seen. LEAVES are up to 10mm across, flat and rounded or ovate with several dangling roots. STATUS-Locally common, mainly in the S.
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  • AMPHIBIOUS BISTORT Persicaria amphibia (Polygonaceae) Height to 40cm. Perennial of ponds and nearby dry land. Aquatic form has floating stems. FLOWERS are pink; borne in cylindrical spikes (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are nut-like. LEAVES are narrow; aquatic forms are hairless, truncate at the base and long-stalked; terrestrial forms are downy, rounded at the base and short-stalked.
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  • Common Eel Anguilla anguilla Length 0.5-1m<br />
The Common Eel spawns in the Sargasso Sea, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, and young larvae drift across in the Gulf Stream for 3 years or so. On reaching our shores, so-called elvers swim up rivers and after several years become familiar yellow-bodied, snake-like Eels; on reaching maturity they turn silvery, migrate down the sea and are presumed to attempt their oceanic journey in reverse. During the time in Britain, Common Eels live among silt and debris at the bottom of ponds, rivers and canals.
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  • WATER-PLANTAIN Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) Height to 1m. Aquatic and emergent perennial that grows on the margins and in the shallows of ponds and lakes. FLOWERS are 1cm across, whitish lilac and 3-petalled; borne in branched whorls (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are greenish and nut-like. LEAVES are oval and long-stalked with parallel veins. STATUS-Locally common except W England, W Wales and N Scotland.
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  • MUDWORT Limosella aquatica (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 10cm. Hairless, rosette-forming annual with creeping runners. Grows on damp mud, typically on the margins of drying ponds. FLOWERS are 3-5mm across and bell-shaped with 5 pinkish white lobes; on slender stalks arising from leaf axils (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow-ovate and long-stalked. STATUS-Rare, mainly in S.
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  • MUDWORT Limosella aquatica (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 10cm. Hairless, rosette-forming annual with creeping runners. Grows on damp mud, typically on the margins of drying ponds. FLOWERS are 3-5mm across and bell-shaped with 5 pinkish white lobes; on slender stalks arising from leaf axils (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow-ovate and long-stalked. STATUS-Rare, mainly in S.
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  • MARE’S-TAIL Hippuris vulgaris (Hippuridaceae) Aquatic<br />
Grows in streams, ponds and lakes, avoiding acid conditions. Upright, emergent stems are produced from submerged part of plant more readily in still waters. FLOWERS are minute, pink and petal-less; produced at the base of the leaves (Jun-Jul). FRUITS are tiny, greenish nuts. LEAVES are narrow; in whorls of 6-12. STATUS-Locally common.
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  • GREATER DUCKWEED Spirodella polyrhiza (Lemnaceae) Aquatic. Surface-floating, freshwater perennial that grows in still or slow-flowing waters of canals, ditches and ponds. FLOWERS are minute and seldom seen. FRUITS are seldom seen. LEAVES are up to 10mm across, flat and rounded or ovate with several dangling roots. STATUS-Locally common, mainly in the S.
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  • FAT DUCKWEED Lemna gibba (Lemnaceae). Aquatic. Floating, freshwater perennial of ponds and ditches. Flowers minute and seldom seen. Fruits seldom seen. Leaves swollen and spongy, 5-6mm across and 5-6mm deep. Status local.
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  • FAT DUCKWEED Lemna gibba (Lemnaceae). Aquatic. Floating, freshwater perennial of ponds and ditches. Flowers minute and seldom seen. Fruits seldom seen. Leaves swollen and spongy, 5-6mm across and 5-6mm deep. Status local.
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  • LESSER MARSHWORT Apium inundatum (Apiaceae) * Creeping. Creeping and prostrate, hairless perennial with smooth stems. Found in damp ground, often on the margins of ponds and marshes, and sometimes growing submerged. FLOWERS are white and borne in small stalked umbels with 2-4 rays (Jun-Jul). FRUITS are narrow ovoid. LEAVES are pinnate with narrow, hair-like leaflets, not unlike those of some water-crowfoot species. STATUS-Widespread but rather local.
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  • BLUE WATER-SPEEDWELL Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 25cm. Hairless perennial with creeping stems that root at the nodes, and upright flowering stems. Grows in damp ground, in woodlands and marshes, and also around the margins of shallow ponds. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and pale blue; in dense spikes that comprise pairs of flowers on stalks arising from leaf axils, the stalks as long as the bracts (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are flattened, rounded and notched capsules. LEAVES are narrow-oval, pointed, toothed and up to 12cm long. STATUS-Locally common.
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  • IVY-LEAVED DUCKWEED Lemna trisulca (Lemnaceae) Aquatic<br />
Freshwater perennial that floats just below the water’s surface of ponds and slow-flowing streams. FLOWERS are minute and seldom seen. FRUITS are seldom seen. LEAVES are 10-15mm long, translucent and narrowly ovate; linked in chain-like fashion, the terminal leaves in a trio, like miniature ivy leaves. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • NEW ZEALAND PIGMYWEED Crassula helmsii (Crassulaceae) Prostrate on land. Unwelcome, creeping perennial that colonises ponds and their margins, eventually excluding all native species. FLOWERS are tiny with 5 white or pink petals (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are dry and splitting. LEAVES are narrow, fleshy and 5-10mm long. STATUS-Introduced, spreading and a major threat to native aquatic plants.
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  • HAMPSHIRE-PURSLANE Ludwigia palustris (Onagraceae) Height to 30cm. Creeping perennial that is rather undistinguished but neverthless quite distinctive. It has reddish stems and oval, opposite leaves that are also strongly tinged reddish brown. The flowers are tiny and inconspicuous (June-Aug). Hampshire-purslane grows at the margins of ponds and is almost confined to the New Forest.
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  • Height to 1m. Aquatic and emergent perennial that grows on the margins and in the shallows of ponds and lakes. FLOWERS are 1cm across, whitish lilac and 3-petalled; borne in branched whorls (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are greenish and nut-like. LEAVES are oval and long-stalked with parallel veins.
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  • STARFRUIT Damasonium alisma (Alismataceae) Aquatic. Floating and submerged plant. Grows around the trampled margins of ponds. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across, white and 3-petalled; in terminal whorls on emergent stems (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are beaked achenes, arranged heads like 6-pointed stars. LEAVES are ovate, heart-shaped at the base and long-stalked.
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  • CANADIAN WATERWEED Elodea canadensis (Hydrocharitaceae) Aquatic. Submerged perennial with trailing and rather brittle stems. Grows in ponds, lakes and canals. FLOWERS are tiny, floating and borne on slender stalks; seldom flowers (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow, back-curved and borne in whorls of 3.
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  • WATER-PLANTAIN Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) Height to 1m. Aquatic and emergent perennial that grows on the margins and in the shallows of ponds and lakes. FLOWERS are 1cm across, whitish lilac and 3-petalled; borne in branched whorls (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are greenish and nut-like. LEAVES are oval and long-stalked with parallel veins.
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  • Surface-floating, freshwater perennial that often forms a carpet over the surface of suitable ponds, lakes and canals by late summer, by vegetative division. FLOWERS are minute and seldom present. FRUITS are seldom seen. LEAVES are 5mm across, round and flat with a single dangling root.
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  • Least Duckweed Lemna minuta Leaf diameter 1-2mm. Surface-floating, freshwater perennial that often forms a carpet over the surface of suitable ponds, lakes and canals by late summer, by vegetative division. FLOWERS are minute and seldom present. FRUITS are seldom seen.
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  • Common Duckweed Lemna minor Leaf diameter 2-3mm. Surface-floating, freshwater perennial that often forms a carpet over the surface of suitable ponds, lakes and canals by late summer, by vegetative division. FLOWERS are minute and seldom present. FRUITS are seldom seen.
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  • OPPOSITE-LEAVED PONDWEED Groenlandia densa (Potamogetonaceae) Aquatic. Submerged, freshwater perennial of ponds and ditches, as well as streams with a moderate flow. FLOWERS are small, petal-less and greenish; borne in small, submerged clusters (May-Sep). FRUITS comprise small clusters of achenes. LEAVES are narrow-ovate, pointed-tipped and borne in opposite pairs. STATUS-Locally common only in S.
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  • FROGBIT Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Hydrocharitaceae) Aquatic. Floating perennial that grows in still waters of canals, ponds and ditches. FLOWERS are 2cm across, the 3 petals white with a yellow basal spot; on emergent stalks, male and female separate (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are 2-3cm across, floating and rounded or kidney-shaped.
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  • Rocket Pole Pond, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • Rocket Pole Pond and the Old Light, Lundy, Devon.
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  • The Old Light from Rocket Pole Pond, Lundy, Devon.
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  • Rocket Pole Pond looking towards the Old Light, village and St Helen's church, Lundy, Devon
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  • Rocket Pole pond, Lundy, Devon
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  • Sturt Pond Nature Reserve, Milford-On-Sea, Hampshire, UK
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  • Sturt Pond Nature Reserve, Milford-On-Sea, Hampshire, UK
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  • Sturt Pond Nature Reserve, Milford-On-Sea, Hampshire, UK
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  • POND - PALMATE NEWT HABITAT
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  • POND
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  • GIPSYWORT Lycopus europaeus (Lamiaceae) Height to 75cm<br />
Hairy, usually somewhat branched, and superficially mint-like perennial. Grows in damp ground and beside fresh water, favouring locations such as ditches and pond margins. FLOWERS are 5mm long and whitish with small, purplish spots; borne in compact whorls that arise from the axils of the upper leaves (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are yellowish green and deeply cut or pinnately divided into lobes. STATUS-Widespread and common in central and S England but scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • SMALL WATER-PEPPER Persicaria minor. Similar to Water-pepper but much smaller (to 30cm), with shorter, narrower leaves (5-8mm across) that are not peppery. Local and scarce on bare pond margins.
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  • GIPSYWORT Lycopus europaeus (Lamiaceae) Height to 75cm<br />
Hairy, usually somewhat branched, and superficially mint-like perennial. Grows in damp ground and beside fresh water, favouring locations such as ditches and pond margins. FLOWERS are 5mm long and whitish with small, purplish spots; borne in compact whorls that arise from the axils of the upper leaves (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are yellowish green and deeply cut or pinnately divided into lobes. STATUS-Widespread and common in central and S England but scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • PINK WATER-SPEEDWELL Veronica catenata (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 20cm. Hairless perennial, similar to Blue Water-speedwell, with which it hybridises, but smaller and often tinged purple; nb hybrid cross is often commoner than parents. Grows in damp ground and around pond margins. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and pink; in rather open spikes comprising paired flowers arising from leaf axils, their stalks shorter than the bracts. FRUITS are flattened, rounded and notched capsules. LEAVES are narrow-oval, pointed and toothed. STATUS-Locally common.
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  • YELLOW IRIS Iris pseudacorus (Iridaceae) Height to 1m<br />
Familiar and robust perennial that grows in pond margins and marshes, and on river banks. FLOWERS are 8-10cm across and bright yellow with faint purplish veins; borne in clusters of 2-3 flowers (May-Aug). FRUITS are oblong and 3-sided. LEAVES are grey-green, sword shaped and often wrinkled. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • Brown Galingale Cyperus fuscus (Height to 15cm) Tufted annual sedge, with upright, 3-sided stems and leaves up to 7mm wide. Inflorescence comprises tight clusters of reddish-brown spikelets with 2 long bracts; June-August. Damp, muddy ground and pond margins.
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  • Sturt Pond Nature Reserve, Milford-On-Sea, Hampshire, UK
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  • POND - GREAT CRESTED NEWT HABITAT
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  • PINK WATER-SPEEDWELL Veronica catenata (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 20cm. Hairless perennial, similar to Blue Water-speedwell, with which it hybridises, but smaller and often tinged purple; nb hybrid cross is often commoner than parents. Grows in damp ground and around pond margins. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and pink; in rather open spikes comprising paired flowers arising from leaf axils, their stalks shorter than the bracts. FRUITS are flattened, rounded and notched capsules. LEAVES are narrow-oval, pointed and toothed. STATUS-Locally common.
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  • COMMON SPIKE-RUSH Eleocharis palustris (Cyperaceae) Height to 50cm. Creeping, hairless perennial with green, leafless stems. Grows in marshes and pond margins. FLOWERS are brown and borne in terminal, egg-shaped spikelets of 20-70 flowers (May-Jul). FRUITS are yellowish brown. LEAVES are reduced to brownish, basal sheaths on the stems. STATUS-Widespread and locally common throughout.
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  • Brown Galingale Cyperus fuscus (Height to 15cm) Tufted annual sedge, with upright, 3-sided stems and leaves up to 7mm wide. Inflorescence comprises tight clusters of reddish-brown spikelets with 2 long bracts; June-August. Damp, muddy ground and pond margins.
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  • White water-lily - Nymphaea alba
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  • Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus
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  • Nine-spined Stickleback Pungitius pungitius Length to 10cm <br />
Small, body-looking fish with 9-10 dorsal spines. Adult is yellowish-green above, silvery below. Found in sheltered bays and estuaries. Locally common, except in SW.
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  • Mandarin Duck - Aix galericulata - male. L 41-49cm. Male is stunningly colourful, with elaborate tufts and plumes. Sexes are strikingly dissimilar. Adult male has mane of orange, white, greenish and brown feathers, with white above eye and elongated orange plumes arising from cheek. Note orange sail-like feathers on back, dark breast with vertical white stripes, brown flanks and white stern. Bill is bright red with pale tip. Adult female is grey-brown overall, darkest on back, with pale buffish spots on flanks. Has white belly, white ‘spectacle’, and white at base of bill and on throat. Bill is dull pink with pale tip. Juvenile resembles an adult female. Voice Mostly silent. Status Introduced from China and now local on wooded lakes in S.
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  • Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii - Chicks
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  • Classic heathland pool, perfect for breeding dragonflies, Decoy Heath, Hampshire
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