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Otterly quacking

It’s always the same story at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire after I’ve flashed my membership card and I’m walking getting that first view of the patchwork of lakes designed by Sir Peter Scott. All at once, … Continue reading

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Behind Chesil Beach

The Fleet lagoon is the stretch of water that lies behind that extraordinary storm beach of nature-graded pebbles which stretches for 18 miles along the Dorset coast. This brackish, tidal pool is an SSSI, a Ramsar site for a very … Continue reading

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