fenland

Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon cut to whtie

Star sedge Carex echinata plant with two stigmas, ligule, fruit, female glume and leaf tip

Reed Phragmites australis

Common reed Phragmites australis growing from rhizome with individual spikelet detail and ligule of hairs

Three views of fenland with increasignly complex networks of inter dependent species, culminating in a rich landscape with wild flowers, a hobby hunting dragonfly, and heacy with insect life

Watercolour reed bed showing the layers of reeds with trees and shrubs behind and distant hills

Landscape of a reed bed with a cross section of the water in the forground and showing fish and amphibians living in the water, along with a close up of some microscopic aquatic invertebrates; in the sky hobby hunt for dragonfly and damselfly and swallows fly; otter, bittern, and water vole hide in the margins […]