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Wet meadowland scene with butterflies

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:34:15 +0000

Distant landscape of hills and fiels with a tree in the midground, in the foreground butterflies such as the ringlet and meadow brown rest on orchids and buttercups

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Wildlife pond cross section and plan

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:34:15 +0000

Cross section of an ideal wildlife pond showing frog, water but, aquatic plants, a log pile and watering can, and floating water soldier being visited by a damselfly

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Woodland landscape for best practice management

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:34:15 +0000

Snipe flying across a ride clearing in woodland with forestry behind showing how to manage and harvest trees and related prodcuts such as charcoal, coppicing and timber; a distant pool and alder carr gives way to clear fell forestry on distant hills and patchy clearings; in the foreground wild flowers and butterflies are shown growing near fallen and decaying trees

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Three stages of successionin a fen landscape

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:40 +0000

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

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Wetland landscape

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:40 +0000

Wetland landscape with curlew and pearl bordered fritillary in the foreground on emergent vegetation, behind a flooded area of meadow tails into distant hills, cows and swans graze fields and yellow flag, blackberry and alder fill the foreground.

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Wetland landscape with water rail and stream cross section

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:40 +0000

Wetland landscape with a water rail emerging from the fringing vegetation and a cross section of the stream shows fish, aquatic invertebrates, and a blue dragonfly; a frog rests below an orchid and pond skater sit on the water surface

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Oak woodland with lichens, moss, insects and birds

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:12 +0000

Oakland landscapw with details of mosses and lickesn and some insects that live in and on the oak trees including beetles and wasps; bird in the background include the nuthatch, pied flycatcher, warbler, and great tit

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Reedbed

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:12 +0000

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

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River landscape

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:12 +0000

View of a head water stream with dipper, wagtail, waterfall and damselflies then view of a river with a heron fishing from a shingle bank, sand marten flying low, and dragonfly and beetles at home amongst driftwood; the river meanders on to a wetland meadow delta with grazing herds and established aquatic plant communities flanking the river waters, animals include red underwing moth, warbler, common frog, wild flowers, and dragonfly species,

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Saltmarsh landscape

antoine@lapinblanc — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:33:12 +0000

Salt marsh landscape showing mud and a cross section of the snails and invertebrates who live here, wading and predatory birds above in the glasswort and aquatic plants; further away from the salt estuary are soft cliffs and the distant sea

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