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Photographed from the boardwalk at Winterbourne botanic garden. This area... (more)

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Pretty, if occasionally muddy, footpath just south of Flaxmere. Flaxmere... (more)

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Looking north from the dam.

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Gronant Dunes SSSI is home to animals such as Natterjack Toads, sand... (more)

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Looking along the dam. Visitors can access the nature reserve via... (more)

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The nature reserve is in separate ownership, but can be accessed via the... (more)

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Late March 2012. Lots of leaves but no flowers yet.

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On the west side of the lake.

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The information on access to the reserve, was out of date as Birmingham... (more)

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In late March the air was full of the pungent aroma of this plant.... (more)

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At the west end of the dam. There is another larger weir at the opposite end.

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Gronant Dunes SSSI is home to animals such as Natterjack Toads, sand... (more)

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Gronant Dunes SSSI is home to animals such as Natterjack Toads, sand... (more)

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Gronant Dunes SSSI is home to animals such as Natterjack Toads, sand... (more)

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Gronant Dunes SSSI is home to animals such as Natterjack Toads, sand... (more)

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This pond, probably created by mining subsidence, now makes an important... (more)

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There is a public footpath running across the former pit, marked by the... (more)

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Although this is the gate through to the SSSI, access is not allowed to... (more)

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This view is from the seat on the edge of Telegraph plantation. The... (more)

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West Wood

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This is a continuation of the farm track and public footpath from Tile... (more)

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A path at the western end of Tiptree Heath.

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Gorse and Heather on Tiptree Heath.

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Looks like some active woodland management has been taking place in this... (more)

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Ahead and to the left is Belcher's Wood, lining the track... (more)

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Spring flowers brighten up this track in Broadfield Wood.

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Grays Gorge is an SSSI and part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park. Note... (more)

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Grays Gorge is an SSSI and part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park.

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Grays Gorge is an SSSI and part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park.

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Wood sculpture of a sand lizard by Mike Owens.

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The dunes at Talacre Warren looking back towards Point of Ayr and the... (more)

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The dunes at Talacre Warren looking West towards Gronant. Wikipedia... (more)

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Seen from the western-most bird hide on Sprotbrough Flash. Subsidence... (more)

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Subsidence from coal mining created Sprotbrough Flash in 1924. It is... (more)

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With a distant view of Sprotbrough Flash. Subsidence from coal mining... (more)

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Looking north along a permissive path near a small plantation of saplings... (more)

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Looking east along a field margin and permissive path at Essex Wildlife... (more)

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One of the main permissive paths near arable land at Essex Wildlife... (more)

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One of a number of willows near a pond close to marsh barn at Essex... (more)

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Oak near farm track in arable land at Essex Wildlife Trust's Abbotts... (more)

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Silhouetted against the winter sky, this oak is near the track that leads... (more)

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Copt Hall Farm outbuildings and church of St Nicholas, Little Wigborough.

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Salt marsh seen from the sea wall on the boundary of the National... (more)

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Taken from the seawall between Copthall Saltings and the National... (more)

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This borrow dyke is behind the seawall at Copthall Saltings. To the left... (more)

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A large area of the southerly end of Bickerton Hill is protected as a... (more)

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Ponies grazing on the southerly area of Bickerton Hill. A large area of... (more)

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Ponies grazing on the southerly area of Bickerton Hill. A large area of... (more)

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Coate Water Country Park contains a 56-acre reservoir built in the 1820s... (more)

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