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“Oor Billy” is sculpture#1 on "Oor Wullie's Big Bucket Trail" in... (more)

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Elephants feature prominently as symbols around the town of Bolton and its town... (more)

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A close look at the Santa figure in SJ8397 : Santa outside the Library. Up until last year, a... (more)

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As the name suggests, the Greater Flamingo is the largest species of Flamingo;... (more)

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When concentrating on the birdlife at Slimbridge, it is sometimes easy to forget... (more)

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The Bomber War exhibit highlights the story of the training units that were... (more)

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Spoonbills are tall white wading birds with long spatulate black bills and long... (more)

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Great crested newts are the largest of the UK's three native species. The... (more)

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Inside SE1287 : Church of St Mary and St Alkelda, Middleham.

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Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail)... (more)

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In a poll held in 2015 Link ,... (more)

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Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail)... (more)

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The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a very large white waterbird. It has a long... (more)

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Vintage tea room sign inside the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport on Boyle Street.

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There are memorials to the men of the USAAF scattered throughout the UK, in... (more)

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At the junction with Maltings Road

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Inscription on NH7444 : Memorial Cairn, Culloden Battlefield THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN WAS FOUGHT ON THIS MOOR... (more)

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A visitor to the York Bird of Prey Centre takes the opportunity to grab a... (more)

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The Big one is currently the tallest roller coaster in the United Kingdom; after... (more)

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Lesser flamingos have a dark red bill with a black tip, yellow/orange eyes,... (more)

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The Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is most definitely not a... (more)

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There are six different species of Flamingos: American Flamingo (Caribbean... (more)

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“Ratty” in the stories of “Wind in the Willows” was not a rat at all, he was... (more)

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The only James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) at WWT Slimbridge is the... (more)

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The bright yellow colouration of this frog warns would-be predators that its... (more)

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Created by Artshape and Harriet West as part of the Cotswolds Kingfisher Trail... (more)

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"I thought i taw a puddy tat a creepin' up on me"... (more)

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One of the herd of Highland cattle at Old Hall Farm, at the lower end of the... (more)

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With their noisy “chattering” call, black-and-white plumage and long tail,... (more)

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This portrait, by mosaicist Mary Goodwin Link ,... (more)

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A young heron at the side of the Bury, Bolton and Manchester Canal at Radcliffe.

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Adult supervising a newly-hatched coot chick which is less than 1 day old.... (more)

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Six of the seven cygnets which hatched on 18th May (SD7908 : The New Brood) have survived... (more)

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Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail)... (more)

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Another colourful variation on the “rainbows” which started to appear during the... (more)

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The former St John's Church was located off The Rock, then named Stanley... (more)

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As visitors walk along the path next to a seemingly innocuous wall, they pass a... (more)

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The male birds (drakes) have glossy green heads and are grey on their wings and... (more)

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A Canada Goose standing on a frozen patch of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury... (more)

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Thomas Wolski Link is a post-conceptual British artist... (more)

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The cygnets which hatched on 16th May (SD7908 : The New Brood) are now 2½ months old;... (more)

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One of the cygnets which hatched on 18th May (SD7908 : The New Brood); now eight days old.

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On 23 March, During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic... (more)

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Two recently-hatched moorhen chicks. Probably less than a day-old, they were... (more)

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Now just over three weeks old, the chick has lost the orange tips to its plumage... (more)

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The overgrown canal between Radcliffe and Bury is an ideal habitat for moorhens,... (more)

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