Here are some photographs of the Vertebrates, Insects, Plants, Fungi and Landscapes of Wraysbury Lakes, an area just outside London where gravel has been extracted from the flood plain of the Thames. The resulting lakes are important for wintering ducks such as Smew, Goosander and Goldeneye. In early summer the trees and bushes are full of the song of migrant songbirds including Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap and Whitethroat, while mayflies briefly rise in thousands from the water, and dragonflies hatch out and dry their wings on the lakeside vegetation.
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Vertebrates
Insects
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Plants
Fungi
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