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The Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. An oystercatcher walking around one of the pools, probing the edge of the water for food. Its young chick was following behind, copying its example, as an avocet was doing much the same on the opposite shore.

Growing on the modern roadside wall around St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, rock samphire.

A lone avocet sieves one of the many pools on the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. These pictures were taken from the main access road running along the edge of the reserve, past the Visitor Centre, towards the end of the Rother estuary.

A deadly nightshade flowering. I thought it was rather an odd choice as one of those planted beside a path in the churchyard of Rye parish church.

Small-leaved plantain lilies, a form of hosta, evidently a favourite of someone who had responsibility for planting the vegetation along the Great Stour in Westgate Park, Canterbury.

Rye in Sussex has three rivers/ The Tillingham joins the Brede, which then joins the Rother. I didn’t manage to get close enough to the Tillingham for any views. The Brede features here in evening shots with the yachts along its banks.

The Rother is tidal here. It can be seen crossing Romney Marsh in shots looking down from high vantage pints in the town, such as the Ypres Tower area. There are also a couple of closer views from Rye Harbour.