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Exe sunset, river reflections, I

Exe sunset, river reflections, I

Looking west over the Exe estuary towards a winter sunset. The mass of buoys in the river marking the complexity of the channels, and interrupting the reflections of the sky.

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Young heron, watchful, West Park

Young heron, watchful, West Park

While most herons are off to their heronries for the breeding season, one young bird is often on boating lake island in West Park. Here, standing on one leg, watchful.

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Powderham marsh, some snow lying

Powderham marsh, some snow lying

Powderham marsh by the estuary of the River Exe. A couple of days before the Beast from the East arrived, a few patches of ice lying on the ground, already unusual for this part of the world.

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Pintail feeding, Bowling Green RSPB, Topsham

Pintail feeding, Bowling Green RSPB, Topsham

Pintail feeding recently in some of the remaining unfrozen water of Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, one of the string of RSPB reserves along the Exe estuary.

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Red, green: scabious flowering

Red, green: scabious flowering

Bright red flower on a scabious flower in a front garden.

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Teal feeding, Bowling Green RSPB, Topsham

Teal feeding, Bowling Green RSPB, Topsham

Teal feeding recently in some of the remaining unfrozen water of Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, one of the string of RSPB reserves along the Exe estuary.