Where great canals cut across the flatlands and a national nature reserve abuts an RSPB one.
Photographs from the Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve and RSPB's Ham Wall on a day of sunshine and heavy rain. A day when small and colourful snails left the grass to rashly cross the path and when many mother swans showed off their young families.
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| The great Glastonbury Canal |
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| One of the colourful snails of the fenlands |
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| Canada geese |
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| Young mute swan |
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| Sibling swans |
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| A young coot |
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| A successful pair of mute swan parents |
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| This mother or father seems to be a single parent but is exceptionally efficient at keeping their brood in line. |
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| A spectacular great white egret - a species that has been breeding in the UK only since 2012 |
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| Great crested grebe on the nest - maybe time for a second brood. |
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| Red admiral on blackberry blossom. |
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