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Wednesday wildlife – knots, skarfies and swan

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 (7:43 AM)

This week’s selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.

Cormorants drying their feathers or comparing the size of their catches. (📷 Nick Card)
Early morning flyby. (📷 Nick Card)
Flock of knots, (📷 Nick Card)
Knots landing. (📷 Nick Card)
Quite a catch of flatfish for this cormorant. (📷 Nick Card)

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