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Picture by Richard Smart who was visiting his mother-in-laws house in Lydney. When he told me about it, I thought that the whole world had turned gone mad. But here it is, as plain as you can see.
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Moorhen
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Mandarin Duck
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Little Grebe
After that, I'll have to rummage about in the past!