Holkham Sand Dunes - delicate delight on the Norfolk coast
Holkham National Nature Reserve on the Norfolk coast is England's largest national nature reserve. It has a wide range of habitats, but the amazing sand dunes are the most prominent feature.
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London's lost river Fleet
The urbanisation of London has meant that many original features of the landscape have been lost - with street names often the only reminder of their previous existence. One of these is the river Fleet, the largest of London’s lost subterranean rivers, which gave its name to the original home of the newspaper industry, Fleet Street.
Antlions - truly fearsome to find in the sand
Mature antlions look like a cross between a lacewing and a dragonfly. But it is their form at the larval stage that earns them their predatory name. These alarming looking small monsters dig pits in sand to trap the ants that they feed upon.
Snape Maltings - Suffolk brewery that became a renowned concert hall
Snape Maltings is a concert hall on the banks of the River Alde at Snape on the Suffolk coast. The original purpose of the building was the malting of barley for the brewing of beer, but it was converted into a unique performance venue in the 1960s, and became the main focus of the annual internationally-renowned Aldeburgh Festival - co-founded by British composer Benjamin Britten.
Robert Gillow - famous furniture maker from Lancashire
Robert Gillow was an English furniture manufacturer who founded the famous company bearing his name, Gillow & Co. His success was prompted by a trip he made to the West Indies where he became interested in the wood from the mahogany trees that grew rapidly there, and brought it back to Britain. This became the pre-eminent material for elegant furniture.
Colourful migrants: the feral parakeets of the UK
Feral parakeets are wild-living, non-native birds that have established themselves as a colourful addition to the UK's wildlife. There are now estimated to be nearly 9, 000 breeding pairs in Britain. The origins of these birds are subject to speculation, but are generally thought to have bred from those that escaped from captivity.
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