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Labelled with ICRA  

Encyclopaedia n-z

OYSTERCATCHER - conspicuous black and white bird with red bill and pink legs. with a loud kleep cry. Breeds inshore in the north

PEREGRINE FALCON

PEREGRINE FALCON - Bird of prey, once in danger of being wiped out by pesticides. Nests on cliffs and is noted for the way it swoops on its quarry from above

REDSHANKS - common shore bird that also nests inland, with broad white wing bars and red legs. It has a loud yelping cry

SALMON - large game fish that spawns in the upper reaches of rivers in western England - up to 150 cm long

SAND MARTIN -Nests in tunnels in sandy or gravelly river banks. Distinguished from other martins and swallows by being sandy brown above, white with a brown chest bar below, and having a short tail

SORREL - tall acid tasting perennial with arrow shaped leaves. Spikes of red-orange flowers in loose spikes. A common grassland plant at all altitudes

SPEEDWELL - a family of distinctive small flowers from deep blue to paler shades. In this area, Field Speedwell is commonest

RED SQUIRREL - notable for its red fur and ear tufts. Once common all over Britain and Ireland, it is now only found in local areas

ROE DEER - The smaller of the two deers native to Britain, in is widespread and common in Scotland and the north of England

 

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