Monday, 29 January 2018

Environmental Documentary- Flora and fauna in The London Wetland Centre

Animals in the London Wetland Centre

Asian short clawed otter- Its paws are a distinctive feature, its claws don't extend beyond the flesh end pads.

Lapwings

little ringed plovers

Great crested and little grebes

Gadwall

Mallards

Pochards


Tufted duck broods


White naped crane

Common terns

Marsh frog

Flora

Southern marsh orchid

Bee orchid

Lady's bedstraw meadows

Used for medicines

Labrador tea (Ledum palustre)

Sundews (Drosera spp.)

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

sedge (Cyperus spp)

(Here are just a few examples of such plants):





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