Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) adult close-up of head swimming through submerged reeds Rainham Marshes RSPB

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Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) adult close-up of head swimming through submerged reeds Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve Thames Estuary Essex England March (photographed in specialist photography tank and subsequently returned to wild)

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