Garden Snails may be the gardeners bane but they are an important source of food for urban wildlife. Old shells are an important calcium supplement

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Garden Snails may be the gardeners bane but they are an important source of food for urban wildlife. Old shells are an important calcium supplement for birds like Blue Tits for egg development.

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Location: Lowestoft, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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