Cliffe marsh, north Kent, on a clear, cold winter late afternoon in January 2019. A bird reserve by the River Thames nr Gravesend on Hoo peninsula

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Cliffe is a wild area associated with Charles Dickens, the Saxon Shore Way route, a bird reserve and natural wetland habitat with a good water vole population. A very atmospheric place to walk with drainage channels and views of Tilbury Docks and old sea wall

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Location: Cliffe, Kent, England, UK
Photo credit: © AMcCulloch / Alamy / Afripics
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