Reed beds, blackthorn blown ans misshapen by the wind and lichen a refuge for wildlife behind Chesil Beach in Dorset

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Beds of common reed, Fragmites communis, in winter seedhead, windblown blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, with a lichen covering behind Chesil beach between West Bexington and Burton Bradstock, Dorset in November

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Photo credit: © Nigel Cattlin / Alamy / Afripics
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