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Wildlife


Introduction
Plants
Fish
Birds
Animals
Insects
Other Creatures
Whirligig Beetles are named after their habit of whirling around on the surface of the water. Screech Beetles screech when caught.

Dragon fly larvae are voracious carnivores and they will easily eat a tadpole or a small fish.

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Wildlife

Many of the wild animals and plants of the Kennet and its banks are increasingly scarce in today's intensively managed countryside. Fortunately, much of the Upper Kennet is designated as a SSSI. The white drifts of Water Crowfoot in early summer are characteristic of chalk and limestone rivers. Species like Water Vole, Reed Bunting and Brook Lamprey are in decline in other parts of the country.

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