Rat, Ferrier Estate
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Rat, Ferrier Estate
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 1 Apr 2012
The human residents having been moved out prior to demolition, rats and pigeons had spotted an opportunity and colonised the place. Despite their putative ubiquity, in twenty-five years of living in London I'd never before seen one.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.460767
Longitude
0.026646