Inhabitants of the basin
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Inhabitants of the basin by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Inhabitants of the basin
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 7 Dec 2022
It's not quite Tales from the Riverbank, but there are some unexpected characters to be found on the Bathurst Basin. A male Kingfisher perches indifferently whilst a rat (one of three operating on the edges of the old dock) searches for some nest materials.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.44655
Longitude
-2.596103