Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on sand dune, Norfolk Beach, UK January
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Kirkendall-Spring / Coquille River Lighthouse at Bullards Beach NP, Bandon, Oregon, USA
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Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of planting on sand dune to stabilise the sand, Grau du roi beach, Camargue, southern France, September 2009
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Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus bull) on beach, Norfolk, UK winter
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Peter Lewis / Sand dunes and Marram Grass (Poaceae) planted to stabilise the sands. Camusddrach beach near Mallaig, Scotland, March 2010.
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Nick Upton / Freshwater stream flowing across Baby Bay beach at New Polzeath with Common reeds (Phragmites australis) in the foreground. Cornwall, UK, April 2010.
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Nick Upton / Freshwater stream flowing across Baby Bay beach at New Polzeath with Common reeds (Phragmites australis) in the foreground. Cornwall, UK, April 2010.
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Philippe Clement / Wind forming sand ridges / pioneering dunes behind Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) on beach, Belgium
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Traigh Ghriais beach, north east Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Traigh Ghriais beach, North east Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2009
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Pete Oxford / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) weaner lying on the beach to moult, Kidney Island, off East Falkland, Falkland Islands
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Merryn Thomas / Upturned tender pulled up in sand dunes at Lower Town Beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. December 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Upturned tender pulled up in the sand dunes at Lower Town Beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. December 2008.
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Jerry Monkman / Ice coating the beach grass on Parson's Beach, Kennebunk, Maine, USA
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Jerry Monkman / Ice and snow coating the beach grass on Parson's Beach, Kennebunk, Maine, USA
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Gary K. Smith / Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria) forming pioneering dunes on public beach with holiday beach huts in background, Norfolk, England, UK
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Kirkendall-Spring / Morris Island Light House near Folly Beach, Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina, USA
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Adrian Davies / Marram grass {Ammophila arenaria} on sand dunes, Doogort beach, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.
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Pete Oxford / Sand dunes with Prickly Couch grass (Zoysia macrantha) growing on the beach, North Stradbroke Island off Queensland coast, Australia
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Pete Oxford / Sand dunes with Knobby Club-rush (Isolepis nodosa) growing on the beach, North Stradbroke Island off Queensland coast, Australia
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Pete Oxford / Sand dunes with Knobby Club-rush (Isolepis nodosa) growing on the beach, North Stradbroke Island off Queensland coast, Australia
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Philippe Clement / Beach and sand dunes with man-made Osier {Salix viminalis} hedges planted to stabilise the sand, North Sea, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Beach and dunes with man-made Osier {Salix viminalis} hedges planted to stabilise the sand, North Sea, Belgium
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David Noton / Dunstanburgh Castle and Embleton Beach at dusk, Northumbria, England, UK
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David Noton / Dunstanburgh Castle and Embleton Beach at dusk, Northumbria, England, UK
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Jose B. Ruiz / Neptune grass {Posidonia oceanica} washed up on beach. Spain Mediterranean