Bird spotters and pylons

Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex

Filename

electricity363-03-02-2008 .jpg

Copyright

© Richard Baker. No copying, screen grabbing, transmission or publication without permission.

Image Size

5315x3543 / 3.1MB

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Contained in galleries

Oxford Exhibition, The Landscapes of Electricity, 'Work' in 100 images, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (large edit)