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Soil restoration on landfill site, Essex
Wetland vegetation over peat soils Emer Bog nature reserve, near Romsey
Excavating soil profile pit in woodland, Essex



Deep well-drained brown sandy soil, Essex
Shallow slightly alkaline rendzina soil with humus-rich topsoil over chalk, Isle of Wight
Well-drained very acidic sany humo-ferric prodzol below heather in New Forest



The mill pond at The Moors nature reserve, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, suurounded by fen habitat
Profile across seepage step and valley mire in New Forest

Aerial photograph of land at Tendring, Essex showing silt filled minor valleys, exposed droughty gravelly soils and network of fine periglacial subsurface features



Poor-drained cultivated sandy gley soil with high groundwater; Tendring, Essex
Cranberries and Sphagnum bog-mosses over floating peat soils, Shortheath Common
Rich fen vegetation with southern marsh orchid over fen peat soils at The Moors nature reserve, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire



Water crowfoot in alkaline spring water off chalk, The Moors nature reserve, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire
The Boiling Springs at The Moors nature reserve, Bishop's Waltham where disturbed sand shows the location of upwelling groundwater
Southern marsh orchid over humified fen peat soils at The Moors nature reserve



Hardy livestock used to graze the fen at Bishop's Waltham Moors nature reserve
Section showing the geology, soils and landform at The Warren nature reserve, Froxfield, Hampshire
Artificially drained arable soils on the Tendring Plateau in NE Essex



Polytrichum hair-moss tussocks extending over acidic pond water at Shortheath Common nature reserve, Hampshire
The strongly acidic pool at Shortheath Common, Hampshire, with many unusual water beetles
Small fungi growing on Sphagnum bog-mosses on the floating mire at Shortheath Common, Hampshire
 
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Geologist, Soil Scientist, Applied Ecologist, Hydro-ecologist, Chartered Environmentalist