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182:Brown argus
176:Butterflies
168:verlotiorum
75:flood plain
57:Description
1473:Categories
1453:Wandsworth
1378:Hillingdon
1205:Syon House
1150:Hall Place
1140:Grove Park
943:Hornchurch
912:Twickenham
867:Camberwell
829:Wandsworth
739:East Sheen
719:Blackheath
676:Lee Valley
671:Hornchurch
646:Foots Cray
585:Wandsworth
575:Valentines
520:Mayesbrook
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440:Barra Hall
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382:Kensington
252:References
225:51°35′45″N
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1433:Southwark
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1388:Islington
1348:Greenwich
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887:Newington
877:Islington
809:Streatham
799:Plumstead
744:Eel Brook
666:High Elms
605:Wimbledon
570:Southwark
460:Brockwell
445:Battersea
425:Alexandra
372:Greenwich
228:0°03′14″W
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51:River Lea
35:Tottenham
1408:Lewisham
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1004:Braeburn
992:Woodland
948:Ickenham
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897:Richmond
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804:Stanmore
691:Stockley
686:Stanmore
661:Havering
600:West Ham
590:Wanstead
580:Victoria
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530:Old Deer
510:Hanworth
495:Finsbury
475:Clissold
470:Charlton
392:Richmond
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907:Turnham
892:Parsons
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729:Clapham
706:Commons
515:Holland
485:Dulwich
465:Burgess
435:Barking
199:Skylark
154:dubilum
152:Papaver
109:Ecology
77:of the
69:History
43:marshes
37:in the
1438:Sutton
1418:Newham
1413:Merton
1368:Harrow
1338:Ealing
1328:Camden
1313:Bexley
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958:Leyton
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367:Green
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