Water lillies in the reach immediately above the former Fletching lock 

Dense bankside vegetation without shading along the reach

 

Fisherman on the reach 

Swan, typical of this reach (and not seen in the incised channels of upstream sections of the river)

 

Ox-bow in the water meadows adjacent the river. Water level is the same as river level. 

 

Ox-bow, swan and cow 

Bullrushes, another plant not seen in incised channels 

Typical bankside reeds, giving plenty of cover for birds. 

Waterlogged tributary. In this state only because the river is retained at Fletching Mill. 

Heron on the river bank 

More abundant bankside vegetation in this wide, slow-moving reach 

Deer two hundred yards from the river 

Cattle next to the reach 

Bull next to ox-bow