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Whitebait, Sunderland Poin

By Tessa Bunney 2019

Fishing for whitebait using a fixed engine net at Sunderland Point, Lancashire, March 2019. Margaret and Trevor Owen set nets to catch sprats and whitebait and supply them to Blackpool Zoo for feeding the animals including sea lions, penguins and flamingoes.

From the series Going to the Sand - inshore fishing around Morecambe Bay.

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Population wheat, Denby Hall Farm

Fat Pigeon Bakery, Leeds

Spelt, County Durham

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