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A book of evocative and atmospheric photographs taken by Dick Hawkes to create a representative record of this precious and ecologically unique habitat – before much of it is lost to the many threats it faces. Chalk streams have been described as England’s “rainforest”. Around 85% of the world’s chalk streams are in England. They are beautiful, biologically distinct and amazingly rich in wildlife, but are under threat from man-made issues of abstraction, pollution from chemicals and effluent, development for housing, and climate change. Included in the book are images of typical habitats and species of wildlife found in chalk streams and water meadows, highlighting those that are rare or most under threat.

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"Awards and Competitions: Third place in a category of the 2019 International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition. Awarded ""Highly Commended"" in 2018 and ""Highly Commended"" twice in 2020. Shortlisted for Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2018 First prize in the 2015 RAC Photographic competition  Second prize in 2020 South Downs National Park competition Shortlisted for WWT 2018 photography competition In 2018 awarded Licentiate distinction from the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) Publications; Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) magazine  Kew Gardens Magazine Several editions of the Olympus Magazine The RAC publication Pell-Mell ( for various events) The Piscatorial Society Journal Gamefisher, the yearbook of Salmon and Trout Conservation UK 2020 Rivers Report of Test & Itchen Association 2021 Savills sales brochure  2018 calendar of The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust 2020, 2019 and 2018 calendars of Friends of Richmond Park Some photographs of fish conservation activity are being used in lectures by a leading ecologists Images taken in Kew Gardens have been used in lectures by the Head of the Arboretum, Gardens and Horticultural Services at Kew."

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