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Despite being slow, gigantic, high cuisine, the Mute Swan 🦢 remained widespread in early modern Britain & Ireland (incl. Shetland!) It was protected as property, though tales of sole ownership by monarch / capital punishment are myths. Map from #AtlasofEarlyModernWildlife 📗 #envhist #animalhistory
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The smelt is an estuary fish which swims upstream to spawn. 250-500 years ago it was common around Britain, and was thought to smell like violets or green leaves! It is now much rarer due to over-fishing and poor water quality. Map from my #AtlasOfEarlyModernWildlife #AnimalHistory #GIS #UKwildlife