An otter, a nene and a red-breasted goose were among the creatures transformed into a giant Lego animal model trail at the London Wetland Centre.

Nine specially-crafted Lego characters have taken up residence at the nature reserve this week and will remain there for five weeks.

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Daniel, eight, and Kamran, six, get up close and personal with this Lego mallard

They include Natalie the nene, Benedict the Bewick's swan and Flavia the Andean flamingo, created by the UK's only certified-Lego professional, Tom Poulsom.

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A nene arrives by black cab

The centre's general manager, David Green, said: "Here at London Wetland Centre, we take particular pride in helping to conserve the Hawaiian goose, the nene, the world’s rarest goose, which was originally identified as a species that needed protecting by our founder Sir Peter Scott.

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Lottie the otter waits to be fed Lego fishy treats. Credit: Adam Finch

"Today, we are using LEGO bricks to inspire the next generation to continue Sir Peter’s work of saving threatened wildlife."

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This nene has arrived by the 283 bus. Credit: Adam Finch

Almost 92,000 Lego bricks were used over 955 hours to create the model animals.

To find out more, visit wwt.org.uk/legobrickanimals or search #LEGOBrickAnimals on Twitter.