
Bittern - Botaurus stellaris88 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris84 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris85 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris88 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris64 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris77 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris75 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris56 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris65 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris60 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris190 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris193 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris185 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris281 viewsBittern sightings were few & far between @ the Mere during the winter of 2012/13, when I finally get to see one I only manage to photograph its backside :-(
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris455 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris330 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris462 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris315 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris136 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris120 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris141 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris310 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris120 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris114 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris111 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris125 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris119 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris117 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris122 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris125 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern catches Cruscian Carp122 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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What chance have the fish got??126 viewsbarely discernable - but there are two Bitterns & two Great Crested Grebes in this shot - looks like the fish @ Mere Sands Wood are in for a tough time!
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris125 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris429 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris673 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris288 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris119 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris112 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris115 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris107 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris112 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern126 viewsa dodgy inflight record shot, photographed from Lilian's Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern289 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. Still, despite the poor photos, it was a thrilling sighting.
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool294 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. For this shot the bird lept up off the ice & into the reeds with a couple of flaps of its wings, it then dropped down again & melted away into the reeds.
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Bittern236 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern230 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern290 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern188 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern130 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, I was photographing a Bittern when all of a sudden another appeared from the reedbed & walked towards the first.
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Bittern141 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, the two Bitterns passed within a few feet of each other.
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Bittern144 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern162 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern139 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern139 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern179 viewsI'd just been photographing a Kingfisher where the channel crosses the causeway at Leighton Moss when I suddenly realised there was also a Bittern sat there in full view. It's a shame the Kingfisher didn't fly up & land on it's beak, now that would've been a good shot :-) .
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Bittern103 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern128 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern137 viewsin a typical upright Bittern pose, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern127 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Leighton Moss RSPB reserve130 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern284 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Bittern278 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Bittern303 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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