Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti326 viewsCetti's Warbler at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool - it's only taken me 12 years to get a shot of one out in the open
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus196 viewsa distant Peregrine being mobbed by crows - so distant that it would've taken me 10 minutes to walk to where it was perched.
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus238 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus215 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus208 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus210 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus219 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus218 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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196 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard211 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant229 viewsCGC is back! Elsewhere in this gallery is a photograph of this ringed bird, taken three months ago & also photographed inflight from the very same hide. This Cormorant was "ringed as Pullus, Puffin Island, Anglesey 13/07/2008".
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Cormorant231 viewsCGC is back! Elsewhere in this gallery is a photograph of this ringed bird, taken three months ago & also photographed inflight from the very same hide. This Cormorant was "ringed as Pullus, Puffin Island, Anglesey 13/07/2008".
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Kestrel231 viewsI disturbed this Kestrel, which was at the side of the path @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, feeding on a dead Blackbird, the Kestrel took flight with the Blackbird hanging from it's talons, but it must have been too heavy for it as it dropped it, then perched nearby waiting for me to leave. It wouldn't return whilst I was in the vicinity so the best photo I managed was this one - taken through the branches of a bush. :-(
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Redwing262 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing227 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare236 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare239 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare231 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing221 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Chain Lane Staining nr Blackpool198 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing201 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing196 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing220 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat242 viewsa poor record shot taken before I got my DSLR, this Stoat was coming towards me on one of the paths at Leighton Moss, when it spotted me it dropped it's prey (a redwing) which it returned to get when I moved on.
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Stoat226 viewsa poor record shot taken before I got my DSLR, this Stoat was coming towards me on one of the paths at Leighton Moss, when it spotted me it dropped it's prey (a redwing) which it returned to get when I moved on.
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Little Grebe201 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve207 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe192 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin303 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB, I didn't even see the merlin hidden away on the fence post until some kind chap with a scope pointed it out to me. I've posted a more heavily cropped version where you can just about make out there is in fact a bird in the photo. My only Merlin photo to date.
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Merlin320 viewstaken at distance from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighto Moss RSPB, (see also the next shot), heavily cropped & my only Merlin photo to date.
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Dragonfly Larva Leighton Moss RSPB reserve189 viewstaken at the dipping ponds, I've no idea what type of Dragonfly it'll grow up to be though
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Dragonfly Larva196 viewstaken at the dipping ponds, I've no idea what type of Dragonfly it'll grow up to be though.
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Sean Wilson visits Leighton Moss205 viewsThe Corry actor & keen birder pays a visit to Leighton Moss, so I took a sneaky photo of him. It was the first time I'd taken my missus to Leighton Moss & she was able to make the first ID of the day by providing Sean's name.
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Cormorants227 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants202 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant213 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant210 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants227 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, there were three in total Cormorant fighting for the right to perch on this post
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Cormorants208 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler214 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea204 viewstaken into the sun from distance using my 500mm lens which resulted in quite unusual colours. Now ID'd as a Southern Hawker becuase: - the size of its antehumeral stripes, the lack of yellow along the costa eliminates Common Hawker, the stripes on the 9th and 10th abdomen segments (rather than spots), & the small size of the anal clasper rules out Migrant Hawker.
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Chaffinch223 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard217 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB215 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander221 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter308 viewsMy 1st sighting of a wild Otter, a long range shot taken on a cold & wet December morning from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve265 viewsMy 1st sighting of a wild Otter, a long range shot taken on a cold & wet December morning from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Leighton Moss RSPB reserve210 viewsWhen I got my first DSLR (a KM5D) this was my first woodpecker sighting & photograph taken on the cameras maiden voyage, so whilst it's not the best shot it's one that holds fond memories for me.
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Robin186 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin193 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin198 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve208 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail226 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat205 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve196 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling228 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge227 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans280 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans272 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans231 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling251 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing207 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing197 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve218 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard242 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve271 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese234 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler166 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve202 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier269 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Little Grebe208 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer255 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe225 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe214 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve229 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe187 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch216 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch236 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch275 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch270 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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