Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti203 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 peregrinus70 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 regulus94 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 regulus80 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 regulus83 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 regulus79 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 regulus92 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 regulus85 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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79 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard79 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant90 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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Cormorant88 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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Kestrel109 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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Redwing140 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing91 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare107 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare101 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare78 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing78 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 Blackpool77 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing79 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing76 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing75 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat115 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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Stoat91 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 Grebe54 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve59 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe56 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin186 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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Merlin205 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 reserve52 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 Larva56 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 Moss68 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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Cormorants64 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants55 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant55 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant57 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants61 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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Cormorants54 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler78 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea70 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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Chaffinch83 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard92 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB72 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander65 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter185 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 reserve132 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 reserve68 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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Robin57 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin57 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin59 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve54 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail66 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat53 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve60 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling70 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge73 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans105 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans107 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans75 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling77 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing73 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing65 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve73 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard123 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve143 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese74 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler47 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve56 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier143 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 Grebe55 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer121 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe60 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe57 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve60 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe58 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch77 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch79 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch148 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch160 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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