Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti310 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 peregrinus186 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 regulus231 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 regulus203 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 regulus207 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 regulus211 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 regulus211 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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190 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard206 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant225 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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Cormorant224 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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Kestrel221 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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Redwing257 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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Fieldfare229 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare232 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare220 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing214 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 Blackpool191 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing198 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing187 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing213 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat234 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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Stoat213 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 Grebe193 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve195 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe181 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin296 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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Merlin313 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 reserve179 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 Larva188 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 Moss196 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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Cormorants215 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants188 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant204 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant202 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants219 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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Cormorants197 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler203 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea192 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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Chaffinch212 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard212 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB204 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander210 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter295 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 reserve258 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 reserve199 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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Robin178 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin176 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin192 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve198 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail218 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat197 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve189 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling215 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge216 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans268 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans262 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans224 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling246 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing199 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing188 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve210 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard232 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve266 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese222 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler161 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve195 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier264 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 Grebe192 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer249 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe216 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe206 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve222 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe177 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch207 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch225 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch267 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch263 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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