Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti221 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 peregrinus94 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 regulus126 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 regulus103 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 regulus107 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 regulus107 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 regulus118 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 regulus111 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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112 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard104 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant134 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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Cormorant122 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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Kestrel125 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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Redwing165 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing114 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare133 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare132 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare110 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing110 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 Blackpool110 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing112 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing103 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing109 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat141 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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Stoat116 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 Grebe90 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve92 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe84 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin206 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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Merlin225 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 reserve90 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 Larva90 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 Moss93 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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Cormorants94 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants89 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant93 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant90 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants94 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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Cormorants94 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler104 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea102 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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Chaffinch117 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard114 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB105 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander95 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter207 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 reserve156 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 reserve108 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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Robin82 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin83 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin92 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve92 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail93 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat94 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve91 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling94 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge95 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans141 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans143 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans112 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling123 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing103 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing92 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve111 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard145 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve164 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese114 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler66 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve88 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier169 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 Grebe91 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer148 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe93 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe94 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve94 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe78 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch99 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch109 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch167 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch180 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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