Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti193 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 peregrinus66 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 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 regulus73 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 regulus72 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 regulus71 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 regulus78 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 regulus77 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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71 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard72 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant81 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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Cormorant81 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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Kestrel100 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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Redwing131 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing82 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare100 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare93 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare70 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing74 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 Blackpool68 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing69 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing68 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing68 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat109 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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Stoat80 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 Grebe47 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve48 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe47 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin178 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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Merlin192 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 reserve46 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 Larva52 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 Moss64 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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Cormorants52 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants48 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant51 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant48 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants50 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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Cormorants51 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler71 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea65 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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Chaffinch71 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard82 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB63 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander59 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter174 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 reserve124 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 reserve60 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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Robin52 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin51 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin52 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve48 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail53 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat48 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve52 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling67 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge66 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans95 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans100 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans68 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling67 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing58 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing58 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve65 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard119 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve139 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese67 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler44 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve49 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier139 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 Grebe48 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer113 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe50 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe51 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve50 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe51 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch68 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch70 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch143 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch154 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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