Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti246 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 peregrinus125 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 regulus161 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 regulus140 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 regulus140 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 regulus147 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 regulus153 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 regulus158 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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138 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard139 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant167 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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Cormorant160 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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Kestrel151 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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Redwing198 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing158 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare162 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare165 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare153 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing153 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 Blackpool136 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing142 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing134 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing145 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat180 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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Stoat150 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 Grebe125 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve127 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe121 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin229 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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Merlin257 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 reserve116 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 Larva120 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 Moss130 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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Cormorants138 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants121 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant135 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant127 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants140 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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Cormorants134 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler142 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea132 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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Chaffinch149 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard147 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB138 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander138 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter234 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 reserve187 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 reserve143 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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Robin124 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin111 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin118 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve132 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail126 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat138 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve124 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling135 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge140 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans183 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans184 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans148 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling158 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing136 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing131 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve147 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard173 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve191 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese148 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler98 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve129 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier196 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 Grebe133 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer180 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe139 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe137 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve143 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe108 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch143 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch148 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch200 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch209 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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