
Gadwall - Anas strepera266 viewsthe 1st time I've managed to photograph Gadwall @ Stanley Park, Blackpool - shame the light wasn't better
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus266 viewsparent & juvenile
photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Linnet - Carduelis cannabina266 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis266 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Merlin266 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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Magpie266 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima266 viewsphotographed here with Redshanks & Turnstones @ what was North Shore boating lake
Many thanks to Dave M of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com/ for the headsup
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Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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266 views
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Pipe Formation266 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 2 of 5)265 viewsno sooner than the Barn owl catches itself a mouse/vole a Kestrel appears to try & pick its pocket
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba265 viewsphotographed nr Scronkey
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Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs265 viewsphotographed at the feeding station at Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton
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265 views
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Green Hairstreak265 viewsphotographed @ Meathop Moss Cumbria
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Magpie - Pica pica265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Ring-necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri265 viewsphotographed across the road from Stanley Park, @ Blackpool Zoo, this Parakeet was free flying outside of the bird house & is probably the one that's occasionally seen at the park
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Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe264 viewsGrub's up - get in line, the three young Grebes all stretch out their necks expectantly when Dad (or it could be Mum?) turns up with a tiddler for them.
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264 views
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Cormorant264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Tit - Parus major264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea264 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea264 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Greylag Geese Anser anser Stanley Park Blackpool264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Pochard264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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264 views
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Chaffinch263 viewsphotographed at the feeding station at Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton
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Some sort of eggs on base of pond pump?????263 viewsno idea what these are, seen attached to the base of my pond pump when I took it out of the water to clean
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus263 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus263 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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juvenile Grey Heron263 viewsjuvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba262 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti262 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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Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata262 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea262 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron262 viewsflying into the heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Spotted Woodpecker262 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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House Sparrow262 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Magpie - Pica pica262 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Moorhen262 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Short-eared Owl262 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling
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Starlings roosting on the beach262 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon
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261 views
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool261 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Curlew - Numenius arquata261 viewsphotographed@Sunderland Point, nr Overton, Lancashire
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261 views
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Grey Heron with breakfast261 viewsThis Heron was swallowing what looks like a young Coot or Moorhen maybe. Not a great shot as it was tucked away in the gloom.
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Mallards displaying courtship behaviour261 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus261 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata261 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor261 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Tree Sparrow261 viewsphotographed at the feeding station at Todderstaffe Hall Singleton
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Dunnock260 viewsphotographed from the feeder hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Gadwall - Anas strepera260 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus260 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Gosling Stanley Park Blackpool260 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron260 viewsIncoming
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Common Kingfisher260 viewsI had dialled in +2 EV to photograph the Kingfisher perched high in a Hawthorn when it suddenly dived down & caught itself a fish so I grabbed a couple of horribly overexposed photos @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool (100% crop)
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Froghopper or Leafhopper - I know not which?260 viewsmeasuring just maybe 5mm long, this Froghopper/Leafhopper was photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis260 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus260 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus260 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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260 views
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Great crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus Stanley Park Blackpool259 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe259 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 4 of 5) 259 viewsthe Barn owl emerges from the melee minus its dinner
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti259 viewsas usual with these guys - just a record shot, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool259 viewsone from the garden pond, snapped through the double glazing
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Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus259 viewsa GBBG harassing one of its smaller cousins - photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus259 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Herons259 viewsAn adult & juvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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259 views
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259 views
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Wood Mouse259 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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