
Common Kingfisher295 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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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus295 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Feral Pigeon - Columba livia295 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Starlings roosting on the beach295 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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Barn Owl - Tyto alba294 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling
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The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 4 of 5) 294 viewsthe Barn owl emerges from the melee minus its dinner
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Cormorant294 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Herons294 viewsAn adult & juvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Froghopper or Leafhopper - I know not which?294 viewsmeasuring just maybe 5mm long, this Froghopper/Leafhopper was photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus294 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Mallards displaying courtship behaviour294 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Puffin - Fratercula arctica 294 viewsphotographed @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis294 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo293 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Curlew - Numenius arquata293 viewsphotographed@Sunderland Point, nr Overton, Lancashire
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Four-spotted Chaser293 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria293 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus293 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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House Sparrow293 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Kestrel293 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata293 viewsmaking a sharp exit @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stanley Park Blackpool293 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Magpie - Pica pica292 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo291 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Gadwall - Anas strepera291 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea291 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis291 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus291 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Distant Starlings291 viewsTo the dismay of the group of us waiting for the Starlings to arrive at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool, we spot some good size flocks of them away in the distance doing their aerial display over North Pier
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Bittern290 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Chaffinch290 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo290 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes290 viewsphotographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Great Crested Grebe290 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve290 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor290 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Pipe Formation290 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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Waxwing290 viewsphotographed in a sorry looking Hawthorn in Booths car park in Carnforth
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Common Blue Damselfly289 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea289 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus289 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula289 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Wood Mouse289 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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Froglet288 viewsone of 2009's baby frogs in our garden pond
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool288 viewsone from the garden pond, snapped through the double glazing
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus288 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Common Frogs - Rana temporaria287 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus287 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale287 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Kestrel287 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel287 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost287 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - my imagination maybe running away with me, but here the flock take on the form of a huge bird to chase off predators
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Little Egret286 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Merlin286 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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Tadpole with legs286 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Willow Emerald285 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus285 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Otter285 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 crested Grebe284 viewsEyes left for the camera - an adult Grebe gives it's three young a ride on Stanley Park boating lake in Blackpool. I wish I'd had my 500mm lens for this shot, it could've been a real beauty.
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Black headed Gull284 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo284 viewson golden pond
photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron & Great crested Grebe284 viewsThe Grebe finally sees off the Grey Heron
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Mallard duckling284 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Short-eared Owl284 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling
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Love is in the air284 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Red Fox283 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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A Shrew - Bless You283 viewsnow this little guy was really shifting, so I was glad to get it in frame, shame it's not in focus though.
Photographed@Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Black-headed Gull282 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Black Tern - Chlidonias niger282 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus282 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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