
Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus283 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher283 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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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis283 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata283 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Bispham Blackpool283 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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283 views
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Great Crested Grebe282 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 4 of 5) 282 viewsthe Barn owl emerges from the melee minus its dinner
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282 views
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Grey Heron282 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus282 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis282 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Speckled Wood282 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Starlings roosting on the beach282 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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Pipe Formation282 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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Wood Mouse282 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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Cormorant281 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo281 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Four-spotted Chaser281 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby
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Feral Pigeon - Columba livia281 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata281 viewsmaking a sharp exit @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Common Frogs - Rana temporaria280 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with dinner280 viewsthis Great Crested Grebe was photographed catching a tiddler @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Herons280 viewsAn adult & juvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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House Sparrow280 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus280 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus280 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus280 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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280 views
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo279 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Common Darter279 views
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Dunnock - Prunella modularis279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale279 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Little Egret279 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stanley Park Blackpool279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor279 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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279 views
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Chaffinch278 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Froglet278 viewsone of 2009's baby frogs in our garden pond
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Gadwall - Anas strepera278 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Kestrel278 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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A Shrew - Bless You278 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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Tadpole with legs278 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Waxwing278 viewsphotographed in a sorry looking Hawthorn in Booths car park in Carnforth
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Cormorant277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo277 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Magpie - Pica pica277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool276 viewsone from the garden pond, snapped through the double glazing
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea276 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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276 views
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Black headed Gull275 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus275 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea275 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Merlin275 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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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve274 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Otter274 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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Love is in the air274 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Distant Starlings274 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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Black Tern - Chlidonias niger273 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Red Fox273 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe273 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus273 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost273 viewsStarlings gathering to roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, performing their aerial acrobatics before disappearing down into the reeds
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta272 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
a nice New Years day sighting
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes272 viewsphotographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorious272 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Kestrel272 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Blue Damselfly271 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Kestrel271 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Mallard duckling271 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost271 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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Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo270 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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269 views
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea269 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus269 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Coal Tit - Periparus ater268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron & Great crested Grebe268 viewsThe Grebe finally sees off the Grey Heron
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