
Brown Rat594 viewsThe park, somewhat worryingly, had a thriving population of rats up until 2007. They had a series of tunnels at one corner of the lake where it was believed they were breeding. In 2007 the Council destroyed their tunnels & poisoned the rats & I've not seen one since.
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus591 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great White Egret590 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Lizard - Lacerta vivipara589 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France in 2009
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Sanderling - Calidris alba587 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point Fleetwood
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Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus587 viewsworn out from whooping, photographed @ Martin Mere WWT Reserve
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus585 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris584 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Great crested Grebes583 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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mating Black Darters - Sympetrum danae581 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula580 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Atlantic Grey Seal578 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris577 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes577 viewsphotographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta576 viewsa new visitor to our garden, an immature female
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta575 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta574 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Blackcap571 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea571 viewsphotographed flying in with nesting material @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis571 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Dunlin - Calidris alpina570 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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569 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus567 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus566 viewsphotographed in Charente-Maritime, France
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Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago566 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Teal - Anas crecca566 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Roe Deer565 viewsphotographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula563 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Marsh Frog561 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France in 2010
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus560 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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558 viewsphotographed in Normandy, France
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Common Kingfisher557 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea556 viewsphotographed flying in with nesting material @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta photographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve555 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sanderling - Calidris alba553 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point Fleetwood
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Nuthatch - Sitta europaea552 viewsphotographed @ Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
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Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna547 viewsphotographed @ Martin Mere WWT reserve
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European Tree Frog - Hyla arborea547 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus547 viewsphotographed @ Euston Street, Preston
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Great crested Grebes546 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Atlantic Grey Seal545 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire
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Common Kingfisher543 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Owl Athene noctua Warton Crag542 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis541 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus540 viewsphotographed @ Martin Mere WWT Reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea538 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Brown Hare533 viewstaken @ Lancaster Road nr Pilling
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Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Stanley Park Blackpool530 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes530 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Little Owl530 viewsPhotographed near Conder Green
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 530 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Short-eared Owl530 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling
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Common Darter528 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Coot526 viewsDoing a bit of nest building & looking like it's buitten off more than it can chew.
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Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus526 viewsneck & neck
photographed @ Martin Mere WWT Reserve
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Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus522 viewsphotographed @ Martin Mere WWT Reserve
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Great crested Grebe520 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher520 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldcrest514 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus511 viewsphotographed @ Martin Mere WWT Reserve
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Red-legged Partridge507 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Great Crested Grebes506 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude506 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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Great crested Grebe505 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler505 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Short-eared Owl505 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus499 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail499 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Coot495 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus495 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Red-legged Partridge495 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Robin494 viewsTo me this one looks like it's howling like a wolf, photographed at Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton
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Short-eared Owl492 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling
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Short-eared Owl492 viewstaken @ Lancaster Road, Pilling
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Long-eared Owl491 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. The owls can be difficult to photograph because of branches between you & the Owl, but it's important to stick to the paths to avoid disturbing the birds - some visitors to the reserve feel the need to climb over the fence to get a closer view which only serves to spook the Owls.
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool486 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus481 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Cormorant480 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes480 viewsI was lucky enough to watch & photograph this courting couple doing their courtship weed dance ritual at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool.
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