Bittern185 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Herring Gull185 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl185 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus185 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool185 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo184 viewsthe 1st time I've seen a Buzzard flyover whilst @ Stanley Park, it was seen on its way by a posse of gulls
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Greenfinch183 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Guillemot - Uria aalge183 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Red Kite - Milvus milvus183 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Grey Heron182 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Song Thrush182 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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181 views
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Cormorant180 viewsa distinguished looking adult Cormorant, photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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180 views
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Firecrest180 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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180 views
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Large Heath - Coenonympha tullia180 viewsphotographed @ Meathop Moss Cumbria
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator180 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool179 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. For this shot the bird lept up off the ice & into the reeds with a couple of flaps of its wings, it then dropped down again & melted away into the reeds.
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Firecrest179 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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179 views
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus179 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta178 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula178 viewsphotographed @ Martin Mere WWT reserve
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus178 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Teal178 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Blue Tit Parus caerulus Todderstaffe Hall, nr Singleton177 viewsphotographed @ Todderstaffe Hall, nr Singleton
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Long-eared Owl176 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis176 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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175 views
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175 viewsphotographed nr. Witherslack, Cumbria
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Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer175 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Wood Pigeon175 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni174 viewsphotographed at Foulshaw Moss
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Curlew or possibly Whimbrel???174 viewsphotographed @ Brockholes Reserve, Preston
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus174 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Red Kites173 viewslining up to land, photographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Red Kite - Milvus milvus173 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Sparrowhawk173 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea172 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Red Kite - Milvus milvus172 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Bittern170 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. Still, despite the poor photos, it was a thrilling sighting.
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Goldcrest170 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus170 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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169 viewsBittern sightings were few & far between @ the Mere during the winter of 2012/13, when I finally get to see one I only manage to photograph its backside :-(
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Cormorants169 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool169 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Wigeon Anas penelope Stanley Park Blackpool169 viewsThis has got to be the friendliest Wigeon I've ever encountered, I usually struugle getting within a country mile of them, but this one was obviously used to being fed & was hoping for some of Hovis's finest, which unfortunately I didn't have.
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Bittern168 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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Goldcrest168 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Goldcrest168 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Goldcrest168 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl168 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris167 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae167 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool167 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Where did the road go?167 viewsI've borrowed this shot off the internet just to demonstrate how dangerous Sunderland Point can be at High Tide. Make sure you check your tide tables before visiting
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Gadwall - Anas strepera167 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl167 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker167 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Red Kite - Milvus milvus167 viewsCoughing up a pellet?
photographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Stoat - Mustela erminea167 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Cormorant166 viewsPARP! Steady on, you've got to eat the fish out of that lake - yuk!
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Common Frog Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool166 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus166 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher166 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve166 viewsThis Osprey @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve was feeding on it's catch, which appeared to be either a Roach or Rudd - some observers were adamant it was definitely a Rudd, but how the dickens you can differentiate at such long range is beyond me.
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Grey Squirrel166 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus165 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldfinch165 viewsa proud bird, one of my favourite Goldfinch photos to date, photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Spotted Woodpeckers165 viewsThis could've been a terrific Woodpecker photograph, but is ruined by the quite severe Chromatic aberration that my Tokina 400mm lens suffers from in high contrast conditions like this.
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Coot - Fulica atra164 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Firecrest164 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Firecrest164 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young164 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - feeding young164 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus164 viewsgrappling with a decent sized Perch @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer164 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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