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Bittern244 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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244 views
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244 views
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus244 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus244 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Terns - Sterna hirundo243 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Black-tailed Godwits243 viewsThey make for a spectacular sight when they take flight in numbers like this.
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres243 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Wood Pigeon243 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black Darter242 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby
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Brown Heath Robberfly - Machimus cingulatus242 viewsphotographed at Meathop Moss, Cumbria
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242 views
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Red Kites242 viewslining up to land, photographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres242 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Bittern241 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris241 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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Cormorants241 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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241 views
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris240 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo240 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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Firecrest240 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl240 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wheatear240 viewsI can hear Injuns coming from the west, there's three of them & one of them has a limp.
photographed @ Fleetwood Marsh dog walking Park
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Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis239 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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239 views
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Grey Squirrel239 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Bullfinch238 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve © Cliff Raby
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Firecrest238 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer238 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Sparrowhawk238 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Cormorant237 viewsPARP! Steady on, you've got to eat the fish out of that lake - yuk!
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Firecrest237 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus237 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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237 views
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Wigeon Anas penelope Stanley Park Blackpool237 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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Long-eared Owl236 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant235 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Gannet - Morus bassanus235 viewsflying in with nesting material
photographed @ the seabird colony @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus235 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest235 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Spotted Woodpeckers235 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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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus235 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus235 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus234 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Mandarin Duck234 viewsActually a perching duck rather than dabbling, but I've tucked it in here for convenience, photographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool.
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Common Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris234 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - feeding young233 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Backswimmer - Notonecta glauca232 viewsOne from the garden pond
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool232 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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Common Frog Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool232 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young232 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe (young)232 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus232 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea232 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Red Kites232 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Common Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris232 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus231 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus231 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Squirrel231 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Pine Weevil - Hylobius abietis231 viewsphotographed @ Meathop Moss Cumbria
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Bittern230 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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Coot - Fulica atra230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Coot - Fulica atra230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus230 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia230 viewsphotographed @ Witherslack Cumbria
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Grey Squirrel230 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Bittern229 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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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus229 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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