Fylde Coast Wildlife - Most viewed

Most viewed

The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 5 of 5)154 viewsnote the Kestrel leaving the scene bottom right having successfully stolen the owls prey

Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula154 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve

Common Darter154 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

Curlew - Numenius arquata154 viewsphotographed@Sunderland Point, nr Overton, Lancashire

fledgling Dunnock - Prunella modularis154 viewsa newly fledged Dunnock, photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool

Froglet154 viewsone of 2009's baby frogs in our garden pond

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus154 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus154 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea154 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Greylag Geese Anser anser Stanley Park Blackpool154 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Atlantic Grey Seal154 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire

Merlin154 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.

Magpie - Pica pica154 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Moorhen154 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Pochard154 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Sanderling - Calidris alba154 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood

Short-eared Owl154 viewstaken @ Lancaster Road, Pilling

Shoveler - Anas clypeata154 viewsmaking a sharp exit @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Dunnock - Prunella modularis153 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus153 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus153 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea153 viewstime to feed the Pterodactyls
photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Harris's Hawk153 viewsmy pal Dave kindly invited me to photograph Tally - his wonderful Harris's Hawk [Parabuteo unicinctus]

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus153 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stanley Park Blackpool153 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool153 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.

Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus153 viewsphotographed at the feeding station at Todderstaffe Hall Singleton

Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti152 viewsa typical view
photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool

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Coal Tit - Periparus ater152 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo152 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus152 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus152 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Spotted Woodpecker152 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Kestrel152 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool

Common Kingfisher152 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool

Little Egret152 viewsin this shot there are two Buzzards in the Hawthorn on the left in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool

Little Egret Egretta garzetta Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool152 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool

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Mallards displaying courtship behaviour152 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve152 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus152 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag

Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus152 viewsone of three male reed Buntings visiting our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
photographed handheld & through the double glazing (iso1600)

Love is in the air152 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart

Starlings roosting on the beach152 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon

Wood Mouse152 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Great crested Grebe151 viewsGrub's up - get in line, the three young Grebes all stretch out their necks expectantly when Dad (or it could be Mum?) turns up with a tiddler for them.

Common Blue Damselfly151 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes151 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Gannet - Morus bassanus151 viewsa couple getting loved up
photographed @ the seabird colony @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus151 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe with dinner151 viewsthis Great Crested Grebe was photographed catching a tiddler @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus151 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea151 viewsphotographed @ the River Brock nr Bilsborrow

House Sparrow151 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool

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Short-eared Owl151 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling

Small Skipper151 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

Pipe Formation151 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.