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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo134 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks

Common Blue Damselfly134 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

Four-spotted Chaser134 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby

Gadwall - Anas strepera134 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Gannet - Morus bassanus134 viewsa couple getting loved up
photographed @ the seabird colony @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus134 viewsa GBBG harassing one of its smaller cousins - photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus134 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus134 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea134 viewsphotographed flying in with nesting material @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea134 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Atlantic Grey Seal134 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea134 viewsphotographed @ the River Brock nr Bilsborrow

Hoverfly - Melangyna lasiophthalma134 viewsphotographed @ the River Brock nr Bilsborrow

Kestrel134 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool

Little Egret134 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 Blackpool134 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus134 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag

134 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Love is in the air134 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart

Starlings roosting on the beach134 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 Formation134 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.

Wood Mouse134 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria134 viewsphotographed @ Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton

The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 1 of 5)133 viewsA Barn Owl hunts for a meal in the vicinity of a stable block

Common Darter133 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti133 viewsa typical view
photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool

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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus133 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron with breakfast133 viewsThis Heron was swallowing what looks like a young Coot or Moorhen maybe. Not a great shot as it was tucked away in the gloom.

House Sparrow133 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool

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Red Kite133 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway

Short-eared Owl133 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling

Starlings flocking to roost133 viewsStarlings gathering to roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, performing their aerial acrobatics before disappearing down into the reeds

Wren133 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool

Great crested Grebe132 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.

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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes132 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea132 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea132 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus132 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus132 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag

Small Skipper132 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston

The Flying Tadpole132 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.

Great crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus Stanley Park Blackpool131 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

The Owl & the Kestrel (shot 4 of 5) 131 viewsthe Barn owl emerges from the melee minus its dinner

Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo131 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Common Tern - Sterna hirundo131 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks

Dipper - Cinclus cinclus131 viewsphotographed @ River Brock nr Bilsborrow

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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus131 viewsgrappling with a decent sized Perch @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea131 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea131 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale131 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool

House Sparrow131 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool

Common Kingfisher131 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool

Otter131 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

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus131 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus131 viewsphotographed @ Warton Crag

Short-eared Owl131 viewsphotographed @ Bradshaw Lane, Pilling

Distant Starlings131 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