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                                |  Common Kingfisher656 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, this was my best sighting of a kingfisher to date - now I just need one to come a bit closer.
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                                |  Great White Egret547 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago530 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta529 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Little Egret - Egretta garzetta529 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Kingfisher511 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Little Egret Egretta garzetta photographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve510 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Kingfisher502 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea493 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta421 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta396 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Kingfisher316 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve299 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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                                |  Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula280 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Merlin280 viewstaken at distance from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighto Moss RSPB, (see also the next shot), heavily cropped & my only Merlin photo to date.
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                                |  Marsh Harrier280 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris279 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve263 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Merlin262 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.
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                                |  Otter260 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
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                                |  Common Kingfisher244 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula241 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  a distant Osprey - Pandion haliaetus240 viewsphotographed from the Griesdale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Osprey239 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harriers236 viewspractising a food pass @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier236 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve235 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit234 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier234 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier234 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve233 viewson the power cables @ the Golf course opposite Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Chaffinch231 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Chaffinch231 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Red Deer Cervus elaphus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve231 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Kingfisher231 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Red Deer229 viewsI was lucky enough to witness this group of Red Deer crossing from one reed bed to another in front of the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier229 viewsmaking a Grey heron quite nervous, photographed from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier228 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Red Deer225 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Red Deer225 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bittern224 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Osprey224 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve - what an absolute thrill & a privilege it was to see this majestic bird, to get some photographs was the icing on the cake.
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                                |  Osprey224 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier222 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta219 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve219 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
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                                |  Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve217 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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                                |  Bittern215 viewsI'd just been photographing  a Kingfisher where the channel crosses the causeway at Leighton Moss when I suddenly realised there was also a Bittern sat there in full view. It's a shame the Kingfisher didn't fly up & land on it's beak, now that would've been a good shot :-) .
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                                |  Hawker Dragonfly215 viewsthis Hawker had somehow managed to land in the water & was struggling for it's life, alas it was well out of reach or I would've scooped it out & put it somewhere to dry out .
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                                |  Osprey214 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta213 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Common Kingfisher213 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta212 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Crow or Raven???212 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Red Deer212 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta211 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harriers211 viewsa pair of birds doing some aerobatics @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus210 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus210 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus210 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Stoat209 viewsa poor record shot taken before I got my DSLR, this Stoat was coming towards me on one of the paths at Leighton Moss, when it spotted me it dropped it's prey (a redwing) which it returned to get when I moved on.
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                                |  Great White Egret208 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier208 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus207 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier207 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus205 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus205 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Stoat205 viewsphotographed crossing the path between the Morecambe & Allen Hides @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta204 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit204 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Merganser?204 viewsI'm presuming this is a Red breasted Merganser, but haven't seen one with markings like this before. Photographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB.
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                                |  Stoat203 viewssee the two shots aside of a stoat with it's prey, which is a Redwing, the Stoat dropped the Redwing when it saw me, I moved back a safe distance & when I returned to check the Redwing had gone, so the stoat had obviously returned & carried off it's spoils.
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta202 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta202 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Marsh Harrier200 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Crow or Raven???199 viewsone of two shots of this bird, photographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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                                |  Great White Egret Egretta alba Leighton Moss RSPB reserve197 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit197 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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                                |  Bearded Tit197 viewsphotographed on one of the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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