
Common Kingfisher707 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 Egret599 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta585 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta582 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago577 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta photographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve568 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher564 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher550 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea546 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta479 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta452 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher344 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve336 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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Marsh Harrier315 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris314 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula311 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin306 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 Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve304 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Otter293 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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Merlin289 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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Marsh Harriers278 viewspractising a food pass @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve275 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Red Deer Cervus elaphus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve272 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula271 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher271 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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a distant Osprey - Pandion haliaetus271 viewsphotographed from the Griesdale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier270 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier269 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier268 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey267 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer265 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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Common Kingfisher264 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier263 viewsmaking a Grey heron quite nervous, photographed from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve260 viewson the power cables @ the Golf course opposite Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch259 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier259 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier258 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve257 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Chaffinch257 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey256 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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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve255 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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Bearded Tit254 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer253 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer253 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey253 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern251 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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Marsh Harrier251 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta250 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta250 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern250 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer249 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta246 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta245 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Crow or Raven???244 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus243 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat242 viewsphotographed crossing the path between the Morecambe & Allen Hides @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus241 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta239 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat239 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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Hawker Dragonfly239 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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Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus239 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merganser?239 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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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta237 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher237 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier237 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier237 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey237 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great White Egret236 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harriers235 viewsa pair of birds doing some aerobatics @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier235 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus234 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus233 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat231 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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Water vole - Arvicola terrestris231 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta230 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great White Egret Egretta alba Leighton Moss RSPB reserve230 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler228 views
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