
Common Kingfisher689 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 Egret585 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta571 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta568 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago558 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ 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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Little Egret Egretta garzetta photographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve548 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher540 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea529 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta460 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta434 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher340 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve324 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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306 views
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Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris305 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula303 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier300 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Merlin295 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 Reserve284 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Otter280 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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Merlin278 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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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula264 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher263 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harriers260 viewspractising a food pass @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier258 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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a distant Osprey - Pandion haliaetus257 viewsphotographed from the Griesdale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer Cervus elaphus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve256 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher255 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve254 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Red Deer253 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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Osprey253 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch251 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier249 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Chaffinch248 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve247 viewson the power cables @ the Golf course opposite Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit247 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier247 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier245 viewsmaking a Grey heron quite nervous, photographed from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer244 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve243 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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Marsh Harrier242 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Bittern241 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier241 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey241 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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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve240 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Red Deer240 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey240 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta239 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern239 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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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta238 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta235 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta234 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Crow or Raven???233 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus232 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer231 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher231 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great White Egret230 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier230 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta229 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus228 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Hawker Dragonfly228 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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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta227 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus227 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus227 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merganser?227 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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Stoat225 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 Egret Egretta alba Leighton Moss RSPB reserve224 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey224 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat224 viewsphotographed crossing the path between the Morecambe & Allen Hides @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta222 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus222 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier222 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus221 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat221 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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Marsh Harriers221 viewsa pair of birds doing some aerobatics @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta220 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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220 views
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Bearded Tit220 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet parent & juvenile - Recurvirostra avosetta218 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit218 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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