
Common Kingfisher719 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 Egret618 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta599 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta596 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago592 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 reserve583 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher577 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea565 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher562 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta496 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta469 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher356 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve351 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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Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris329 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier329 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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328 views
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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula324 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin318 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 Reserve317 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Otter307 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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Merlin303 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 Harriers291 viewspractising a food pass @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Red Deer Cervus elaphus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve286 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier285 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve285 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier283 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier283 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Common Kingfisher282 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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a distant Osprey - Pandion haliaetus281 viewsphotographed from the Griesdale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey280 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier279 viewsmaking a Grey heron quite nervous, photographed from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer278 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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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula277 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve275 viewson the power cables @ the Golf course opposite Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier275 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Chaffinch274 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey273 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 Kingfisher272 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve270 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Chaffinch270 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer269 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier269 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Bearded Tit266 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer265 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier265 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey264 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve264 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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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta263 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta260 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus260 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta259 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern258 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Crow or Raven???258 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta257 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern257 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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Red Deer255 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat255 viewsphotographed crossing the path between the Morecambe & Allen Hides @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great White Egret253 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus253 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey252 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta251 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat251 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 Dragonfly251 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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Marsh Harrier251 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier251 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier251 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harriers249 viewsa pair of birds doing some aerobatics @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus249 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merganser?249 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 avosetta248 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus247 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus247 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta246 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher246 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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246 views
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Common Kestrel244 viewsphotographed near the Allen Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit244 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water vole - Arvicola terrestris244 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer - Cervus elaphus243 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Swallow243 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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