Barn Owl960 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling © Cliff Raby
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool835 viewsThe park attracts good numbers of Cormorants and can be seen at the lake fishing & sunning themselves on the wooden posts.
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Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Stanley Park Blackpool828 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla820 viewsmy 1st Blackcap of 2012 seen @ Stanley Park, Blackpool on 14/04/2012
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Greenfinch802 views2008 heralded the first year we started to get regular visits from Greenfinch, they just love those sunflower hearts.
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea802 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Cormorant800 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Barn Owl795 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling © Cliff Raby
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Great crested Grebe791 viewsAn adult busily catching fry (in this case a tiny Pike) to feed to it's' young
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Kingfisher788 viewsmy only Kingfisher sighting at Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes displaying - Podiceps cristatus777 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk777 viewsPrior to getting this shot we'd only had two fleeting glimpses of a Sparrowhawk in the garden, but on this occasion I was lucky enough to photograph this female checking out the birds visiting the feeders, fortunately for them it left empty handed.
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Water Rail775 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl772 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. They can be very difficult to see as usually tuck themselves away deep into the undergrowth. I got by far my best sightings & photographs at this particular visit.
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Nuthatch772 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea765 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Nuthatch - Sitta europaea762 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris760 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea759 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea759 viewsStanley Park during a downpour
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Short-eared Owl757 viewstaken @ Lancaster Road, Pilling
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea754 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea752 viewsphotographed flying in with nesting material @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes751 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Firecrest748 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Kestrel747 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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Nuthatch - Sitta europaea742 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk734 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea732 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting732 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stanley Park Blackpool729 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Stanley Park Blackpool728 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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American Mink722 viewsIn spring 2007 I was stood photographing the Grey Herons, when suddenly the whole Heronry went wild, making a real racket, it was soon clear what had agitated them when this Mink appeared from the undergrowth & quietly slipped into the water & swam away. It was a fantastic sighting & they're a beautiful animal, what a shame they're such a menace.
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Stoat713 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Todderstaffe Hall Singleton707 viewsThe feeding station at Todderstaffe Hall provides an excellent opportunity to see Tree Sparrows in good numbers. Sit quietly in your car for 5 minutes & usually the Tree Sparrows arrive.
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Great Crested Grebe695 viewswith a small Perch to feed to it's young
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Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Stanley park Blackpool687 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Firecrest681 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool
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Firecrest680 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Cormorant672 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis670 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Barn Owl668 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling © Cliff Raby
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Long-eared Owl667 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare662 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis662 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool657 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Ring-necked Duck650 viewsAythya collaris - photographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating Lakes
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Mallard643 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck642 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis640 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor640 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album639 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula636 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Long-eared Owl635 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Goldcrest631 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea628 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Guillemot - Uria aalge614 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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American Mink Mustela vison Stanley Park Blackpool613 viewsIn spring 2007 I was stood photographing the Grey Herons, when suddenly the whole Heronry went wild, making a real racket, it was soon clear what had agitated them when this Mink appeared from the undergrowth & quietly slipped into the water & swam away. It was a fantastic sighting & they're a beautiful animal, what a shame they're such a menace.
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool612 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus610 viewsphotographed @ Euston Street, Preston
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Red-breasted Mergansers - Mergus serrator601 viewstaking flight after being spooked by a dog, photographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Moorhen591 viewsMarton Mere allows good close views of Moorhens, as they are used to being fed, so not quite so wary of people as at some locations.
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Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Stanley Park Blackpool582 viewsMy only Kingfisher sighting at Stanley Park was a quick flyby by this bird.
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Coot581 viewsThis is a favourite Coot shot of mine, my wife says it looks like it's smoking a fag, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Brown Rat574 viewsThe park, somewhat worryingly, had a thriving population of rats up until 2007. They had a series of tunnels at one corner of the lake where it was believed they were breeding. In 2007 the Council destroyed their tunnels & poisoned the rats & I've not seen one since.
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae573 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Dunlin - Calidris alpina573 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus572 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus571 viewsphotographed @ Euston Street, Preston
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Small White - Pieris rapae571 viewsphotographed at Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus563 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Sanderling - Calidris alba563 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point Fleetwood
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Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula556 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes553 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea549 viewsphotographed flying in with nesting material @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Blackcap548 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus548 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta548 viewsa new visitor to our garden, an immature female
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548 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis547 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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