The end of the Pier Show108 viewsdespite being good numbers(20K+), I think a lack of raptors meant the Starlings didn't need to pull any kidney/sausage/heart etc shapes & instead just flocked en masse - bring on the Peregrines I say!
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Starling roost108 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Blackpools' North Pier Starling Roost108 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Water Rail108 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus108 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus108 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Wheatear108 viewsa few dodgy record shots of my first 2009 Wheatear sightings, photographed @ Fleetwood Marsh dog walking Park
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis108 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Large White108 viewsphotographed at Todderstaffe Hall near Singleton
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Whooper Swan108 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Wren - troglodytes troglodytes108 viewsphotographed@Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Zygaena lonicerae107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Barn Owl107 viewsphotographed @ Lancaster Road, Pilling © Cliff Raby
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba107 viewsphotographed nr Scronkey
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Blackbird107 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black-tailed Skimmer107 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo107 viewsphotographed nr Scronkey
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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Canada Geese107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common carder bee - Bombus pascuorum107 viewsphotographed @ Pilling Lane Ends Amenity Area
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Common Blue107 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Common Blue107 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Coot107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant107 viewsCGC is back! Elsewhere in this gallery is a photograph of this ringed bird, taken three months ago & also photographed inflight from the very same hide. This Cormorant was "ringed as Pullus, Puffin Island, Anglesey 13/07/2008".
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo107 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Bispham Blackpool107 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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(juvenile) Dipper - Cinclus cinclus107 viewsphotographed @ River Brock nr Bilsborrow
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Orange-tailed Mining Bee - Andrena haemorrhoa107 viewsalso known as Early Mining Bee
photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Eristalis pertinax107 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare107 viewstaken @ Lancaster Road Pilling
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Firecrest - Regulus ignicapilla107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Firecrest - Regulus ignicapilla107 viewsrarely staying still as it rummages in the scrub, this is a typical view of the Firecrest @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Frogs - Rana temporaria107 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria107 viewsphotographed in our garden pond, Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe107 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe107 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Pink Footed Geese107 viewsPink Footed Geese photographed from the A588 between Pilling & Cockerham
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Black-tailed Godwits107 viewsphotographed @ Newton Marsh nr Preston
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus107 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula107 viewsthis female came quite a lot closer than the Goldeneyes I've previously seen at Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea107 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella naevia107 viewsphotographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Glossy Ibis107 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Glossy Ibis107 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Kestrel107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel - Falco tinmunculus107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Harlequin Ladybird - Harmonia axyridis107 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Linnet107 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park
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female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus107 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Mediterranean Gulls - Larus melanocephalus107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
for details of the history/movements of this Med Gull paste the following link into your browser to check out DJM's blog entry about this bird: -
http://www.lalows.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/back-at-nothern-coast.html
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Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor107 viewsa Ménage à trois
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red-legged Partridge107 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge107 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca107 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Purple Sandpipers - Calidris maritima107 viewsall three of the Purple Sandpipers in shot at the high tide roost @ Fleetwood Marine lakes
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Redwing107 viewsRedwing feeding on Hawthorn berries @ Moss Lane, Thurnham
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Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena107 viewstucked away in the lily pads & proving difficult to spot
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Red-throated Diver - Gavia stellata107 viewsphotographed @ Fairhaven Lake, Lytham
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Ruddy Duck107 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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