Kestrel653 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album559 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae474 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude441 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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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis341 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina331 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus328 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae325 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool325 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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293 views
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Starlings flocking to roost284 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis273 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus271 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus270 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus266 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings flocking to roost265 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool260 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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Starlings flocking to roost252 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool249 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool248 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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247 views
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The Flying Tadpole246 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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Starlings evading pursuing raptor245 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor244 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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242 views
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool240 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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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima237 viewsphotographed here with Redshanks & Turnstones @ what was North Shore boating lake
Many thanks to Dave M of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com/ for the headsup
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Starlings flocking to roost237 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor237 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Pipe Formation237 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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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus234 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings roosting on the beach231 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor230 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost226 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - my imagination maybe running away with me, but here the flock take on the form of a huge bird to chase off predators
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226 views
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Starlings flocking to roost222 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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Love is in the air220 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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209 views
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae205 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum201 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper200 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool194 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella189 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost189 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings roosting on the beach189 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool189 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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189 views
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Starlings roosting on the beach187 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool187 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool187 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Comma - Polygonia c-album186 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus186 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost186 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor185 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost184 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool182 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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North Pier Starling roost182 viewsa nice sunset but not so many Starlings
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool181 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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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus180 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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179 views
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool179 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool179 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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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album179 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus178 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)178 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool178 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus176 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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The end of the Pier Show176 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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Starlings evading pursuing raptor175 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album174 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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The end of the Pier Show173 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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