Kestrel578 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album498 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae404 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude394 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, Blackpool280 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis275 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae264 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus261 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina260 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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252 views
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Starlings flocking to roost249 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus235 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis228 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus225 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings flocking to roost221 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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221 views
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Starlings flocking to roost215 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool212 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 evading pursuing raptor207 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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205 views
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor204 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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The Flying Tadpole204 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, Blackpool204 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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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus203 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool202 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 flocking to roost201 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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Starlings roosting on the beach199 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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198 views
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus196 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Love is in the air196 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Pipe Formation196 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, Blackpool196 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 raptor194 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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194 views
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima192 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 roost188 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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188 views
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Starlings flocking to roost187 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor186 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper169 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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169 views
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae163 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum156 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool150 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 roosting on the beach148 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, Blackpool147 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings flocking to roost145 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost139 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings roosting on the beach139 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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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool138 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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North Pier Starling roost136 viewsa nice sunset but not so many Starlings
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus135 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool135 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella134 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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The end of the Pier Show134 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 gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool134 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings evading a raptor133 viewsconverted to B&W 'cos of dodgy exposure issues
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool131 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost130 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost129 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas128 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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The end of the Pier Show128 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 gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool128 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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127 views
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool127 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 peregrinus126 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor126 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool126 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 peregrinus124 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris124 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)123 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album122 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Comma - Polygonia c-album121 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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