
Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus179 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus179 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus179 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca179 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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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae178 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Dandelion seedhead - Taraxacum officinale178 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Grass Vetchling - Lathyrus nissolia178 viewsphotographed near Herons Reach Golf Course
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Sawfly - Tenthredo arcuata178 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas178 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)178 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens178 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus177 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus177 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris177 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool177 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album177 viewsthe WLH's stayed way up in the canopy on each of my visits to their colony in 2013
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum175 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Comma - Polygonia c-album175 viewsshowing off it's trademark comma on it's underwing
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue Damselfly (female) - Enallagma cyathigerum175 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Spotted Crane-Fly - Nephrotoma appendiculata175 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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175 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus175 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis175 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus175 viewsMontagu had his Harriers, Dave's got his Peregrines, keep up to date with them & other Fylde Coast Wildlife on Dave's blog - just copy & paste the following into your browser
http://lalows.blogspot.com/
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima175 viewsphotographed having a stretch @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Starling roost175 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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Tree Bee - Bombus hypnorum175 viewsfirst seen in the UK in 2001 in the South of England, they've now made their way to Blackpool!
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
Thanks to Dave of - http://www.lalows.blogspot.co.uk/ - for pointing them out
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii174 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Broad Centurion Fly - Chloromya formosa174 viewsalso known as the Green Soldier Fly
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus174 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus174 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus174 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas174 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling roost174 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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174 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Volucella bombylans174 viewsa hoverfly that mimics the White-tailed bumblebee
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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173 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)173 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas173 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris173 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool173 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool173 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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173 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Hoverfly - Merodon equestris172 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima172 viewsthe Sandpiper was the 1st of the waders to start feeding again as the tide dropped
photographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas172 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)172 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle172 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
Hogweed bonking soldier beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris172 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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this flock was as big as the pier, which is 500 metres long, so how many Starlings??172 viewsStarlings gathering to roost over the Irish Sea @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool172 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Cow Parsley172 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Bluebells171 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus171 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (male)171 viewsphotographed in the butterfly zone of Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus171 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris (I think)171 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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a spackered Speckled Wood171 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens171 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum170 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)170 viewsmany thanks to D McGrath of http://lalows.blogspot.com/ for the ID
photographed in the butterfly zone of Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris170 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas170 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina169 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris169 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus169 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris169 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle169 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
Hogweed bonking soldier beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
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169 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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169 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Comma - Polygonia c-album168 viewsshowing off it's trademark - photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor168 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus168 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas168 viewsa rather tatty specimen
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Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata168 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii167 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus167 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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166 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus166 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor166 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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