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American Mink87 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.

Kingfisher62 viewsmy only Kingfisher sighting at Stanley Park, Blackpool

American Mink Mustela vison Stanley Park Blackpool55 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.

Great Crested Grebe with Perch47 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Grebe catching & swallowing a Perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Stanley Park Blackpool42 viewsMy only Kingfisher sighting at Stanley Park was a quick flyby by this bird.

Great Crested Grebe40 viewswith a small Perch to feed to it's young

Sparrowhawk39 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool36 viewsThe park attracts good numbers of Cormorants and can be seen at the lake fishing & sunning themselves on the wooden posts.

Goldcrest31 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Brown Rat31 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.

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Stanley Park Blackpool30 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Firecrest25 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stanley Park Blackpool24 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Brown Rat24 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Stanley Park Blackpool24 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Great Spotted Woodpecker23 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Stanley Park Blackpool23 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Red-eared Terrapin23 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Firecrest22 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool

Great Spotted Woodpeckers22 viewsThis could've been a terrific Woodpecker photograph, but is ruined by the quite severe Chromatic aberration that my Tokina 400mm lens suffers from in high contrast conditions like this.

Firecrest20 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Sparrowhawk20 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Great Spotted Woodpecker19 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

juvenile Grey Heron19 viewsjuvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Red-eared Terrapins19 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Wigeon Anas penelope Stanley Park Blackpool19 viewsThis has got to be the friendliest Wigeon I've ever encountered, I usually struugle getting within a country mile of them, but this one was obviously used to being fed & was hoping for some of Hovis's finest, which unfortunately I didn't have.

Goldcrest18 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Grey Heron with breakfast18 viewsThis Heron was swallowing what looks like a young Coot or Moorhen maybe. Not a great shot as it was tucked away in the gloom.

Nuthatch18 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Great Crested Grebe with dinner17 viewsthis Great Crested Grebe was photographed catching a tiddler @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Great Crested Grebe with Perch17 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Grebe catching & swallowing a Perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Herons17 viewsTwo juvenile birds stood to attention at the nest.

Grey Heron17 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron17 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Herons17 viewsAn adult & juvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

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Firecrest16 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool

Goldcrest16 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Goldcrest16 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Herons16 viewstwo more juvenile Herons

16 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron & Great crested Grebe16 viewsAlthough still a juvenile, the much larger Heron moves in for the kill, hoping to get at the eggs or young that the Grebe is protecting, but it didn't bank on just how tenacious the Grebe would defend it's nest.

Blue Tit15 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Coots, parents & young15 viewsTwo adult Coots doting over one of their young, photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Firecrest15 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Firecrest15 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool

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Great Crested Grebe15 viewsGreat Crested Grebe photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Goldcrest15 viewsGoldcrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby

Goldcrest15 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool

Grey Heron15 viewsIncoming

Grey Heron15 viewsDuring the breeding season the adult Grey Herons are constantly flying in & out of the heronry making running repairs to their nests.

Grey Heron15 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool

Grey Heron15 viewsThis juvenile Grey Heron appears to have fallen from it's nest at Stanley parks heronry & sadly has impaled itself on the branches below :-(