Cormorant629 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail627 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris592 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl585 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. They can be very difficult to see as usually tuck themselves away deep into the undergrowth. I got by far my best sightings & photographs at this particular visit.
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Great Crested Grebes571 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting565 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat564 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare505 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant499 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis494 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl494 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool490 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck485 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis484 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool484 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor467 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis463 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen461 viewsMarton Mere allows good close views of Moorhens, as they are used to being fed, so not quite so wary of people as at some locations.
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Long-eared Owl455 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot445 viewsThis is a favourite Coot shot of mine, my wife says it looks like it's smoking a fag, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula396 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca387 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes382 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis382 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris374 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl372 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. The owls can be difficult to photograph because of branches between you & the Owl, but it's important to stick to the paths to avoid disturbing the birds - some visitors to the reserve feel the need to climb over the fence to get a closer view which only serves to spook the Owls.
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool353 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher347 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Coot346 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes346 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis344 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool341 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 336 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail332 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes330 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler329 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail320 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool319 viewsthis Sparrowhawk was being mobbed by the Crow, although in this photo it would appear the Sprawk had given the crow the slip, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe316 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare314 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl314 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe313 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool312 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus312 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides301 viewsDave of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com spotted this Iceland Gull @ Marton Mere on 28/12 & it was still around when I stopped off at the Mere today, thanks to Larry for pointing it out to me.
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Mute Swan301 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes298 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes297 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes296 viewsI was lucky enough to watch & photograph this courting couple doing their courtship weed dance ritual at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool.
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Common Kingfisher296 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull290 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal288 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost267 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Teal266 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull265 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard264 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Herring Gull259 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker257 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern253 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Stoat - Mustela erminea248 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl246 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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246 views
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool244 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. For this shot the bird lept up off the ice & into the reeds with a couple of flaps of its wings, it then dropped down again & melted away into the reeds.
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus240 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher238 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus238 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern237 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl237 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern235 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. Still, despite the poor photos, it was a thrilling sighting.
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Wood Pigeon234 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris233 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris233 viewsBittern sightings were few & far between @ the Mere during the winter of 2012/13, when I finally get to see one I only manage to photograph its backside :-(
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl231 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus230 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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