Cormorant678 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail673 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris635 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes630 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl629 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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Starling flock aerial display before roosting611 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat603 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare550 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis548 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis547 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant545 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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Long-eared Owl537 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool533 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck524 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis522 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor517 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool514 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Moorhen500 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 Owl495 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot486 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 fuligula439 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes433 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca432 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis430 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl402 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris400 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes398 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis393 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher390 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 388 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Coot386 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes382 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool379 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail377 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool375 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Sedge Warbler371 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes370 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe369 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe364 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail355 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool349 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare348 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool343 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 Grebes342 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides341 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 Swan341 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus340 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes339 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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Long-eared Owl339 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes339 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher335 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Teal326 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull321 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl316 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk314 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal304 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull300 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost297 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Herring Gull292 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker292 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl291 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern283 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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Common Buzzard282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool276 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 Owl276 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Stoat - Mustela erminea272 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus269 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher268 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Bittern266 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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Bittern266 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris266 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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Wood Pigeon266 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris265 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus264 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus261 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus259 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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