Cormorant645 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail644 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris607 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl598 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 Grebes589 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting581 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat579 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare525 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant515 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 carduelis512 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl507 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool505 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis504 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck501 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool494 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor483 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen482 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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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis478 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl469 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot465 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 fuligula415 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca403 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis398 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes395 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris384 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl381 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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Common Kingfisher366 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Coot365 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes361 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool361 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis359 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool356 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 351 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail349 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes347 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler347 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe332 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail332 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool330 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe330 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool330 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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Fieldfare328 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes326 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus325 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl322 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides317 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 Swan315 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes314 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes308 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes308 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 Kingfisher308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull306 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal303 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl298 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk297 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull283 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal279 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost277 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Herring Gull274 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl273 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard272 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker270 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern260 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 erminea258 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl255 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool253 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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Common Kingfisher250 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus248 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus248 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl246 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wood Pigeon246 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern245 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 stellaris243 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern243 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris243 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 Owl242 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus239 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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