Cormorant643 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail642 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris605 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl594 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 Grebes587 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting578 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat577 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare521 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis511 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant510 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 Owl505 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool503 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis502 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck497 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 Blackpool493 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor482 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen478 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 carduelis476 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl467 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot462 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 fuligula412 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca400 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis393 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes391 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris382 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl378 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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Coot364 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher361 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool360 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes356 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool353 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis353 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 346 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail346 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes342 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler341 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe329 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail328 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool326 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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Fieldfare325 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe324 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool323 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus322 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl320 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes319 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides313 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 Swan312 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes312 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher307 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes305 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes305 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 Gull304 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal298 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk297 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl296 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull282 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost276 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Teal276 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Herring Gull272 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl271 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard270 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker266 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern258 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 erminea256 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl254 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool252 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 Kingfisher246 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 otus246 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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246 views
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Long-eared Owl245 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus245 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern244 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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Wood Pigeon243 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern241 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 stellaris241 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris240 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl240 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus237 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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