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Home > Fylde Coast Wildlife > Marton Mere & South Blackpool Most viewed - Marton Mere & South Blackpool Cormorant694 viewsJuggling with an eel. Water Rail686 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Bittern - Botaurus stellaris654 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl653 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. Great Crested Grebes645 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Starling flock aerial display before roosting634 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background Stoat617 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Cormorant567 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve Fieldfare563 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis563 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool560 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis559 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl556 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool The Fox & Duck542 viewsit would make a good pub name photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool542 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. Mute Swan - Cygnus olor537 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis533 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl518 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. Moorhen518 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. Coot498 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 Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula459 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis452 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Great crested Grebes450 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Teal - Anas crecca447 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Bittern - Botaurus stellaris418 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Great crested Grebes417 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Long-eared Owl417 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. Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis414 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool Great crested Grebes409 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 404 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool Common Kingfisher403 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool397 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Coot396 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Water Rail391 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Great crested Grebe388 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Great Crested Grebes388 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool384 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Great crested Grebe382 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Sedge Warbler380 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Great crested Grebes366 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool365 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail365 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool359 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 Fieldfare358 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus357 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl357 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes356 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Mute Swan355 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Great crested Grebes352 viewsI was lucky enough to watch & photograph this courting couple doing their courtship weed dance ritual at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool. Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides350 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. Common Kingfisher345 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Teal342 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl335 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Common Gull328 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Sparrowhawk325 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Starling Roost316 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background Teal315 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool Common Gull312 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Migrant Hawker306 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl305 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Herring Gull300 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Bittern298 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. Long-eared Owl291 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Common Buzzard290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus287 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool Stoat - Mustela erminea287 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool286 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. 284 views Wood Pigeon283 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Mute Swan - Cygnus olor282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Bittern280 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl280 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Bittern - Botaurus stellaris279 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl279 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool Common Kingfisher278 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-( Bittern276 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. Long-eared Owls - Asio otus275 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool Long-eared Owl275 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool 274 views Bittern - Botaurus stellaris273 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 2651 files on 34 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 34 Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery