Bittern338 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 stellaris333 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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333 views
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus331 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern328 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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Long-eared Owl328 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool327 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris324 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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Carrion Crow - Corvus corone318 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Stoat Mustela erminea Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool316 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis310 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit309 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Coot - Fulica atra303 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Jay303 viewsphotographed at the feeding station @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes302 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Blackcap298 viewsNot a very good shot of this female Blackcap, but a good record shot as it was taken in late November & most of these birds are migratory & leave us for the winter.
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool295 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis295 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern293 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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Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus292 viewsa GBBG harassing one of its smaller cousins - photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher291 viewsphotographed in the fog @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Little Egret290 viewsin this shot there are two Buzzards in the Hawthorn on the left in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti289 viewsas usual with these guys - just a record shot, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Dunnock289 viewsphotographed from the feeder hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Common Kingfisher289 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Wren287 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Wood Mouse286 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea285 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wren - troglodytes troglodytes285 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti284 viewsCetti's Warbler at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool - it's only taken me 12 years to get a shot of one out in the open
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba283 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher283 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher283 viewsI had dialled in +2 EV to photograph the Kingfisher perched high in a Hawthorn when it suddenly dived down & caught itself a fish so I grabbed a couple of horribly overexposed photos @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool (100% crop)
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis283 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern282 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 Mouse282 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Kestrel278 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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A Shrew - Bless You278 viewsnow this little guy was really shifting, so I was glad to get it in frame, shame it's not in focus though.
Photographed@Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Little Egret277 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull273 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Distant Starlings273 viewsTo the dismay of the group of us waiting for the Starlings to arrive at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool, we spot some good size flocks of them away in the distance doing their aerial display over North Pier
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Starlings flocking to roost273 viewsStarlings gathering to roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, performing their aerial acrobatics before disappearing down into the reeds
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta272 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
a nice New Years day sighting
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Red Fox272 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Kestrel271 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel270 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus269 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Black headed Gull265 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus262 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull260 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti258 viewsa typical view
photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher257 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk257 viewsA magnificant sight as it swooped fast & low over the Mere & it's reedbeds, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher255 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull253 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull252 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull251 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta251 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe250 viewsthis one had just surfaced with a small fish, Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides249 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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