
Bittern - Botaurus stellaris92 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris93 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris91 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris93 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris75 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris88 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris87 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris63 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris78 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris72 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris198 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris204 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris192 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris287 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 stellaris477 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris344 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris485 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris337 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris143 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris131 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris152 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris326 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris132 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris129 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris124 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris141 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris130 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris131 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris135 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris136 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern catches Cruscian Carp137 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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What chance have the fish got??137 viewsbarely discernable - but there are two Bitterns & two Great Crested Grebes in this shot - looks like the fish @ Mere Sands Wood are in for a tough time!
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris136 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris432 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris688 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris293 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris124 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris123 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris124 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris113 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris125 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern137 viewsa dodgy inflight record shot, photographed from Lilian's Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern300 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 stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool298 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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Bittern248 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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Bittern236 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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Bittern302 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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Bittern193 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern137 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, I was photographing a Bittern when all of a sudden another appeared from the reedbed & walked towards the first.
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Bittern151 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, the two Bitterns passed within a few feet of each other.
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Bittern148 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern165 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern144 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern143 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern183 viewsI'd just been photographing a Kingfisher where the channel crosses the causeway at Leighton Moss when I suddenly realised there was also a Bittern sat there in full view. It's a shame the Kingfisher didn't fly up & land on it's beak, now that would've been a good shot :-) .
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Bittern111 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern132 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern143 viewsin a typical upright Bittern pose, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern132 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Leighton Moss RSPB reserve138 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern292 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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Bittern282 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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Bittern312 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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