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Pirate Otter Spider- Pirata piraticus147 viewswhat a cool common name
photographed @ Hay Bridge (members only) Nature Reserve
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Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur93 viewsphotographed in Pilling, Lancs - this rather distant Turtle Dove is the only one I've ever seen in the UK
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator123 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow, Cumbria
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator111 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow, Cumbria
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator119 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow, Cumbria
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator118 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow, Cumbria
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator112 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow, Cumbria
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Say it with Worms94 viewsa courting couple display to each other, then one coughs up a mouthful of worms which the other gratefully accepts & takes from its beak
photographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool166 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool150 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool143 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool146 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool170 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool153 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Four-spot orb-weaver spider - Araneus quadratus90 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss, Cumbria
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Hoverfly - Rhingia rostrata111 viewsa poor shot, but a real rarity for the north of England
photographed nr. Witherslack, Cumbria
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum123 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum137 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum127 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum137 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum148 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum131 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Puffin - Fratercula arctica 202 viewsphotographed @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus146 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus146 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus140 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Cheilosia illustrata126 viewsphotographed @ Pilling Lane Ends Amenity Area
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Hoverfly - Cheilosia illustrata122 viewsphotographed @ Pilling Lane Ends Amenity Area
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Hoverfly - Cheilosia illustrata125 viewsphotographed @ Pilling Lane Ends Amenity Area
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)130 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator91 viewsphotographed in the Véndee, France
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator89 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator78 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator76 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Rose Chafer [Cetonia aurata]90 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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Rose Chafer [Cetonia aurata]80 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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107 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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104 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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115 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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104 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Herring Gull - Larus argentatus112 viewshaving a mid-air scratch as it flew on by, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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the front one is Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum87 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow nature reserve, Cumbria
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Early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum142 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)171 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis268 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Red-breasted Mergansers - Mergus serrator491 viewstaking flight after being spooked by a dog, photographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Mergansers - Mergus serrator131 viewstaking flight after being spooked by a dog, photographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Mergansers - Mergus serrator130 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator324 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator124 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator109 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator111 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator111 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator106 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator124 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator107 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator121 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator106 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator120 viewsgetting loved up
photographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Whooper Swan68 viewshaving a snooze after the exertions of migration, I bet it's thinking the journey seems longer every year
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Tails I lose113 viewsonly my 3rd Adder sighting, sadly, in my haste to photograph it I focused on it's tail rather than it's head - oh well, maybe next time.
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mating Common Blue butterflies (Image 9 of 10) 120 viewsanother very similar photo out of the 50+ I rattled off
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Chrysocrambus craterella81 viewsphotographed in the Vendee, France, this moth would represent quite a rarity in the UK, but lots were in evidence over garlic side.
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Black-veined White - Aporia crataegi99 viewssuch a beautiful butterfly that's sadly now extinct in the Uk - photographed in the Vendee, France
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Black-veined White - Aporia crataegi90 viewssuch a beautiful butterfly that's sadly now extinct in the Uk - photographed in the Vendee, France
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Black-veined White - Aporia crataegi100 viewssuch a beautiful butterfly that's sadly now extinct in the Uk - photographed in the Vendee, France
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas103 viewsa rather tatty specimen
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas114 viewsa rather tatty specimen
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (male)121 viewsphotographed in the butterfly zone of Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)119 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)112 viewsmany thanks to D McGrath of http://lalows.blogspot.com/ for the ID
photographed in the butterfly zone of Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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87 viewsthis shot is pants - or more accurately jeans - photographed on my jeans in the Vendee, France
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