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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus169 viewsphotographed at Pennington Flash nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus169 viewsphotographed at Pennington Flash nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus168 viewsphotographed at Pennington Flash nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus175 viewsphotographed at Pennington Flash nature reserve
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Water vole - Arvicola terrestris215 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cinnamon Sedge Caddisfly larva & case - Limnephilus rhombicus205 viewsdisturbed when cleaning my pond, took a quick photo & returned it to the water
photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Water Scorpion - Nepa cinerea191 viewsa new sighting for me, photographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Water Scorpion - Nepa cinerea188 viewsa new sighting for me, photographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Water Scorpion - Nepa cinerea173 viewsa new sighting for me, photographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Water Scorpion - Nepa cinerea175 viewsa new sighting for me, photographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Diving Beetle - possibly Colymbetes fuscus???187 viewsone of two different types of diving beetle seen at Foulshaw Moss on 04/04/15
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Great Diving Beetle (I think?) - Dytiscus marginalis188 viewsone of two different types of diving beetle seen at Foulshaw Moss on 04/04/15
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Great Diving Beetle (I think?) - Dytiscus marginalis184 viewsone of two different types of diving beetle seen at Foulshaw Moss on 04/04/15
they spent much of their time climbing out of the water to bask
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Great Diving Beetle (I think?) - Dytiscus marginalis176 viewsone of two different types of diving beetle seen at Foulshaw Moss on 04/04/15
they spent much of their time climbing out of the water to bask
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Lesser Weever Fish - Echiichthys vipera192 viewsLesser Weever Fish are common in all UK waters, they have spines laced with venom and hide in the sand in shallow water. The spines and venom of a Weever fish are purely defensive and not used for catching prey, but if an unsuspecting bather treads on one the spines deliver a venom that can cause excruciating pain.
photographed @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea219 viewsin deep water
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus197 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus206 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus211 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus198 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus196 viewsthis sprawk did a quick flyby over the water, putting all the waders up, then tucked itself away in a nearby tree
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus314 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus227 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Common Backswimmer - Notonecta glauca236 viewsthis Common Backswimmer in our garden pond kept on clambering out of the water & sunning itself, photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Common Backswimmer - Notonecta glauca232 viewsthis Common Backswimmer in our garden pond kept on clambering out of the water & sunning itself, photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Common Backswimmer - Notonecta glauca220 viewsthis Backswimmer has clambered out of the water & onto some foliage, photographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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167 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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153 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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154 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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141 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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141 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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140 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Some sort of eggs on base of pond pump?????231 viewsno idea what these are, seen attached to the base of my pond pump when I took it out of the water to clean
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Some sort of eggs on base of pond pump?????292 viewsno idea what these are, seen attached to the base of my pond pump when I took it out of the water to clean
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Newt in garden pond212 viewsI'd just been cleaning the pond & the water was very murky when I spotted this newt, either a Common(Smooth) or Palmate Newt
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus147 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus170 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus175 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus157 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus165 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus138 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus317 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus237 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus196 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus288 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus188 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Emerald Damselfly seen here with parasites on its' thorax 190 viewsI think the parasites attached to the damsel are water mites of the genus Arrenurus
photographed @ Foulshaw Moss
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Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula239 viewsseen here with parasites on it's thorax (water mites of the genus Arrenurus)
photographed in SW Brittany
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus188 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus199 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus183 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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