
Bittern - Botaurus stellaris148 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris155 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris163 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris167 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris148 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris142 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris149 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris128 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris146 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris137 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris247 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris263 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris252 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris342 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 stellaris578 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris435 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris587 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris425 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris203 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris186 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris210 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris416 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris202 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris196 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris176 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris196 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris192 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris187 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris188 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris185 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern catches Cruscian Carp196 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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What chance have the fish got??193 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 stellaris192 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris474 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris790 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris350 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris184 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris185 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris175 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris161 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris179 viewsphotographed from Lillians Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern180 viewsa dodgy inflight record shot, photographed from Lilian's Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern353 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 Blackpool361 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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Bittern312 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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Bittern292 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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Bittern363 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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Bittern245 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern196 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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Bittern216 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, the two Bitterns passed within a few feet of each other.
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Bittern204 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern222 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern197 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern203 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern246 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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Bittern174 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern177 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern221 viewsin a typical upright Bittern pose, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern201 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Leighton Moss RSPB reserve195 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern352 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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Bittern338 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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Bittern374 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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