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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea35 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea39 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea24 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea26 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea23 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Sand lizard - Lacerta agilis94 viewsRay Lynch talking to Naomi Cornwell of BBC North West about the Sand Lizard reintroduction project on the Fylde Sand Dunes
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis230 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Northern Brown Argus - Plebeius artaxerxes96 viewsphotographed nr. Witherslack, Cumbria
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Northern Brown Argus - Plebeius artaxerxes89 viewsphotographed nr. Witherslack, Cumbria
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Celypha lacunana109 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca96 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca98 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca91 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca91 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca95 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Peacock - Inachis io94 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans-rufescens obsoleta96 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans-rufescens94 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans-rufescens94 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans93 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii98 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii89 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca86 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool217 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool151 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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Lesser Weever Fish - Echiichthys vipera96 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool129 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool104 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool98 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool106 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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roosting Starlings - North Pier, Blackpool103 viewsthe pier was closed for this visit, the lack of disturbance allowing the Starlings to gather on the pier boardwalk & benches to roost.
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool133 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool110 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool102 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool106 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool141 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool117 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Rhingia rostrata58 viewsa poor shot, but a real rarity for the north of England
photographed nr. Witherslack, Cumbria
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North Pier Starling roost138 viewsa nice sunset but not so many Starlings
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool149 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool136 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool138 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool130 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool109 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool104 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool97 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool94 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Northern Brown Argus - Aricia artaxerxes65 viewsphotographed @ the beautiful Latterbarrow nature reserve
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Northern Brown Argus - Aricia artaxerxes61 viewsphotographed @ the beautiful Latterbarrow nature reserve
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Northern Brown Argus - Plebeius artaxerxes60 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow nature reserve, Cumbria
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Northern Brown Argus - Plebeius artaxerxes58 viewsphotographed @ Latterbarrow nature reserve, Cumbria
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not sure re. this one, possibly Northern Damselfly - Coenagrion hastulatum58 viewsphotographed in the Véndee, France
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude396 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool208 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool199 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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The Flying Tadpole208 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Pipe Formation200 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool102 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Sperm Whale??104 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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this flock was as big as the pier, which is 500 metres long, so how many Starlings??79 viewsStarlings gathering to roost over the Irish Sea @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool85 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool106 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool127 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus75 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus78 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima94 viewsthe Sandpiper was the 1st of the waders to start feeding again as the tide dropped
photographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima78 viewsthe Sandpiper was the 1st of the waders to start feeding again as the tide dropped
photographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima79 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima80 viewsphotographed having a stretch @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima198 viewsphotographed here with Redshanks & Turnstones @ what was North Shore boating lake
Many thanks to Dave M of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com/ for the headsup
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus81 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres79 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Blackpools' North Pier Starling Roost97 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool69 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool66 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool71 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool81 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool92 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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