Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti305 viewsCetti's Warbler at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool - it's only taken me 12 years to get a shot of one out in the open
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus186 viewsa distant Peregrine being mobbed by crows - so distant that it would've taken me 10 minutes to walk to where it was perched.
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus227 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus207 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus202 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus204 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus209 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus209 viewspoor record shots taken in the gloom & through double glazing, it was a huge thrill to see male & female Goldcrests visit our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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188 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard201 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant222 viewsCGC is back! Elsewhere in this gallery is a photograph of this ringed bird, taken three months ago & also photographed inflight from the very same hide. This Cormorant was "ringed as Pullus, Puffin Island, Anglesey 13/07/2008".
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Cormorant222 viewsCGC is back! Elsewhere in this gallery is a photograph of this ringed bird, taken three months ago & also photographed inflight from the very same hide. This Cormorant was "ringed as Pullus, Puffin Island, Anglesey 13/07/2008".
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Kestrel219 viewsI disturbed this Kestrel, which was at the side of the path @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, feeding on a dead Blackbird, the Kestrel took flight with the Blackbird hanging from it's talons, but it must have been too heavy for it as it dropped it, then perched nearby waiting for me to leave. It wouldn't return whilst I was in the vicinity so the best photo I managed was this one - taken through the branches of a bush. :-(
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Redwing255 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing219 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare228 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare232 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare220 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing212 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Chain Lane Staining nr Blackpool191 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing198 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing187 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing211 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat231 viewsa poor record shot taken before I got my DSLR, this Stoat was coming towards me on one of the paths at Leighton Moss, when it spotted me it dropped it's prey (a redwing) which it returned to get when I moved on.
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Stoat211 viewsa poor record shot taken before I got my DSLR, this Stoat was coming towards me on one of the paths at Leighton Moss, when it spotted me it dropped it's prey (a redwing) which it returned to get when I moved on.
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Little Grebe189 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve191 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe173 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin289 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB, I didn't even see the merlin hidden away on the fence post until some kind chap with a scope pointed it out to me. I've posted a more heavily cropped version where you can just about make out there is in fact a bird in the photo. My only Merlin photo to date.
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Merlin306 viewstaken at distance from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighto Moss RSPB, (see also the next shot), heavily cropped & my only Merlin photo to date.
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Dragonfly Larva Leighton Moss RSPB reserve174 viewstaken at the dipping ponds, I've no idea what type of Dragonfly it'll grow up to be though
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Dragonfly Larva185 viewstaken at the dipping ponds, I've no idea what type of Dragonfly it'll grow up to be though.
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Sean Wilson visits Leighton Moss193 viewsThe Corry actor & keen birder pays a visit to Leighton Moss, so I took a sneaky photo of him. It was the first time I'd taken my missus to Leighton Moss & she was able to make the first ID of the day by providing Sean's name.
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Cormorants208 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants181 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant201 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant196 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants209 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, there were three in total Cormorant fighting for the right to perch on this post
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Cormorants191 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler199 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea190 viewstaken into the sun from distance using my 500mm lens which resulted in quite unusual colours. Now ID'd as a Southern Hawker becuase: - the size of its antehumeral stripes, the lack of yellow along the costa eliminates Common Hawker, the stripes on the 9th and 10th abdomen segments (rather than spots), & the small size of the anal clasper rules out Migrant Hawker.
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Chaffinch208 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard207 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB201 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander204 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter293 viewsMy 1st sighting of a wild Otter, a long range shot taken on a cold & wet December morning from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve255 viewsMy 1st sighting of a wild Otter, a long range shot taken on a cold & wet December morning from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Leighton Moss RSPB reserve192 viewsWhen I got my first DSLR (a KM5D) this was my first woodpecker sighting & photograph taken on the cameras maiden voyage, so whilst it's not the best shot it's one that holds fond memories for me.
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Robin170 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin172 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin187 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve191 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail207 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat189 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve186 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling214 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge216 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans264 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans259 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans222 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling244 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing195 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing182 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve203 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard223 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve257 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese222 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler157 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve193 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier258 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Little Grebe187 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer249 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe210 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe201 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve217 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe172 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch199 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch214 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch259 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch257 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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