Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti209 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 peregrinus76 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 regulus98 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 regulus80 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 regulus85 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 regulus82 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 regulus97 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 regulus89 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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80 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard81 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant91 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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Cormorant90 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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Kestrel109 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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Redwing145 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing92 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare111 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare105 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare80 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing80 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 Blackpool80 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing82 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing78 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing77 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat119 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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Stoat95 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 Grebe58 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve63 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe58 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin190 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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Merlin209 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 reserve55 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 Larva56 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 Moss70 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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Cormorants67 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants58 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant59 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant61 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants67 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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Cormorants57 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler81 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea75 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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Chaffinch86 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard94 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB77 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander69 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter191 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 reserve135 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 reserve76 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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Robin57 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin58 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin61 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve57 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail69 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat56 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve62 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling72 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge77 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans108 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans109 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans79 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling80 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing76 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing68 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve77 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard125 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve143 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese75 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler48 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve59 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier149 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 Grebe59 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer124 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe61 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe60 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve65 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe59 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch77 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch82 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch151 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch160 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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