Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti234 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 peregrinus118 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 regulus152 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 regulus130 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 regulus133 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 regulus136 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 regulus146 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 regulus146 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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136 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard134 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant153 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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Cormorant144 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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Kestrel141 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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Redwing188 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing150 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare150 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare152 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare141 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing148 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 Blackpool129 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing135 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing128 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing137 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat171 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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Stoat144 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 Grebe121 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve121 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe114 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin228 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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Merlin252 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 reserve112 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 Larva114 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 Moss123 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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Cormorants126 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants112 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant125 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant116 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants132 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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Cormorants127 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler130 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea127 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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Chaffinch140 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard141 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB127 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander124 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter231 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 reserve180 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 reserve133 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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Robin118 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin109 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin114 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve125 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail118 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat133 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve116 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling123 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge126 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans167 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans168 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans141 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling149 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing133 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing125 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve142 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard167 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve182 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese134 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler90 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve112 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier191 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 Grebe127 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer172 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe135 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe129 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve135 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe104 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch133 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch140 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch198 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch204 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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