Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti264 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 peregrinus142 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 regulus190 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 regulus164 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 regulus165 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 regulus176 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 regulus182 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 regulus179 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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152 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard172 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Cormorant187 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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Cormorant185 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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Kestrel175 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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Redwing222 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing183 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare186 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare194 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Fieldfare181 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing177 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 Blackpool159 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing161 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing158 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Redwing173 viewstaken a mile or so down the road from Marton Mere at Chain Lane, Staining
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Stoat206 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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Stoat178 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 Grebe151 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve151 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe134 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin262 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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Merlin279 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 reserve143 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 Larva150 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 Moss163 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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Cormorants162 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants139 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant162 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant150 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants161 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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Cormorants153 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Sedge Warbler164 viewstaken alongside the path to the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea159 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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Chaffinch173 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard178 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB163 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander164 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter254 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 reserve216 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 reserve161 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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Robin146 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin138 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin147 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve160 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail155 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat163 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve154 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling166 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge170 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans216 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans211 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans181 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling192 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing161 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing156 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Redwing Turdus iliacus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve172 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard194 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve216 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese178 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler122 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve159 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier220 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 Grebe151 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer210 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe165 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe158 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve165 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe127 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch170 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch179 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch229 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch231 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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