Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti303 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 peregrinus182 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 regulus221 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 regulus199 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 regulus198 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 regulus201 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 regulus208 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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186 viewsthis one had taken a shine to my tripod, photographed @ Lawson's Road Wetland, Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard198 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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Cormorant221 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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Kestrel217 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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Redwing252 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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Fieldfare227 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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Redwing186 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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Stoat229 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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Stoat207 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 Grebe186 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve185 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe168 viewstaken from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin288 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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Merlin301 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 reserve173 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 Larva183 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 Moss192 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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Cormorants206 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants176 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant197 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorant189 viewstaken at extreme range from Lower hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Cormorants204 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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Cormorants186 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 cyanea189 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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Chaffinch205 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard204 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Goosanders Mergus merganser Leighton Moss RSPB196 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Goosander199 viewstaken from Lower Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Otter288 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 reserve250 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 reserve190 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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Robin170 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin185 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Robin Erithacus rubecula Leighton Moss RSPB reserve190 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Water Rail200 viewsa juvenile Water Rail, taken from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat185 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve185 viewstaken near the grit trays from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling212 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Red-legged Partridge213 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans261 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans257 viewstaken @ Jeremy Lane Glasson
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Whooper Swans214 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling238 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Redwing192 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 reserve200 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard218 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve252 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Pink Footed Geese219 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling
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Shoveler153 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Leighton Moss Nature Reserve190 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier248 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 Grebe183 viewstaken from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer243 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe204 viewstaken during a downpour from the public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe195 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Leighton Moss RSPB reserve210 viewstaken during a downpour from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Grebe166 viewstaken during a downpour from the public hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch196 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch211 viewscomplete with caterpillar, taken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch257 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch252 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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