
Pipe Formation280 viewsThe Starlings form huge flocks at dusk, swirling around Blackpools' North Pier before descending to roost on the various buildings & on the timbers under the pier.
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Great crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus Stanley Park Blackpool279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Four-spotted Chaser279 viewsphotographed @ Foulshaw Moss © Cliff Raby
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea279 viewsflying in with nesting material
photographed at the heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Magpie - Pica pica279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe278 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus278 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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278 views
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278 views
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Cormorant277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo277 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo277 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Common Frogs - Rana temporaria277 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron277 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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juvenile Grey Heron277 viewsjuvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stanley Park Blackpool277 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor277 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Common Darter276 views
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Gadwall - Anas strepera276 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale276 viewsphotographed in our garden, Bispham, Blackpool
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Grey Herons276 viewsAn adult & juvenile at the nest, photographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Kestrel276 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus276 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Feral Pigeon - Columba livia276 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Shoveler - Anas clypeata276 viewsmaking a sharp exit @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Bispham Blackpool276 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Speckled Wood276 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Starlings roosting on the beach276 viewsthousands of Starlings descend onto the beach adjacent to North Pier, forming a black mass as the sun dissapeared over the horizon
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Waxwing276 viewsphotographed in a sorry looking Hawthorn in Booths car park in Carnforth
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Bittern275 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Dunnock - Prunella modularis275 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Froglet275 viewsone of 2009's baby frogs in our garden pond
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A Shrew - Bless You275 viewsnow this little guy was really shifting, so I was glad to get it in frame, shame it's not in focus though.
Photographed@Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus275 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Frog - Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool274 viewsone from the garden pond, snapped through the double glazing
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Little Egret274 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Tadpole with legs274 viewsphotographed in our garden pond in Bispham, Blackpool
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Cormorant273 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Tern - Sterna hirundo273 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Great Crested Grebe with dinner273 viewsthis Great Crested Grebe was photographed catching a tiddler @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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House Sparrow273 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Magpie - Pica pica273 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Chaffinch272 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe272 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea272 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Merlin272 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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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus272 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula272 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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271 views
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve271 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Love is in the air271 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Starlings flocking to roost270 viewsStarlings gathering to roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, performing their aerial acrobatics before disappearing down into the reeds
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Black headed Gull269 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black Tern - Chlidonias niger269 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Red Fox269 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes269 viewsphotographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus269 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Otter269 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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Starlings flocking to roost269 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - my imagination maybe running away with me, but here the flock take on the form of a huge bird to chase off predators
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea268 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorious268 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Kestrel268 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Blue Damselfly267 viewsphotographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta267 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
a nice New Years day sighting
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Kestrel267 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Distant Starlings267 viewsTo the dismay of the group of us waiting for the Starlings to arrive at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool, we spot some good size flocks of them away in the distance doing their aerial display over North Pier
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Mallard duckling266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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265 views
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea265 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Coal Tit - Periparus ater264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo264 viewson golden pond
photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Willow Emerald263 viewsphotographed in the Vendée, France
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