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Redshank - Tringa totanus281 viewsphotographed @ Sunderland Point near Overton
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Bittern280 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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Long-eared Owl280 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wigeon Anas penelope Stanley Park Blackpool280 viewsThis has got to be the friendliest Wigeon I've ever encountered, I usually struugle getting within a country mile of them, but this one was obviously used to being fed & was hoping for some of Hovis's finest, which unfortunately I didn't have.
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris279 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorants279 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Curlew or possibly Whimbrel???279 viewsphotographed @ Brockholes Reserve, Preston
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Ruddy Darter (immature male)279 viewsphotographed in the Vendee, France
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Long-eared Owl279 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula279 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus278 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher278 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Red Kite - Milvus milvus278 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Bittern276 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. Still, despite the poor photos, it was a thrilling sighting.
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Small Copper276 viewsOne of my favourite little butterflies, photographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston.
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus275 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl275 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant274 viewsa distinguished looking adult Cormorant, photographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Guillemot - Uria aalge274 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Song Thrush274 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris273 viewsBittern sightings were few & far between @ the Mere during the winter of 2012/13, when I finally get to see one I only manage to photograph its backside :-(
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Red Kites273 viewslining up to land, photographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Robin - Erithacus rubecula273 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost273 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Song Thrush272 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca272 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Gannet - Morus bassanus271 viewsflying in with nesting material
photographed @ the seabird colony @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Goldcrest271 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Red Kites271 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus271 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Bittern270 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Goldcrest270 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Atlantic Grey Seal270 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire
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Mandarin Duck270 viewsActually a perching duck rather than dabbling, but I've tucked it in here for convenience, photographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool.
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus269 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool268 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stanley Park Blackpool268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk268 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Squirrel268 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo267 viewsthe 1st time I've seen a Buzzard flyover whilst @ Stanley Park, it was seen on its way by a posse of gulls
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Jay267 viewsphotographed at the feeding station @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus267 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern266 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus266 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus266 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea266 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Little Owl266 viewsphotographed @ Eagland Hill nr Pilling
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Fiery Clearwing moth - Pyropteron chrysidiformis265 viewsin the Uk this moth is a real rarity, so much so it's classified as a Red Data Book 1 moth.
This one was photographed in the garden of the gîte we were renting in the Vendée, France
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Common Frog Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool265 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Atlantic Grey Seal265 viewsGrey Seal pup photographed @ RAF Donna Nook in Lincolnshire
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Grey Squirrel265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major265 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus265 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Cormorant264 viewsPARP! Steady on, you've got to eat the fish out of that lake - yuk!
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus264 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer264 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea264 viewsphotographed visiting our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Redshank - Tringa totanus264 viewsphotographed @ Sunderland Point near Overton
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Grey Squirrel264 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone Stanley Park Blackpool263 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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