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Small Copper239 viewsOne of my favourite little butterflies, photographed@Lightfoot Green, Preston.
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris238 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve
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Ruddy Darter (immature male)238 viewsphotographed in the Vendee, France
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Brown Heath Robberfly - Machimus cingulatus238 viewsphotographed at Meathop Moss, Cumbria
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Song Thrush238 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres238 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Bittern237 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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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus237 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres237 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Wheatear237 viewsI can hear Injuns coming from the west, there's three of them & one of them has a limp.
photographed @ Fleetwood Marsh dog walking Park
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris236 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Terns - Sterna hirundo236 viewsphotographed @ Preston Docks
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Stanley Park Blackpool236 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Wood Pigeon236 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris235 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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Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo235 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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Cormorants235 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Red Kites235 viewslining up to land, photographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Firecrest234 viewsphotographed @ Stanley park Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl234 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Grey Squirrel233 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Wigeon Anas penelope Stanley Park Blackpool233 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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Cormorant232 viewsPARP! Steady on, you've got to eat the fish out of that lake - yuk!
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Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer232 viewsphotographed @ Fleetwood Marine/Boating lakes
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Black-tailed Godwits232 viewsThey make for a spectacular sight when they take flight in numbers like this.
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus232 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis232 viewsphotographed @ Rossall Point, Fleetwood
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Bullfinch231 viewsphotographed @ Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve © Cliff Raby
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Firecrest231 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Sparrowhawk231 viewsphotographed flying over our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus231 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Firecrest230 viewsFirecrest photographed @ Stanley park Blackpool © Cliff Raby
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Great Spotted Woodpeckers230 viewsThis could've been a terrific Woodpecker photograph, but is ruined by the quite severe Chromatic aberration that my Tokina 400mm lens suffers from in high contrast conditions like this.
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus229 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest229 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl229 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Grey Squirrel229 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris229 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Gannet - Morus bassanus228 viewsflying in with nesting material
photographed @ the seabird colony @ RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus228 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea228 viewsphotographed at the Heronry @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus228 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus227 viewsphotographed catching & swallowing a perch @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - feeding young227 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Mandarin Duck227 viewsActually a perching duck rather than dabbling, but I've tucked it in here for convenience, photographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool.
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Common Backswimmer - Notonecta glauca226 viewsOne from the garden pond
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Cormorant226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool226 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 Grebes - Podiceps cristatus226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe (young)226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe with young226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia226 viewsphotographed @ Witherslack Cumbria
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Common Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris226 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Bittern225 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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225 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Common Frog Rana temporaria Bispham Blackpool225 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes - feeding young225 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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Goldcrest225 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park Blackpool
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Red Kites225 viewsphotographed at the Red Kite feeding station @ Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
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Pine Weevil - Hylobius abietis225 viewsphotographed @ Meathop Moss Cumbria
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Banded Demoiselle224 viewsphotographed @ Brockholes Reserve, Preston
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Bittern224 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 Grebes - Podiceps cristatus224 viewsphotographed @ Stanley Park, Blackpool
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