
Common Kingfisher561 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, this was my best sighting of a kingfisher to date - now I just need one to come a bit closer.
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Great White Egret455 viewsphotographed on the saltmarsh pools @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta452 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta437 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta photographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve432 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher431 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago430 viewsphotographed from the Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher422 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea400 viewsstruggling to swallow a small eel
photographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta344 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta325 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve257 viewsThis Osprey @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve was feeding on it's catch, which appeared to be either a Roach or Rudd - some observers were adamant it was definitely a Rudd, but how the dickens you can differentiate at such long range is beyond me.
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Common Kingfisher246 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier239 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris237 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merlin237 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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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula233 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve224 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Otter222 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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Merlin215 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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Marsh Harriers194 viewspractising a food pass @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey193 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier191 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier191 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Chaffinch189 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher188 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve187 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula186 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Osprey185 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve - what an absolute thrill & a privilege it was to see this majestic bird, to get some photographs was the icing on the cake.
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Marsh Harrier184 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Marsh Harrier183 viewsmaking a Grey heron quite nervous, photographed from the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Chaffinch182 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve182 viewson the power cables @ the Golf course opposite Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer181 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer181 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer179 viewsI was lucky enough to witness this group of Red Deer crossing from one reed bed to another in front of the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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a distant Osprey - Pandion haliaetus179 viewsphotographed from the Griesdale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Kingfisher178 viewsphotographed from the Grisedale Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier178 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey178 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer Cervus elaphus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve177 viewsphotographed from the Tim Jackson Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve176 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Marsh Harrier176 viewsseen here with a Black headed Gull in the background, taken from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Osprey176 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Crow or Raven???172 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit172 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bittern171 viewsphotographed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta169 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus167 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Otter Lutra lutra Leighton Moss RSPB reserve167 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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Bittern166 viewsI'd just been photographing a Kingfisher where the channel crosses the causeway at Leighton Moss when I suddenly realised there was also a Bittern sat there in full view. It's a shame the Kingfisher didn't fly up & land on it's beak, now that would've been a good shot :-) .
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Marsh Harriers165 viewsa pair of birds doing some aerobatics @ Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Common Kingfisher164 viewsphotographed from where channel crosses the Causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Hawker Dragonfly163 viewsthis Hawker had somehow managed to land in the water & was struggling for it's life, alas it was well out of reach or I would've scooped it out & put it somewhere to dry out .
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Marsh Harrier163 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta162 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit162 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier161 viewsphotographed from a layby overlooking Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve
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Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus161 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus160 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta159 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus158 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Deer158 viewsThis was my first ever Red Deer photograph, taken from the Tim Jackson hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta157 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus157 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Buzzard157 viewstaken @ Leighton Moss RSPB nature reserve
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Stoat157 viewsphotographed crossing the path between the Morecambe & Allen Hides @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta155 viewsphotographed from the Allen hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta155 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat155 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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Sedge Warbler154 views
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Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta153 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Crow or Raven???153 viewsone of two shots of this bird, photographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB
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Common Redshank Tringa totanus Leighton Moss RSPB reserve152 viewsphotographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Marsh Harrier151 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Stoat149 viewssee the two shots aside of a stoat with it's prey, which is a Redwing, the Stoat dropped the Redwing when it saw me, I moved back a safe distance & when I returned to check the Redwing had gone, so the stoat had obviously returned & carried off it's spoils.
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Bearded Tit149 viewsphotographed near the grit trays @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Merganser?149 viewsI'm presuming this is a Red breasted Merganser, but haven't seen one with markings like this before. Photographed from the Eric Morecambe hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB.
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Bittern148 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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