Kestrel720 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album620 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae542 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude480 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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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis390 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina382 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae376 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus374 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool374 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis312 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus312 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost310 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus300 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings flocking to roost293 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus292 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool292 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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Starlings flocking to roost287 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool287 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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The Flying Tadpole284 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool281 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool279 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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Starlings evading pursuing raptor275 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor274 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost273 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima271 viewsphotographed here with Redshanks & Turnstones @ what was North Shore boating lake
Many thanks to Dave M of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com/ for the headsup
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Pipe Formation270 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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Starlings evading pursuing raptor267 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus266 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings roosting on the beach265 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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265 views
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor261 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost255 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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Love is in the air253 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Starlings flocking to roost246 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum238 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper233 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae231 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Starlings roosting on the beach231 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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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool225 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool223 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool223 viewswhen the tide's out the Starlings often gather in huge flocks on the beach before going into roost on the pier
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella222 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor221 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings roosting on the beach221 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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Comma - Polygonia c-album220 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus220 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost220 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool220 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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The end of the Pier Show219 viewsdespite being good numbers(20K+), I think a lack of raptors meant the Starlings didn't need to pull any kidney/sausage/heart etc shapes & instead just flocked en masse - bring on the Peregrines I say!
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The end of the Pier Show219 viewsdespite being good numbers(20K+), I think a lack of raptors meant the Starlings didn't need to pull any kidney/sausage/heart etc shapes & instead just flocked en masse - bring on the Peregrines I say!
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album219 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus218 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost218 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)217 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost217 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool217 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool216 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus214 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool214 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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214 views
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool213 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album213 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Crane-Fly - Tipula paludosa212 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor212 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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North Pier Starling roost212 viewsa nice sunset but not so many Starlings
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris211 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas211 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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