Kestrel777 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album658 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae600 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude509 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 mirabilis441 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae427 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina424 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool421 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus416 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus352 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis342 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Starlings flocking to roost339 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Starlings flocking to roost327 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost323 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus321 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus320 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool317 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, Blackpool310 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, Blackpool309 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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Starlings evading pursuing raptor307 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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The Flying Tadpole303 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, Blackpool303 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 raptor301 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor300 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima298 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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Starlings roosting on the beach298 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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298 views
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Starlings flocking to roost297 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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Pipe Formation292 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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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus291 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor290 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost289 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 air285 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Starlings flocking to roost272 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper268 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum267 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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266 views
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella256 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae254 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Starlings roosting on the beach254 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-album250 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool249 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool248 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool248 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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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)246 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor246 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor246 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool246 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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The end of the Pier Show245 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 Show245 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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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus243 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost243 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings roosting on the beach243 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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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album243 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus242 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost242 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost242 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Crane-Fly - Tipula paludosa241 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus241 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas241 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool241 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album241 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris240 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool239 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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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album238 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool237 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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