Kestrel779 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album663 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae603 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude510 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 danae429 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina425 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 icarus419 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus353 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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352 views
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis343 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Starlings flocking to roost342 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - A Flying Fox
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Starlings flocking to roost329 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost324 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus323 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool318 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, Blackpool311 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 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 raptor309 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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The Flying Tadpole305 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, Blackpool304 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 raptor303 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor302 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings roosting on the beach300 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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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima299 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 flocking to roost298 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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298 views
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus295 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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294 views
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Pipe Formation293 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 raptor291 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost291 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 air286 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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275 views
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Starlings flocking to roost273 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum269 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper269 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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267 views
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella257 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings roosting on the beach257 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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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae255 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Comma - Polygonia c-album253 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool251 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 gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool250 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool249 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool249 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor248 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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The end of the Pier Show247 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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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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The end of the Pier Show246 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 icarus245 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost245 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost245 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings roosting on the beach245 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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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus244 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album244 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Crane-Fly - Tipula paludosa243 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost243 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album243 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris242 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas242 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool242 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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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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241 views
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool240 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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239 views
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool239 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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239 views
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album239 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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