Kestrel728 viewsphotographed @ Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album628 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae555 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Giving me the Finger - How Rude484 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 mirabilis398 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina391 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae386 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus381 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool379 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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325 views
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Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis319 viewsphotographed @ Kincraig lake, Bispham
North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus319 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost317 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 roost297 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus293 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool293 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 roost292 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool288 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 Tadpole287 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, Blackpool285 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, Blackpool284 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 raptor282 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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281 views
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor279 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings flocking to roost277 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - a boxing glove maybe?
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima276 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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276 views
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor272 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Pipe Formation271 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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270 views
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor268 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus267 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings roosting on the beach267 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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Starlings flocking to roost259 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 air259 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, a flying love heart
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Starlings flocking to roost253 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost, with a few stragglers flying in top left
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250 views
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Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Enallagma cyathigerum245 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Knot & Purple Sandpiper244 viewsI think I've snapped a Knot & Purple Sandpiper together in this shot, photo'd in poor light (ISO1600)
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Starlings roosting on the beach236 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 danae233 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Garden Grass-veneer - chrysoteuchia culmella233 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool228 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album228 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings evading pursuing raptor226 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - taking evasive action with a raptor in pursuit
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool226 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool226 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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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus225 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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225 views
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Comma - Polygonia c-album223 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost223 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost223 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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Starlings flocking to roost223 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost
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The end of the Pier Show223 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool223 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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223 views
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus222 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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The end of the Pier Show222 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)221 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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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool221 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool219 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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Crane-Fly - Tipula paludosa218 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris218 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool218 viewsa nice sunset for this visit, but fewer Starlings than hoped for
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus217 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool217 viewsthe flying kidney @ North Pier, Blackpool
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217 views
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album217 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album217 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings evading a raptor215 viewsconverted to B&W 'cos of dodgy exposure issues
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North Pier Starling roost215 viewsa nice sunset but not so many Starlings
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