Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool223 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans222 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima222 viewsthe Sandpiper was the 1st of the waders to start feeding again as the tide dropped
photographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Sawfly - Tenthredo arcuata222 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool222 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Early Mining Bee221 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Hopper for ID221 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)221 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starling murmuration - North Pier, Blackpool221 viewsStarlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album221 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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The end of the Pier Show220 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, Blackpool220 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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Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata220 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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219 views
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Leafhopper - Cicadella viridis219 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans-rufescens219 viewsphotographed on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus219 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis219 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus219 viewsMontagu had his Harriers, Dave's got his Peregrines, keep up to date with them & other Fylde Coast Wildlife on Dave's blog - just copy & paste the following into your browser
http://lalows.blogspot.com/
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Small Copper - young & old, both visiting ragwort219 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva219 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost219 viewsBlackpool North Pier Starling roost - The End of the Pier Show
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina218 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Sawfly - Tenthredo arcuata218 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas218 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Volucella bombylans218 viewsa hoverfly that mimics the White-tailed bumblebee
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus217 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Notch-horned Cleg Fly - Haematopota pluvialis217 viewstheir eyes maybe amazing/fascinating, but female Clegs gorge on blood & give a painful bite
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus217 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis217 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca217 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima217 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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217 views
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Turnstone - Arenaria interpres217 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae216 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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roosting Starlings - North Pier, Blackpool216 viewsthe pier was closed for this visit, the lack of disturbance allowing the Starlings to gather on the pier boardwalk & benches to roost.
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)215 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)215 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album215 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Speckled Wood - Parage aegeria214 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Starling roost214 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, Blackpool214 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album214 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album214 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus213 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Starlings roosting on the beach213 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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Lesser Weever Fish - Echiichthys vipera213 viewsLesser Weever Fish are common in all UK waters, they have spines laced with venom and hide in the sand in shallow water. The spines and venom of a Weever fish are purely defensive and not used for catching prey, but if an unsuspecting bather treads on one the spines deliver a venom that can cause excruciating pain.
photographed @ North Pier, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album213 viewsthe WLH's stayed way up in the canopy on each of my visits to their colony in 2013
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum212 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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212 views
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Clay - Mythimna ferrago212 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle212 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
Hogweed bonking soldier beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
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Starling roost212 viewsan arty farty B&W shot
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Tree Bee - Bombus hypnorum212 viewsfirst seen in the UK in 2001 in the South of England, they've now made their way to Blackpool!
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
Thanks to Dave of - http://www.lalows.blogspot.co.uk/ - for pointing them out
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus211 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas211 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas211 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris (I think)211 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool211 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool211 viewsa gloomy evening at North Pier
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus210 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus210 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus210 viewsMontagu had his Harriers, Dave's got his Peregrines, keep up to date with them & other Fylde Coast Wildlife on Dave's blog - just copy & paste the following into your browser
http://lalows.blogspot.com/
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Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris210 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas210 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool210 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, Blackpool210 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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Tree Bee - Bombus hypnorum210 viewsfirst seen in the UK in 2001 in the South of England, they've now made their way to Blackpool!
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
Thanks to Dave of - http://www.lalows.blogspot.co.uk/ - for pointing them out
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Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens210 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae209 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus209 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus209 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca209 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus208 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus208 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Iberian Chiffchaff - found @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens by Dave McGrath208 viewsfor more information on this rarity see Dave McGraths Blog - copy & paste the following into your browser - http://lalows.blogspot.com - in particular check out the entries for 03/05/11 & 04/05/11
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca208 viewsI couldn't resist twitching this beautiful male Pied Flycatcher which had been reported @ Bispham Marsh Nature Park, on North Blackpool Pond Trail
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