
Broad Centurion Fly - Chloromya formosa130 viewsalso known as the Green Soldier Fly
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis130 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima130 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Tree Bee - Bombus hypnorum130 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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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus129 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus129 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis129 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus129 viewsphotographed on the Peregrines once regular, but now occasional perch on the water tower
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)129 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album129 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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128 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus128 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima128 viewsphotographed having a stretch @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus128 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas128 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris128 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album128 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Bluebells127 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Comma - Polygonia c-album127 viewsshowing off it's trademark comma on it's underwing
photographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus127 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis127 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca127 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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Sawfly - Tenthredo arcuata127 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle127 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
Hogweed bonking soldier beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris127 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Volucella bombylans127 viewsa hoverfly that mimics the White-tailed bumblebee
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album127 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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Blue-tailed damselfly - Ischnura elegans126 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus126 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Soldier Beetle126 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
Hogweed bonking soldier beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris126 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae125 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus125 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris125 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas125 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas125 viewsa rather tatty specimen
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool125 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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Cow Parsley125 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album125 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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7-Spot Ladybird Larva - Coccinella 7-punctata124 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum124 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens124 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens124 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Black Darter - Sympetrum danae123 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool - quite a rarity in the Blackpool area
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii123 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus123 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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123 views
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (blue-spotted aberrant caeruleo-punctata)123 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas123 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus122 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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a spackered Speckled Wood122 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Starlings gathering to roost @ North Pier, Blackpool122 viewsputting on an aerial display before roosting on the pier
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122 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus121 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata (female)121 viewsmany thanks to D McGrath of http://lalows.blogspot.com/ for the ID
photographed in the butterfly zone of Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum121 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverflies - Myathropa florea & Volucella pellucens121 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus121 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Myathropa florea121 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis121 viewsa female guarding her eggs/young
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima121 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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Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata121 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus120 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris120 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris (I think)120 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Volucella bombylans120 viewsa hoverfly that mimics the White-tailed bumblebee
photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum119 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Comma - Polygonia c-album119 viewsshowing off it's trademark - photographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Spotted Crane-Fly - Nephrotoma appendiculata119 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina119 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor119 viewsphotographed @ Bispham Marsh nature park
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Common Redshank - Tringa totanus119 viewsphotographed @ what was North Shore boating lake
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Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas119 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Brown-lipped Banded Snail - Cepaea nemoralis118 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii118 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus118 viewsphotographed@ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens, Blackpool
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Large Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus118 viewsphotographed @ Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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this flock was as big as the pier, which is 500 metres long, so how many Starlings??118 viewsStarlings gathering to roost over the Irish Sea @ North Pier, Blackpool
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Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata118 viewsphotographed along the North Blackpool Pond Trail
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