Cormorant695 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail689 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl665 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. They can be very difficult to see as usually tuck themselves away deep into the undergrowth. I got by far my best sightings & photographs at this particular visit.
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris659 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes653 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting638 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat621 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Cormorant569 viewsI was lucky enough to photograph this Cormorant struggling with an eel as it swam past one of the hides @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis569 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis567 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare566 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool564 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl562 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck550 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor543 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool542 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis539 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl527 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Moorhen527 viewsMarton Mere allows good close views of Moorhens, as they are used to being fed, so not quite so wary of people as at some locations.
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Coot507 viewsThis is a favourite Coot shot of mine, my wife says it looks like it's smoking a fag, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula461 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes458 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis457 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca448 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes426 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris420 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl420 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here. The owls can be difficult to photograph because of branches between you & the Owl, but it's important to stick to the paths to avoid disturbing the birds - some visitors to the reserve feel the need to climb over the fence to get a closer view which only serves to spook the Owls.
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Great crested Grebes419 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis417 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 412 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Coot404 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher404 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool399 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes394 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail392 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe391 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe386 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool384 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Sedge Warbler380 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail369 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool368 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes368 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare362 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool360 viewsthis Sparrowhawk was being mobbed by the Crow, although in this photo it would appear the Sprawk had given the crow the slip, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl359 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes358 viewsI was lucky enough to watch & photograph this courting couple doing their courtship weed dance ritual at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool.
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus358 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Mute Swan358 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes358 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher351 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides350 viewsDave of http://www.lalows.blogspot.com spotted this Iceland Gull @ Marton Mere on 28/12 & it was still around when I stopped off at the Mere today, thanks to Larry for pointing it out to me.
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Teal343 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl337 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull331 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk325 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost318 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Teal316 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull314 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker309 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Herring Gull305 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl305 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern298 viewsI've only had a few sightings of a Bittern at Marton Mere, so whilst not a good photograph it was a real thrill to capture this one in flight.
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Common Buzzard295 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus293 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl291 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wood Pigeon290 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Stoat - Mustela erminea289 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool286 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. For this shot the bird lept up off the ice & into the reeds with a couple of flaps of its wings, it then dropped down again & melted away into the reeds.
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Long-eared Owl286 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor286 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl284 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern282 viewsPoor, distant record shots seem to be my speciality when it comes to photographing Bitterns, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris280 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher280 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Bittern278 viewsthis was easily my closest sighting of a Bittern at Marton Mere, but sadly there was half a reedbed between me & it & I was shooting directly into the sun. Still, despite the poor photos, it was a thrilling sighting.
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus277 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca276 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris275 viewsBittern sightings were few & far between @ the Mere during the winter of 2012/13, when I finally get to see one I only manage to photograph its backside :-(
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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