Cormorant649 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail649 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris612 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl604 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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Great Crested Grebes595 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting589 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat581 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare527 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant518 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 carduelis518 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis513 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl511 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool510 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck503 viewsit would make a good pub name
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool498 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor488 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen487 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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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis486 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl477 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot471 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 fuligula418 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca407 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis404 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes400 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris386 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl385 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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Coot369 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher368 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis366 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes364 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool364 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool359 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 356 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes352 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail352 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler350 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe336 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail335 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe332 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes332 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool332 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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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool331 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare329 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus327 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl324 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides319 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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Mute Swan318 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes315 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes314 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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Great crested Grebes311 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Gull310 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher309 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Teal304 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk301 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl300 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull287 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost281 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Teal281 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Herring Gull280 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl277 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker274 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard273 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern262 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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Long-eared Owl259 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Stoat - Mustela erminea259 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool256 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 Owls - Asio otus252 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher251 viewseven on a bright sunny day like today this bird refuses to perch in a sunny bit of this Hawthorn :-(
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus251 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Wood Pigeon251 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl250 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern249 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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249 views
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Bittern247 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 Owl246 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris245 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris245 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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Long-eared Owl242 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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