Cormorant641 viewsJuggling with an eel.
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Water Rail641 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris602 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl593 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 Grebes586 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Starling flock aerial display before roosting575 viewsStarling roost at dusk, Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Stoat575 viewsphotographed on New Years Eve 2006, from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Fieldfare518 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Cormorant509 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 carduelis508 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl503 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool501 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis498 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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The Fox & Duck496 viewsit would make a good pub name
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool492 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor479 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Moorhen475 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 carduelis474 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl465 viewsone of the roosting Long-eared Owls @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, regular winter residents here.
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Coot457 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 fuligula408 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Teal - Anas crecca397 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis390 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes388 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris379 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl376 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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Coot359 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool357 viewsWaiting for dusk & for the Starlings to arrive - Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher356 viewsphotographed through bankside foliage @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes353 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Shoveler Anas clypeata Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool351 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis350 viewsphotogrpahed @ Lawsons Road Wetlands, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus 341 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Water Rail341 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes339 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler337 viewsSedge warbler with the Mere & Blackpool Tower in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe325 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Sedge Warbler - minus it's tail324 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool323 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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Fieldfare322 viewsfeeding on windfall apples, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool320 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe320 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Kestrel (with prey) - Falco tinmunculus318 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl318 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Crested Grebes315 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides309 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 Swan308 viewsmy favourite Mute swan photograph to date, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes302 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Great crested Grebes302 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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Common Kingfisher302 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull299 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk295 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Teal295 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl293 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Gull275 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starling Roost273 viewsStarlings flying into roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, with Blackpool Tower in the background
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Teal271 viewsTeal in flight at Marton Mere Mature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl269 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Buzzard267 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Herring Gull267 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Migrant Hawker262 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern256 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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Stoat - Mustela erminea253 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl251 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool250 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 otus244 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher243 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 nisus243 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern241 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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Long-eared Owl241 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wood Pigeon239 viewsenjoying a few berries, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern238 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris237 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris237 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 Owl237 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus234 viewsa typical view of one of the roosting owls
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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