Bittern359 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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Bittern359 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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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool358 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris357 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus357 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern353 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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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris351 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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Carrion Crow - Corvus corone345 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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344 views
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Long-eared Owl343 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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342 views
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Coot - Fulica atra337 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Stoat Mustela erminea Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool337 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit334 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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330 views
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328 views
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes328 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis328 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Jay323 viewsphotographed at the feeding station @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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323 views
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Common Kingfisher321 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool321 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus320 viewsa GBBG harassing one of its smaller cousins - photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Blackcap319 viewsNot a very good shot of this female Blackcap, but a good record shot as it was taken in late November & most of these birds are migratory & leave us for the winter.
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Bittern318 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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318 views
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Dunnock317 viewsphotographed from the feeder hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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317 views
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316 views
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti314 viewsas usual with these guys - just a record shot, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti312 viewsCetti's Warbler at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool - it's only taken me 12 years to get a shot of one out in the open
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Common Kingfisher311 viewsphotographed in the fog @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel310 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis310 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Wren - troglodytes troglodytes310 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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309 views
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Red Fox309 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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309 views
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret308 viewsin this shot there are two Buzzards in the Hawthorn on the left in the background, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wood Mouse308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher306 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis306 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Barn Owl - Tyto alba303 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher303 viewsI had dialled in +2 EV to photograph the Kingfisher perched high in a Hawthorn when it suddenly dived down & caught itself a fish so I grabbed a couple of horribly overexposed photos @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool (100% crop)
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302 views
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis301 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wren301 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox300 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Distant Starlings300 viewsTo the dismay of the group of us waiting for the Starlings to arrive at Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool, we spot some good size flocks of them away in the distance doing their aerial display over North Pier
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Bittern299 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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Wood Mouse299 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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297 views
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Kestrel297 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret295 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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A Shrew - Bless You295 viewsnow this little guy was really shifting, so I was glad to get it in frame, shame it's not in focus though.
Photographed@Marton Mere, Blackpool
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Kestrel294 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull293 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost293 viewsStarlings gathering to roost at Marton Mere,nature reserve, Blackpool, performing their aerial acrobatics before disappearing down into the reeds
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta292 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
a nice New Years day sighting
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female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus291 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti288 viewsa typical view
photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull286 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta285 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher284 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull283 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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280 views
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Great White Egret - Egretta alba280 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides277 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher277 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus276 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great crested Grebe275 viewsthis one had just surfaced with a small fish, Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus275 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl - Asio otus274 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Sparrowhawk274 viewsA magnificant sight as it swooped fast & low over the Mere & it's reedbeds, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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