Bittern365 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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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool365 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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Bittern364 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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Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus364 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris361 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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Bittern360 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 stellaris359 viewsa nice sighting to start the New Year with, photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Carrion Crow - Corvus corone354 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve, Blackpool
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Long-eared Owl349 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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348 views
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Coot - Fulica atra346 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-tailed Tit345 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Stoat Mustela erminea Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool341 viewsphotographed from the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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338 views
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis338 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes335 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Jay335 viewsphotographed at the feeding station @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool333 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher327 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Blackcap325 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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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti324 viewsas usual with these guys - just a record shot, photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus324 viewsa GBBG harassing one of its smaller cousins - photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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323 views
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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti322 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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Bittern321 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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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis321 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Dunnock320 viewsphotographed from the feeder hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve
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Common Kingfisher319 viewsphotographed in the fog @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Red Fox317 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea317 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wren - troglodytes troglodytes315 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Wood Mouse314 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Kestrel313 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret313 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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Barn Owl - Tyto alba311 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher311 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis311 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher310 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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Distant Starlings310 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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Red Fox308 viewsthe gulls & ducks didn't seem too concerned by the passing fox
photographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Wren308 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis306 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Kestrel303 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret302 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Wood Mouse302 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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Black headed Gull301 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern300 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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Kestrel300 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Starlings flocking to roost300 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 garzetta299 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
a nice New Years day sighting
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A Shrew - Bless You299 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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Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti296 viewsa typical view
photographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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female Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus296 viewsphotographed from the FBC Hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Black headed Gull293 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Black headed Gull291 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta291 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher290 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Great White Egret - Egretta alba289 viewsphotographed opposite the Fylde Bird Club hide @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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286 views
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Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides285 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher285 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus285 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Common Kingfisher282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Long-eared Owls - Asio otus282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Otter - Lutra lutra282 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Black headed Gull281 viewsMarton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris281 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool
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