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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 4d

Flipping the fish around to make sure it’s facing the right way…wouldn’t want to get those fins stuck in the throat!

Little egret, RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire, UK

#ukbirds #ukbirding #birds #nature #birdphotography #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birding #photography

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhere between a grey heron and a great egret, this purple heron in Aiguillon Bay seems to fit the #BirdOfTheDay #longneck challenge quite nicely #photography #birds #birding #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #Nikon

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 5d

Lovely detail on that GWE against the sky, nice work!

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 6d

The northern lapwing is a black & white bird

Except when it isn’t

Eric Morecambe hide, RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire, UK

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #Wings #birds #birding #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdsofbluesky @rspb.bsky.social #Nikon

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 7d

Another one of these cartoons birds as #BirdOfTheDay is the #Tit family. A bit of a cheat as, while they’ve generally been known as bearded tits, they’re not actually a tit and are increasingly being called bearded reedlings. #photography #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #paridae

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 7d

Classic shot Rob, well caught! Three years running I’ve failed with that challenge…got close this year, but no cigar.

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 7d

Caught in lovely light!

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 8d

Nice!

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 8d

Ditto…at Grisedale trays. Came back this am because forecast suggested better light, although it wasn’t much better for the main show. This was a bit later coming back from the hide…lucked out!!

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 8d

Full may be pushing it, but this female bearded reedling came out onto the path this morning to collect grit and it’s definitely got something in its gob! RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire, UK #BirdOfTheDay #Beakful #photography #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #ukbirds #ukbirding #naturephotography

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 9d

PING TITS!

It’s that time of year when these very reclusive birds emerge from the reeds in search of grit to help their stomachs adjust from a summer diet of insects to a winter one of seeds. OK, you can call them bearded reedlings if you really must.

#photography #birds #wildlife #nature #Nikon

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 10d

And another vid of the Bempton white-throated needletail brilliantly captured by @philflam.bsky.social Must have been thrilling to see…and so close.

philflam.bsky.social @philflam.bsky.social · 11d

Hand held iPhone Bempton Swift.

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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 10d

Great vid of the white-throated needletail at Bempton by @jobirding.bsky.social The wind turbine comment at the end will be because one that turned up on the Isle of Harris a decade or so ago was killed when it hit a turbine. #video #birds