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Tony Allen-Mills

@taminf.bsky.social

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Former foreign correspondent retired to the mountains of France, where I’ve (mostly) hung up my pen and picked up a camera. Veteran traveller, now focused on landscapes, birds, dragon- and butterflies with the odd urban scene thrown in.

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 1d

A foggy autumn morning

#photography #trees #fall #landscape

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 9h

After a looooong neck we've got skinnnnny legs as today's #BirdoftheDay theme, courtesy @robcrank68.bsky.social. Here's a Purple Heron picking its way carefully past my hide, #skinnylegs on full view.

#photography #birds

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 16h

Back to the Loire Valley for today's #PalacesandGardens theme. It was a grey day at the Chateau de Serrant, but the autumn crocuses helped brighten things up.

#photography#landscape #France

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 17h

You're a Mekon?

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 1d

For some reason I haven't got a recent #birdinabush so here's an old one from the files: a cheery Speckled Mousebird enjoying his lunch. Today's #Birdoftheday theme by @alan678.bsky.social

#photography #birds

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 1d

A foggy autumn morning

#photography #trees #fall #landscape

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 2d

Did someone say loooooong neck? For Rob's #birdoftheday theme, a perpendicular paragon of pinkness.

#photography #birds #longneck #flamingo #birdsinflight

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 2d

Are you starting #ThinTrunkTuesday, Alan? 🤣

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 2d

Time for some autumn/Fall colour. I'm just getting started on our local displays, so here to kick off is one from the files: my favourite tree.

#photography #autumn #fall #TechnicolorTuesday

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Rob!

Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 3d

One more #birdoftheday from me for today's #wings theme. A very handsome American Anhinga shows off its remarkable plumage.

#photography #birds

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 3d

I hardly know where to start with #wings, the theme for today's #birdoftheday courtesy @alan678.bsky.social. So many wings to choose from. But here's a White Stork arriving with a lump of mud to make his breeding mate's nest more comfortable.

#photography #birds

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 3d

A Very Great Tit!

Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Sabine, I appreciate it.

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Alan. A lot of fails preceded that shot - those little guys jump around fast!

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

A busy Great Tit heads off for its next appointment. For today's #Birdoftheday theme, courtesy @robcrank68.bsky.social

#photography #birds #birdsinflight #paridae

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Nice one.

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Wishful thinking on my part, alas - I live 600 miles away! But I’ll remember your advice next time we’re anywhere near the Lake District!

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 4d

Great catch. Makes me
Want to rush to Leighton Moss immediately!

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 5d

The evening #glow behind a lattice doorway in Arles, France. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #urbangaze

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks!

Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 5d

"It's mine and you can't have it". For the #beakful theme of today's #birdoftheday courtesy @alan678.bsky.social

#photography #birds #BlueTit

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 6d

Lucky you!

Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 6d

Lake in autumn

#photography #landscape #scape

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 6d

Many of you, I'm sure, will have wondered what a French fire hydrant looks like with its cover off. For #FireHydrantFriday, here's your answer:

#photography #Arles