John McGowan
@jmc223.bsky.social
Retired teacher of Maths and Computing, lifetime Blackburn Rovers supporter for my sins and half of Birmingham folk music veterans "Malfunction". Keen photographer of all things but mostly landscapes, birds, butterflies, trains and planes.
There's always one!! The Black Headed Gull formation dancing team gets it wrong!! Birmingham UK - 29-11-23 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There's always one!! The Black Headed Gull formation dancing team gets it wrong!! Birmingham UK - 29-11-23 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day in 2024 - Er... Is she one of yours? House Sparrow hanging out with her two pals! #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
On this day in 2024 - Er... Is she one of yours? House Sparrow hanging out with her two pals! #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
A look back at a trip to New York in Nov 2009 - What she must be thinking now is anybody's guess!!! - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A look back at a trip to New York in Nov 2009 - What she must be thinking now is anybody's guess!!! - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
Rear view of the fantastic feathers of a Goldfinch - in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Rear view of the fantastic feathers of a Goldfinch - in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Great Tit in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Great Tit in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
My acrobatic Woody has returned! Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My acrobatic Woody has returned! Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 26-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day last year - Beware of low flying geese! Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 28-11-24 #landscape #landscapephotography #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On this day last year - Beware of low flying geese! Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 28-11-24 #landscape #landscapephotography #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature
On this day last year - Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 28-11-24 #landscape #landscapephotography #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On this day last year - Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 28-11-24 #landscape #landscapephotography #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature
More memories from New York in Nov 2009 - Sensory overload! Times Square - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More memories from New York in Nov 2009 - Sensory overload! Times Square - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
More memories from New York in Nov 2009 - View from the top of the rock looking south over Manhatton. What a building the Empire State is - magnificent - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
More memories from New York in Nov 2009 - View from the top of the rock looking south over Manhatton. What a building the Empire State is - magnificent - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
Female Siskin seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Female Siskin seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Female Crossbill seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Female Crossbill seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
The hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station NY. We have one in Birmingham but it doesn't quite look like this! Nov 2009 - shot on a little digital Olympus camera - one of the first of its type! #trains #grandcentral #photography #newyork #railwaystations #stations
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station NY. We have one in Birmingham but it doesn't quite look like this! Nov 2009 - shot on a little digital Olympus camera - one of the first of its type! #trains #grandcentral #photography #newyork #railwaystations #stations
Look back to November 2009 - my second visit to New York. View from the top of the rock looking north over Central Park - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Look back to November 2009 - my second visit to New York. View from the top of the rock looking north over Central Park - Nov 2009 #landscape #landscapephotography #panorama #newyork #centralpark #olympus #photography
Around this day in 2022 - Autumn in a single leaf! West Midlands UK - 28-11-22 #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature #autumn #autumncolours
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Around this day in 2022 - Autumn in a single leaf! West Midlands UK - 28-11-22 #canon #photography #naturephotography #uknature #nature #autumn #autumncolours
Around this day in 2022 - Dunnock in the low Autumn sun - Seth Sayers Park, Halesowen West Midlands UK - 28-11-22
#birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Around this day in 2022 - Dunnock in the low Autumn sun - Seth Sayers Park, Halesowen West Midlands UK - 28-11-22
#birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Coal Tit in among a flock of finches! Seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Coal Tit in among a flock of finches! Seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Like a box of chocolates! Which one shall I have! Male Sisking seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Like a box of chocolates! Which one shall I have! Male Sisking seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
A new one for me! Male Crossbill seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A new one for me! Male Crossbill seen at St. Kenelm's Church in Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Around this day in 2022 - Pied Wagtail at Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 25-11-22 On this day last year - Starling in the garden - Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Around this day in 2022 - Pied Wagtail at Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 25-11-22 On this day last year - Starling in the garden - Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day last year - Female Chaffinch -Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On this day last year - Female Chaffinch -Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day last year - Starling in the garden - Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day last year - Starling in the garden - Birmingham UK - 26-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Female Siskin in with a flock of other finches - St. Kenelms Church Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Female Siskin in with a flock of other finches - St. Kenelms Church Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Blackbird in St. Kenelm's Churchyard Clent Worcestershire UK - 21-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Blackbird in St. Kenelm's Churchyard Clent Worcestershire UK - 21-11-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day in 2022 - The Log Ness Monster! 😂Flooded field near to Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 25-11-22 #nature #photography #canon #flood
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On this day in 2022 - The Log Ness Monster! 😂Flooded field near to Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 25-11-22 #nature #photography #canon #flood