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A final few photos captured at Filey beach over the weekend
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Green Alkanet flowering under the garden hedge #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Great Shearwater photo bombing a Bonxie earlier this year off Shetland. Posted for #SuperSeabirdSunday #YellBirding #Shetland
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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pintailpictures.bsky.social
Northern Fulmar
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#Stunday
A Northern Fulmar in the sea around the Isles of Scilly. The bird is facing towards the camera, head turned towards the left, with water droplets falling from its bill. A reflection of the bird can be seen in the gently rippling surface of the water.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Wilson’s Storm Petrel for
#SuperSeabirdSunday taken off the
#IslesofScilly with @scillypelagics.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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pintailpictures.bsky.social
Reed Bunting ♀ for Rob’s #BirdsOnTwigs #BirdOfTheDay
#Stunday #birds #photography #nature #wildlife
A female Reed Bunting photographed side on and facing to the left of the image. It is stood on a vertical hawthorn twig, with a second twig to the right hand side. A plain background of green, olive and brown colours.
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Stonechat at sunset for @robcrank68.bsky.social theme of #BirdsOnTwigs #BirdOfTheDay
#Birds #photography
#birdphotography
#naturephotography
#ukbirding
December 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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pintailpictures.bsky.social
A juvenile Goldfinch taking off from the garden hedge earlier in the year for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay #movement

#birds #photography #GardenWildlife
#nature #wildlife
A juvenile goldfinch taking off from a tall stem of Hawthorn. Left leg is still on the branch as the bird elevates away, with wings outstretched.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Third time lucky with the Eastern Black redstart.
After two days in the Scarborough rain the sun shone and the bird showed better than I could have hoped. What a beauty
#rarebirdsUK
#yorksbirding
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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pintailpictures.bsky.social
A Long-tailed Tit, photographed in the garden earlier in the year, for Rob’s #Borbs #BirdOfTheDay

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Lincolnshire #garden
A young Long-tailed Tit, looking to the right, stood on a leafless, lichen covered Berberis branch. The back ground is green with circles of light in various shades of white and grey.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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European Storm Petrel #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme of #Seabirds
#Birds
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Here's a Dipper painted in watercolour for today's #ArtAdventCalendar and also #BirdOfTheDay theme #OnTheRocks ! I've only ever seen a Dipper once, they really are wonderful birds 🪶 🤎

Painting inspired by one of the @rspb.bsky.social website dipper images!

#Birds #Art #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin
A watercolour painting of a lone Dipper, a medium-sized, plump, short-tailed bird with a brown head, body and a white throat/chest. The Dipper is standing on a rock in side profile looking to the right as viewed. The background is in pale blue around the rock to simulate water, with a buff colour above to make the dipper standout.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
msj99.bsky.social
Red Kite for Rob’s #LookingAtYou
#BirdOfTheDay
#lincsbirding
#Birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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pintailpictures.bsky.social
A pic from the archive for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay #Stripes
Great Spotted Woodpeckers
#birds #photography #wildlife #nature
Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers on the end of a branch. A juvenile is on the right at the top of the branch looking down towards the adult with its beak open, asking to be fed. The adult is below and on the left-hand side of the branch and looking up toward the juvenile. The image has been captured in bright sunshine with a diffused green background.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Shorelarks, Lincolnshire coast yesterday @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #Birds
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Slavonian Grebe, Covenham Reservoir 30/11/2025
@lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
#Birds #lincsbirding
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Waxwings for Alan’s #BerriesandBeaks
#BirdOfTheDay
#Stunday
#lincsbirding
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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#Gannets from the cliffs of @rspb.bsky.social #Bempton for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay
A pair of Gannets stood, in sunlight, on the top of the cliffs at RSPB Bempton, their beaks crossed and pointing upwards, and with their wings partially outstretched. The North Sea providing a blue backdrop to the image. A headshot of a Gannet with its bill pointing slightly upwards and pointing to the left. A Gannet gliding across the North Sea, from right to left. This bird has a black iris, thought to indicate that it has recovered from avian flu.
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Rob’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Gannets (alternative #bluetits)
I haven’t got any Gannets currently so here’s a blue tit I encountered in the forest.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #tits #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Blue Tit side on on a branch in leaf. The bird is close up and fully visible. The background is out of focus green
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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#Gannets for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay
#Birds
#ukbirding
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
msj99.bsky.social
Red-breasted Merganser for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay
#headshots theme
#Birds
#lincsbirding
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Shore Larks along the Lincs coast yesterday
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Chuffed to pick up a calling Richard's Pipit flying over at Saltfleet this afternoon. Seen to then hover and land in an adjacent field. Brief views on the ground from distance...
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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A pair of #Mr&Mrs Pine Grosbeak for Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay
#Finland 🇫🇮 #birds #photography #nature #wildlife #photography
A winter image of a male Pine Grosbeak stood on a lichen covered branch facing to the right. He has some snow on the bottom of his beak. A winter image of a female Pine Grosbeak stood on a lichen covered branch facing to the left
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
msj99.bsky.social
Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mr&Mrs a pair of Stellar’s Eider.
#Birds #Norway
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM