Claire Laila Dines
@freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
Ecologist fighting 4 nature; Watches Earth like hawk or Small Blue; Wanders in South Downs; Wildlife photo-recorder; Hove plot holder 4 nature; Brit/Norwegian/European; Art, Science, Politics;
Take bus or walk while I can ere I'm dust in the ground.
Take bus or walk while I can ere I'm dust in the ground.
oh get away with you ..
a vegan and gluten-free feast can be as fabulous as
a feast full of meat and gluten can be totally crap ..
it all depends on the ingredients and the cook/s!
a vegan and gluten-free feast can be as fabulous as
a feast full of meat and gluten can be totally crap ..
it all depends on the ingredients and the cook/s!
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
oh get away with you ..
a vegan and gluten-free feast can be as fabulous as
a feast full of meat and gluten can be totally crap ..
it all depends on the ingredients and the cook/s!
a vegan and gluten-free feast can be as fabulous as
a feast full of meat and gluten can be totally crap ..
it all depends on the ingredients and the cook/s!
Winter Blackbird in Hove
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Winter Blackbird in Hove
Leave only footprints ..
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Leave only footprints ..
leave only footprints ..
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
leave only footprints ..
Great captures of a beloved seabird Rob! Never seen #Gannets alive down here in coastal Sussex, nearest colony being just off Cherbourg, but sadly found one washed up on Hove beach one yr, we think as part of bycatch of supertrawlers in E Channel.
Less sad a #Bluetit #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKIn
Less sad a #Bluetit #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKIn
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Great captures of a beloved seabird Rob! Never seen #Gannets alive down here in coastal Sussex, nearest colony being just off Cherbourg, but sadly found one washed up on Hove beach one yr, we think as part of bycatch of supertrawlers in E Channel.
Less sad a #Bluetit #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKIn
Less sad a #Bluetit #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKIn
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good night all
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Good night all
I think the Bird Photography Fail Championships are right up my street 😊 so thank you!
Here's my Branch bird divider of the week .. good branch but fail on Blue tit ..
Here's my Branch bird divider of the week .. good branch but fail on Blue tit ..
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I think the Bird Photography Fail Championships are right up my street 😊 so thank you!
Here's my Branch bird divider of the week .. good branch but fail on Blue tit ..
Here's my Branch bird divider of the week .. good branch but fail on Blue tit ..
Love it when slanting late Afternoon sunshine turns surface water into liquid gold and tufty swims by 🌞
#ducks #Tuftedduck #Rottingdean
#ducks #Tuftedduck #Rottingdean
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Love it when slanting late Afternoon sunshine turns surface water into liquid gold and tufty swims by 🌞
#ducks #Tuftedduck #Rottingdean
#ducks #Tuftedduck #Rottingdean
The old ivy-clad drove way just north of #Rottingdean in sunshine yesterday afternoon was full of twittering with #Kestrel hovering nearby under blue sky ..
#birds in #Ivy and #Hawthorn
#birds in #Ivy and #Hawthorn
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The old ivy-clad drove way just north of #Rottingdean in sunshine yesterday afternoon was full of twittering with #Kestrel hovering nearby under blue sky ..
#birds in #Ivy and #Hawthorn
#birds in #Ivy and #Hawthorn
“We are able to do away with domestic tyranny … only when we make all men answerable to law.”
–Chief Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson
Remember this Chief Justice John Roberts!
–Chief Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson
Remember this Chief Justice John Roberts!
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“We are able to do away with domestic tyranny … only when we make all men answerable to law.”
–Chief Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson
Remember this Chief Justice John Roberts!
–Chief Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson
Remember this Chief Justice John Roberts!
Fabulous head shots!
Here's one from my walks on the South downs encountering a local Emu ..
#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Here's one from my walks on the South downs encountering a local Emu ..
#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fabulous head shots!
Here's one from my walks on the South downs encountering a local Emu ..
#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Here's one from my walks on the South downs encountering a local Emu ..
#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
On this dull damp day a memory of #SmallBlue .. Britain's smallest butterfly & quite a little character you'll discover if you observe it 4 hours in May-June &/or August.
It has a wingspan of of 18-27mm & lives in warm sheltered sites with plenty of its foodplant, the Kidney vetch.
#Butterflies
It has a wingspan of of 18-27mm & lives in warm sheltered sites with plenty of its foodplant, the Kidney vetch.
#Butterflies
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On this dull damp day a memory of #SmallBlue .. Britain's smallest butterfly & quite a little character you'll discover if you observe it 4 hours in May-June &/or August.
It has a wingspan of of 18-27mm & lives in warm sheltered sites with plenty of its foodplant, the Kidney vetch.
#Butterflies
It has a wingspan of of 18-27mm & lives in warm sheltered sites with plenty of its foodplant, the Kidney vetch.
#Butterflies
Maybe I'm becoming more observant but this Autumn I'm noticing far more #Goldcrest in the twittering tit flocks feeding in the trees, scrub & in amongst the Ivy on my walks on the #SouthDowns. Anyone else noticed an increase in our smallest bird?
Though devilishly speedy lovely to see them!
#birds
Though devilishly speedy lovely to see them!
#birds
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Maybe I'm becoming more observant but this Autumn I'm noticing far more #Goldcrest in the twittering tit flocks feeding in the trees, scrub & in amongst the Ivy on my walks on the #SouthDowns. Anyone else noticed an increase in our smallest bird?
Though devilishly speedy lovely to see them!
#birds
Though devilishly speedy lovely to see them!
#birds
Came across pair pair of #Blackbirds feeding on haws on my walk today .. noticeable how the female was feeding far more than male or was he just more cautious or fussy .. though an observable difference in their feeding habits in Hawthorn hedge for 5 mins, she 10 haws to his 1.
#birds #feeding
#birds #feeding
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Came across pair pair of #Blackbirds feeding on haws on my walk today .. noticeable how the female was feeding far more than male or was he just more cautious or fussy .. though an observable difference in their feeding habits in Hawthorn hedge for 5 mins, she 10 haws to his 1.
#birds #feeding
#birds #feeding
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
On this bright and sunny afternoon the slanting sunlight turned the surface to liquid gold and silver and many other colours on the village pond all while the inhabitants ducked and dived and preened.
It was quite a spectacle!
#ducks #RottingdeanPond #birdtherapy
It was quite a spectacle!
#ducks #RottingdeanPond #birdtherapy
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On this bright and sunny afternoon the slanting sunlight turned the surface to liquid gold and silver and many other colours on the village pond all while the inhabitants ducked and dived and preened.
It was quite a spectacle!
#ducks #RottingdeanPond #birdtherapy
It was quite a spectacle!
#ducks #RottingdeanPond #birdtherapy
Great image!
Love the European Shag so much so made one standing on rock both in stoneware .. though not close to body of water so add one of many beloved Fulmar couples sitting in their chalk ledge above #Undercliffpath + pair of Jackdaws as I love them
#OnTheEdge #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
Love the European Shag so much so made one standing on rock both in stoneware .. though not close to body of water so add one of many beloved Fulmar couples sitting in their chalk ledge above #Undercliffpath + pair of Jackdaws as I love them
#OnTheEdge #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Great image!
Love the European Shag so much so made one standing on rock both in stoneware .. though not close to body of water so add one of many beloved Fulmar couples sitting in their chalk ledge above #Undercliffpath + pair of Jackdaws as I love them
#OnTheEdge #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
Love the European Shag so much so made one standing on rock both in stoneware .. though not close to body of water so add one of many beloved Fulmar couples sitting in their chalk ledge above #Undercliffpath + pair of Jackdaws as I love them
#OnTheEdge #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
It was soothing watching the blades of the wind turbines on the horizon gently turn in the breeze with the sound of waves clashing onto shingle this afternoon on Hove beach.
A visiting Turnstone in its winter glad rags came by.
#Hovebeach #Windtubines #birds #Sea #Chillout
A visiting Turnstone in its winter glad rags came by.
#Hovebeach #Windtubines #birds #Sea #Chillout
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It was soothing watching the blades of the wind turbines on the horizon gently turn in the breeze with the sound of waves clashing onto shingle this afternoon on Hove beach.
A visiting Turnstone in its winter glad rags came by.
#Hovebeach #Windtubines #birds #Sea #Chillout
A visiting Turnstone in its winter glad rags came by.
#Hovebeach #Windtubines #birds #Sea #Chillout
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So proud of my son Nick who has completed years of hard slog on his latest book published January 2026 by Springer.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So proud of my son Nick who has completed years of hard slog on his latest book published January 2026 by Springer.
Great themes and great captures Rob!
#HangingAround and #Sparrows
#birds #photography #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
#HangingAround and #Sparrows
#birds #photography #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great themes and great captures Rob!
#HangingAround and #Sparrows
#birds #photography #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
#HangingAround and #Sparrows
#birds #photography #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
Just take a look at the magnificent beauty of the layered feathers of a female Mallard preening on my local pond!
I find her and them astounding.
#ConnectWithEverydayWild
I find her and them astounding.
#ConnectWithEverydayWild
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just take a look at the magnificent beauty of the layered feathers of a female Mallard preening on my local pond!
I find her and them astounding.
#ConnectWithEverydayWild
I find her and them astounding.
#ConnectWithEverydayWild
Great shot Alan!
Here are two #warblers from me ..
Whitethroat warbling and Chiffchaff preening 🙄 ..
from walks in the South Downs & from my allotment ..
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Here are two #warblers from me ..
Whitethroat warbling and Chiffchaff preening 🙄 ..
from walks in the South Downs & from my allotment ..
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great shot Alan!
Here are two #warblers from me ..
Whitethroat warbling and Chiffchaff preening 🙄 ..
from walks in the South Downs & from my allotment ..
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Here are two #warblers from me ..
Whitethroat warbling and Chiffchaff preening 🙄 ..
from walks in the South Downs & from my allotment ..
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin