Ian Parsons
@ianparsons.bsky.social
Author, Writer and Naturalist. Books: A Vulture Landscape; Seasonality; Of the Trees and The Birds; Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. NEW BOOK - Tarka Revisited, 100 Years of Rivers and Wildlife. Out June 2026.
...the alternative #birdoftheday theme today is #birds with their bills open singing. If its singing you want, it has to be a Nightingale.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
...the alternative #birdoftheday theme today is #birds with their bills open singing. If its singing you want, it has to be a Nightingale.
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is grounded gulls. Here is a mighty Great Blacked-back Gull, look at that bill!
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And the alternative theme...
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And the alternative theme...
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is grounded gulls. Here is a mighty Great Blacked-back Gull, look at that bill!
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And the alternative theme...
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And the alternative theme...
The #birdoftheday theme for today is Thrushes, beautiful #birds
I've gone for one of my favourites, a Fieldfare. I love hearing their chuckling call at this time of year. 🪶
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I've gone for one of my favourites, a Fieldfare. I love hearing their chuckling call at this time of year. 🪶
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The #birdoftheday theme for today is Thrushes, beautiful #birds
I've gone for one of my favourites, a Fieldfare. I love hearing their chuckling call at this time of year. 🪶
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I've gone for one of my favourites, a Fieldfare. I love hearing their chuckling call at this time of year. 🪶
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The alternative #birdoftheday theme today is #sparrows
Great #birds so let's go Spanish Sparrow
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Great #birds so let's go Spanish Sparrow
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November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The alternative #birdoftheday theme today is #sparrows
Great #birds so let's go Spanish Sparrow
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Great #birds so let's go Spanish Sparrow
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is round with an alternative of #sparrows
Will go round first with this rather impressive looking Dunnock!
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Will go round first with this rather impressive looking Dunnock!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is round with an alternative of #sparrows
Will go round first with this rather impressive looking Dunnock!
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Will go round first with this rather impressive looking Dunnock!
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The #birdoftheday alternative theme is blurry, #birds in motion. My second and final offering is of a Kingfisher dropping from its nest hole after backing out of it, happens so fast. @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The #birdoftheday alternative theme is blurry, #birds in motion. My second and final offering is of a Kingfisher dropping from its nest hole after backing out of it, happens so fast. @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social
Today's #birdoftheday is about #birds with different coloured spots, but as that sounds like a colour blind test which I'd fail, going to go for the alternative, blurry - birds in motion. A female Gos having a go at me on a licensed nest check.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today's #birdoftheday is about #birds with different coloured spots, but as that sounds like a colour blind test which I'd fail, going to go for the alternative, blurry - birds in motion. A female Gos having a go at me on a licensed nest check.
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@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social 🪶
And finally a 4th offering (I could go on & on!) for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts, why settle for just 1 bird! Azure-winged Magpies (or the rather prosaic Iberian Magpies if you wish) piling in on a post.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And finally a 4th offering (I could go on & on!) for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts, why settle for just 1 bird! Azure-winged Magpies (or the rather prosaic Iberian Magpies if you wish) piling in on a post.
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So, third up in my #birdoftheday #birds on posts theme I offer a Bee-eater in the mist.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So, third up in my #birdoftheday #birds on posts theme I offer a Bee-eater in the mist.
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Second offering for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts. Little Owl.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Second offering for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts. Little Owl.
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No Parking Whitebeam, Sorbus admonitor
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
No Parking Whitebeam, Sorbus admonitor
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
Today's #birdoftheday theme is swans with an alternative of #birds on posts. Definitely going for the alternative, might be a series of them depicting birds from my patch in #Extremadura
First up, Hoopoe.
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First up, Hoopoe.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is swans with an alternative of #birds on posts. Definitely going for the alternative, might be a series of them depicting birds from my patch in #Extremadura
First up, Hoopoe.
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First up, Hoopoe.
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Going through files & found a brief video of some willow scrub. Couldn't understand why I had filmed scrub... Then I played it with the sound on. Such a common sound where scrub's allowed to abound.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Going through files & found a brief video of some willow scrub. Couldn't understand why I had filmed scrub... Then I played it with the sound on. Such a common sound where scrub's allowed to abound.
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As is Hawthorn. And Ivy. And Blackbirds. And, well, lots of species. The 'great' British acclimatisation societies of our colonial era have a lot to answer for. This is a great book, even though it will make you bang your head against a wall!
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As is Hawthorn. And Ivy. And Blackbirds. And, well, lots of species. The 'great' British acclimatisation societies of our colonial era have a lot to answer for. This is a great book, even though it will make you bang your head against a wall!
The #birdoftheday is 'ducks out of water' so let's go left field & take the phrase's meaning - something in an unfamiliar & uncomfortable situation. A newly fledged Griffon Vulture stranded on a busy road bridge, too weak to get sufficient lift. Bird recovered, fed & released🪶 @alan678.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The #birdoftheday is 'ducks out of water' so let's go left field & take the phrase's meaning - something in an unfamiliar & uncomfortable situation. A newly fledged Griffon Vulture stranded on a busy road bridge, too weak to get sufficient lift. Bird recovered, fed & released🪶 @alan678.bsky.social
Today's #birdoftheday theme is ducks out of water. One of the most beautiful ducks, Teal, having a nap.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is ducks out of water. One of the most beautiful ducks, Teal, having a nap.
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I do enjoy #birdoftheday thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social & @alan678.bsky.social for coming up with topics. Today's is paddling #birds
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I do enjoy #birdoftheday thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social & @alan678.bsky.social for coming up with topics. Today's is paddling #birds
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Not my usual #wildlife fare, but I do also enjoy dabbling in #antiques Nice pair of Victorian hand painted uranium glass vases gently glowing under UV light. Scary? Actually less radiation than a granite kitchen worktop
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November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Not my usual #wildlife fare, but I do also enjoy dabbling in #antiques Nice pair of Victorian hand painted uranium glass vases gently glowing under UV light. Scary? Actually less radiation than a granite kitchen worktop
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is paddling #birds
Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is paddling #birds
Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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So today's #birdoftheday theme is birds on the ground, here is a Hoopoe with a sizeable spider snack.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So today's #birdoftheday theme is birds on the ground, here is a Hoopoe with a sizeable spider snack.
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Worrying increase in bird flu in wild birds in Spain, Cranes in particular are affected. Spain has huge numbers of Cranes in winter, forming large concentrations. Already dead birds are being found. 🪶
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November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Worrying increase in bird flu in wild birds in Spain, Cranes in particular are affected. Spain has huge numbers of Cranes in winter, forming large concentrations. Already dead birds are being found. 🪶
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