Chris Duffield
@yorkshire-chris.bsky.social
Flew from coop after 15 years following arrival of a black cuckoo!
Retired headteacher - the listener in the room, here to learn and smile: family; countryside; environment; humanity; justice; health; art; rural life ...
Retired headteacher - the listener in the room, here to learn and smile: family; countryside; environment; humanity; justice; health; art; rural life ...
Early morning round for the long tailed tits as they visited the resident tit families in numbers. Oh ... and the food. Always a delight to see.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Early morning round for the long tailed tits as they visited the resident tit families in numbers. Oh ... and the food. Always a delight to see.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A Great Tit on the peanut feeder near the window with the Bluetits flitting very actively in the background. A gloomy grey sky above but their colours and activity bring life to the day.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A Great Tit on the peanut feeder near the window with the Bluetits flitting very actively in the background. A gloomy grey sky above but their colours and activity bring life to the day.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Snap on the fog. But sadly no robin.
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Snap on the fog. But sadly no robin.
Lovely picture there. 😍
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lovely picture there. 😍
The faithful bluetits enjoying peanuts as ever on a cold misty morn.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The faithful bluetits enjoying peanuts as ever on a cold misty morn.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Snap on a Great Tit.
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Snap on a Great Tit.
A Great Tit first to greet a sunny morn; feasting on peanuts, its black and white mask distinctive in the sunlight.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A Great Tit first to greet a sunny morn; feasting on peanuts, its black and white mask distinctive in the sunlight.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A very wet morn, and only a single bluetit venturing forth.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A very wet morn, and only a single bluetit venturing forth.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A pair of collared doves swiftly taking to flight passing the window as the curtains opened revealing sunshine and several other garden birds feeding.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A pair of collared doves swiftly taking to flight passing the window as the curtains opened revealing sunshine and several other garden birds feeding.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
On a very dark, damp morning the bluetits never failing to delight the day by being ever present.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On a very dark, damp morning the bluetits never failing to delight the day by being ever present.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
The bluetits and great tits flitting about on a breezy, dry morning. Other birds scarce recently, maybe to avoid the Sparrowhawk seen more frequently flying by, agile, fast and low.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The bluetits and great tits flitting about on a breezy, dry morning. Other birds scarce recently, maybe to avoid the Sparrowhawk seen more frequently flying by, agile, fast and low.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
The robin again in its current favourite perch on the ivy trellis planter next to the feeders. Today welcoming a very dark, gloomy day.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The robin again in its current favourite perch on the ivy trellis planter next to the feeders. Today welcoming a very dark, gloomy day.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A Robin perched on a frosty trellis welcoming the morning at half light.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A Robin perched on a frosty trellis welcoming the morning at half light.
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I love that picture you created this morn, Hannah.
For me, a great tit feeding on the peanuts during an interlude in the rain.
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For me, a great tit feeding on the peanuts during an interlude in the rain.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I love that picture you created this morn, Hannah.
For me, a great tit feeding on the peanuts during an interlude in the rain.
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For me, a great tit feeding on the peanuts during an interlude in the rain.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A pair of longtail tits on the telecoms wire taking a break and perusing the lack of activity in the garden below, soon joined by another pair. Then the resident tit families came out as it began to fair, so they joined them all about the feeders in growing numbers.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A pair of longtail tits on the telecoms wire taking a break and perusing the lack of activity in the garden below, soon joined by another pair. Then the resident tit families came out as it began to fair, so they joined them all about the feeders in growing numbers.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Likewise, a group of tree sparrows perched in the now skeletal hawthorn, pondering as they take in the view of their wet world. A familiar and welcome sight, signalling that Winter is truly here.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Likewise, a group of tree sparrows perched in the now skeletal hawthorn, pondering as they take in the view of their wet world. A familiar and welcome sight, signalling that Winter is truly here.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A solitary bluetit venturing out on a frozen morn to sample the seed in a replenished feeder. But the sun is venturing out, too, so maybe water troughs and the gated garden pond will thaw somewhat today.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A solitary bluetit venturing out on a frozen morn to sample the seed in a replenished feeder. But the sun is venturing out, too, so maybe water troughs and the gated garden pond will thaw somewhat today.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
A Carrion Crow angrily chasing a Wood Pigeon across the laden sky, just as a flurry of snow commenced, as if it was its fault.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A Carrion Crow angrily chasing a Wood Pigeon across the laden sky, just as a flurry of snow commenced, as if it was its fault.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Five or six buzzards circling in and out of low lying cloud after early snow. Across the Vale of York the N.Yorkshire Moors and Howardian Hills are still showing a covering.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Five or six buzzards circling in and out of low lying cloud after early snow. Across the Vale of York the N.Yorkshire Moors and Howardian Hills are still showing a covering.
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