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alisonwillis1.bsky.social

@alisonwillis1.bsky.social

Nature lover, Revolutionary Socialist. Tax wealth not work! Neurodiverse. Force free, consent based, clicker training horse guardian. Music lover. Budget wildlife 📷 North Yorkshire.

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social · 7h ago

Bearded reedling 15cm They live in temperate regions of Europe and Asia, their diet shifts from insects in the summer to reed seeds in the winter. Males have a blue-grey head with a striking black "moustache" and bright orange-brown body. Females are a simpler buff-brown without moustache.

Neil Cameron @neilcam57.bsky.social · 16h ago

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, Assorted seabirds on the 'Cement Ship' approaching sunset. From 2004 at Aptos, California. #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

The bow of a wrecked ship provides perches for numerous seabirds is silhouetted against a cloudy red sunset sky. The setting sun is glimpsed in the upper right.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 15h ago

A Ruddy Darter rests it's weary wings. #ColorADay #RedWed #ECK #BudgetGear #UKWildlife #Insects #Dragonflies #CasualPhotography

An overhead, close-up shot captures a vibrant red dragonfly resting on a large, textured green leaf.The dragonfly has a bright red, segmented abdomen and a darker brownish-red thorax. Its large compound eyes match its body color. Four expansive, transparent wings with intricate dark veins extend outwards, each featuring small dark blocks near the tips. The insect's thin black legs anchor it securely to the leaf surface.The bright lime-green leaf fills the background, showing prominent veins and a serrated edge on the right. Soft, natural lighting highlights the delicate details of both the dragonfly and the leaf texture.

HLK @hlkfotos.com · 16h ago

Jay in cooler times. #BirdOfTheDay #RedOrDead 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), a large songbird with a deep blue torso, wings, and tail, dark eyes, black beak, black head topped with a tall black crest, and pale blue eyebrow-like stripes above its eyes. It's perched on top of red metal outdoor furniture in diffuse lighting on a cloudy day looking slightly over its shoulder toward the right of frame with deep green foliage in the background behind it.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 15h ago

Good Morning 🌞 Hope you are all in fine fettle this Wednesday I've chosen the alt theme of #SummerVisitors. Warblers are some of my favourite visitors. A beautiful Sedge Warbler showing off its bold eye stripe in the reedbeds. #BirdOFTheDay #ECK #UKWildlife #CasualPhotography #BudgetGear 📷🪶🕊️

A close-up shot of a small Sedge Warbler bird perched vertically on a dry, light brown reed stem. The bird is facing left, showcasing its brown and cream streaked feathers and a prominent, broad creamy white stripe running right above its eye. The background is a soft, blurred mix of green and tan marsh vegetation. The song of the Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is famously chaotic, energetic, and completely unique. Instead of repeating a fixed melody like many other birds, a male Sedge Warbler never sings the exact same song twice.

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 16h ago

Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird or a photo of a bird on bare winter branches. Alt #SummerVisitors Migratory birds associated with summer or your favourite bird to capture in summer. #birds #photography #ECK

A Meadow Pipit perches sideways on the curved seed head of a dark purple grass, its finely streaked brown upperparts and cream underparts sharply in focus against a smooth green background. The bird grips a large reddish earthworm in its slender bill, likely carrying food back to a nest or recently fledged young. Its alert dark eye and slightly raised crown feathers give it an attentive expression, while the soft, blurred backdrop draws full attention to the delicate plumage and the vivid contrast of the red worm against the bird’s pale face.

Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FabulousWaders The Alt. theme is #Speckled I’m going with a curlew that’s searching for food on the beach 🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #thelittlethings #ECK #TidesoutTuesday

A curlew stands in the shallow, clear water on a sandy beach, searching for food in the sand with its long, downward-curving beak. The bird is reflected in the water, whilst gentle waves roll out into the distance in the foreground.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning Some welcome rain at last!!! @helenbennett.bsky.social Has chosen #FabulousWaders for today's theme. Auditions for Swan Lake look a little different this year. #BirdOfTheDay #UKWildlife #Nature #BudgetGear #CasualPhotography #ECK

A long-legged shorebird, a Black-tailed Godwit, stands on one leg in the middle of a brown, muddy landscape. The bird is stretching one of its wings downward and backward, exposing a white patch on its lower back and a striking white stripe across its dark flight feathers. It has a long, straight bill, a brownish-orange wash on its neck and chest, and a pale belly.

✮: 🎀 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒 🎀 :✮@janesgallery.bsky.social · 2d ago

#BirdOfTheDay Alt is #Speckled @helenbennett.bsky.social Starling #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #ECK

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), easily identified by its metallic, iridescent plumage.The bird displays its breeding plumage, characterized by a glossy black sheen and a distinct yellow beak.

Helen Bennett 🌿@helenbennett.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning all. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme I've chosen #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! For me it's the Avocet, a calm and graceful beauty wading along the shoreline! 🤍🪶 The Alt. theme is #Speckled any bird with speckled patterns on its plumage. 📷 #birds #photography #ECK

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning. My co host Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! Alt is #Speckled I’m away till evening from 10am. Camera day with a mate. Have a lovely day wherever you are in the world. 🤗 #birds #photography #ECK

A bustling flock of Eurasian Oystercatchers fills the frame in a spectacular mass take-off. Their striking black heads and backs contrast sharply with brilliant white underparts and bold white wing bars, while vivid orange-red bills and pink legs flash through the motion. Several birds are crisply captured with wings fully spread, revealing intricate feather patterns, while others blur into the background, creating a strong sense of speed, depth, and controlled chaos. The soft, muted backdrop of shoreline and water keeps the focus on the swirling movement of the flock, conveying the excitement and energy of a moment when dozens of birds launch into flight together.

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d ago

🪶 @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen #FabulousWaders as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Alt. is #Speckled, birds with speckled plumage. I have a shot I took of a Snipe in the rushes in Spring, which you could argue has a few speckles!! #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 2d ago

A splash of electric blue amongst the nettles. #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #ECK #UKWildlife #BudgetGear #CasualPhotography 📷🦟

Side view of a brilliant blue damselfly perched on the serrated edge of a green leaf. Its clear wings are folded parallel to its long, patterned abdomen, and its distinctive bulbous blue eyes are facing right.

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good morning All. I thought that as today is my first day, the #BirdOfTheDay theme should be: #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures. Alt. is my most captured; #Robins - Male Reed Bunting, shot in my 1st fortnight of having a camera - The ubiquitous European Robin #birds #photography #ECK

A Male Reed Warbler on a thin plant stalk. The bird is left of centre of the shot perched near the top of tall, dried out plant stalk that is bent over at a 45 degree angle with the weight of the bird. It is turned slightly to look right so that its front, belly and right side can be seen.
Another plant stalk is vertical beside the bird.
The background is an out focus blue sky with two thin, vertical tree branches sparsely covered in green leaves.

A European Robin perched on a thin Sycamore branch. The bird is right of frame, the underside of its tail and body are fully visible, as is its chest. Its head is turned to the left so that the left side of its head can be seen.
It is perched on a small sycamore branch which runs vertically along the right of the picture. A second, larger branch runs from the bottom, slightly left of the centre, to the top right hand corner.
The background is out of focus branches lit brightly by sunlight

✮: 🎀 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒 🎀 :✮@janesgallery.bsky.social · 3d ago

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Firsts - some of your earliest bird captures. @atlanticbirding.bsky.social Little Owl 🦉 (?) captured in a nook of a derelict church with a Fuji FinePix early 2000’s #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #ECK

This image features a Little Owl (Athene noctua), identified by its characteristic flattened facial disc and intense, yellow-eyed stare.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good morning 🌅 @atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #Firsts for the main theme. Because my old files (much like my brain) are chaotic. It's also a reet rigmarole trawling my old laptop. I've chosen the first bird photo stored on my phone.

A portrait of my chook, Flora. She lived to a ripe old age of 11.

HLK @hlkfotos.com · 3d ago

Sorry, but it was taken in July, so you have to look at the baby violet-green swallows in the pipe one more time for #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJuly. 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) nest inside a drain pipe in the side of a corrugated metal wall. Three brown and white feathered chicks are visible in the pipe opening, in focus and facing the camera, their bright yellow and red mouths wide open as they beg for food. Slightly out of focus in the foreground, with iridescent green back and violet wings and tail, an adult swallow approaches the nest cavity with wings spread wide.

A photo of an immature great blue heron (Ardea herodias) standing in dark green water, neck curved, holding a small fish at the tip of its bill with water droplets falling from it.

A photo of two fluffy juvenile purple martens (Progne subis) perched on bare budding branches and backlit against a pale blue-gray sky. They are small passerine birds with grayish-brown and navy upperparts and light gray underparts, dark round eyes, and small black beaks. The bird on the right has one wing outstretched below the branch it perches on, showing long pointed flight feathers.

A photo of a female American kestrel (Falco sparverius) in flight against a clear gray-blue sky, with its wings raised over its head. It's a small raptor with rufous-and-black barred wings and tail, a streaky breast, dark round eyes, black face stripes, white cheeks, and a small hooked beak. It is moving toward the right of frame, eyeing the photographer.

Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good morning from a sleepy head who slept through his Alarm Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfJuly so no need for an Alt Theme today. Sadly rushing so much now I've no time for stories. #birds #ECK #photography

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good afternoon folks 😊 Rob has chosen #BestOfJuly for today's #BirdOfTheDay Watching the House Martins has been a daily delight. #ECK #CasualPhotography #BudgetGear #UKWildlife 🕊️📷🪶

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 4d ago

Happy #StunDay A traveler painted in orange and ink, resting soft on the thorns. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ECK #Butterflies #UKWildlife #MacroPhotography #BudgetGear

Close-up of a Painted Lady butterfly resting open-winged on a green thistle. The wings display an orange, black, and white pattern. Two long antennae with white tips point upward from its fuzzy body against a blurred background of green stems and orange buds.

Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward. Alt #HedgingYourBets" I'm going with cormorants looking up to the sky 🪶 #Birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #ECK #thelittlethings #BlueSkyArtShow #Big

Three cormorants are standing close together on a light-coloured concrete wall. Two of the birds have spread their wings wide out to dry them. The cormorant in the middle is holding its head and beak pointing straight up towards the sky. Its plumage glistens a dark blue-black, whilst the bases of its beak shine a striking yellow-white. The area behind the birds consists of a blurred, lush green bush.

Only me @onlyme56.bsky.social · 5d ago

Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OverTheRainbow birds looking up, so my #Gannets were the first thing that came to mind. 😊 #birds #BemptonCliffs

Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 5d ago

Morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward. Alt #HedgingYourBets, any bird in a hedge or bush. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT From Monday, @atlanticbirding.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social Will be joining us as cohosts. #birds #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday

A fluffy juvenile European robin stands upright in short green grass, its rounded body covered in mottled brown plumage before the familiar adult red breast develops. The young bird gazes upward with a large, dark eye and a slender pointed bill, while its long pink legs give it an alert, inquisitive stance. Tiny white clover flowers and scattered fallen leaves dot the softly blurred lawn, creating a natural garden setting that highlights the fledgling’s youthful appearance and curious expression.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 5d ago

House Martin in a gloomy sky for #SmallBirdSaturday #ECK #BudgetPhotography #UKWildlife

A House Martin gliding mid-flight against a textured gray sky. Its long, slender wings form a crescent shape, and its distinct, slightly forked tail is clearly visible.

Neil Cameron @neilcam57.bsky.social · 5d ago

Alan @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow Immature Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) wondering which way is up. #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Immature Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) stands among the spindly branches of a tree while peering towards the sky.

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 5d ago

Good morning Female Chaffinch, eyes to the sky, ready to fly (and eat her tasty seed) Forge Valley #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow #ECK #OlderCamera #BudgetGear #UKWildlife #CasualPhotography 🪶📷🕊️

"A close-up photograph of a female chaffinch perched on a rustic wooden surface. The bird has soft greyish-brown underparts, a subtle olive-green tint on its back, and distinct white and black stripes visible across its closed wings. The background is softly out of focus, highlighting the crisp details of the bird's feathers."

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 5d ago

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 5d ago

Unfrogettably green #ColorADay #GreenSat #CasualPhotography #OlderCamera #BudgetPhotigraphy #UKWildlife #Nature

A vibrant green frog sits partially submerged in a murky pond, resting on thick green plant stems. The frog has dark brown spots across its skin, large gold-rimmed eyes, and is surrounded by floating aquatic vegetation and wet leaves.

Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 5d ago

Incoming Alpine Swift from my session with these amazing birds on my local patch (Monte Coto). On a couple of occasions I could actually hear their wing beats but boy are they fast. #birds #birdphotography #birding #swift #naturephotography #Alicante

Violet @fetchingviolet.bsky.social · 5d ago

From @robcrank68.bsky.social today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do. The Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow as part of its plumage Great Blue Heron #birdphotography #birds #herons

A Great Blue Heron is standing in shallow water, its long neck stretched upright. The bird’s body is a mix of gray and blue, with long, smooth feathers along its back and wings. Its legs hidden beneath the water’s surface. The water around it is calm, with small round ripples and a few lily pads floating on the surface.

A-Girl-Called-Ronnie 🇳🇱@rboley.bsky.social · 6d ago

Patience. #BirdOfTheDay #EgretsAndHerons #ECK #NLBirds

Grey heron, reflected in the water, standing calmly in front of some reeds