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Welcome back - hope you enjoyed your downtime! That's a great shot for today's #BirdOfTheDay - here's my offering for #RedOrDead - hope it counts. #Birds #BirdTherapy #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

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Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 15h 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.

Thanks for signing up to keep us all on our toes with #BirdOfTheDay challenges Helen. For #FabulousWaders this Common Sandpiper was very flighty as there were lots of swimmers, canoeists etc in the water nearby. #Birds #BirdingScotland #NatureCantWait #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK

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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

A close up photograph showing the head and upper body of an Avocet wading bird.  It is seen in side profile appearing from the left as viewed with a predominantly white body, black feather patches on its wings, back of its neck and the top of the Avocets head.  It has a thin black bill that curves sharply upward towards the end. It is leaning slightly forward looking down having lifted its head from hunting for food along the mudflats at low tide.  Taken on a sunny bright early morning, the background is a dark golden brown in colour from the muddy water and reflecting sunlight giving it a slight shimmer.  Seen on the North East coast, UK

.... or life? It's all relative (sorry - it is Monday though!) I was taken by this dandelion seed head blowing over the river surface in north Yorkshire and it was gone before I was able to take more than a couple of frames. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral #ECK

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰@sheena-mck.bsky.social · 3d ago

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 3 Aug starts Week E and the #AlphabetChallenge is Ephemeral. So things that exist very briefly like sunsets and butterflies, or one-off things like tickets, greetings cards etc. Sounds harder than it is! E is tough😂 Use the # below and have fun!

Welcome aboard @atlanticbirding.bsky.social - #Firsts is an ideal start for #BirdOfTheDay. I've taken photographs for >50 years but only of birds for past 3 years but I took these on holiday near wildlife reserve in Portugal in 2012 as I knew they were 'different'! #Birds #wildlifephotography #ECK

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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.

Nice images for #BirdOfTheDay Rob - a very elegant GWE. I thought I disturbed this Little Egret by peering through the grass but I see that it wasn't happy with the lurking Grey Heron! A twofer #EgretsAndHerons and #FlyDay. #Birds #BirdTherapy #NatureCantWait #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK

This image shows a left side view of a Little Egret taking off from having been wading in a pond surrounded by long grasses and reeds.  Its large white wings are flapping down and its black legs and contrasting bright yellow feet haven't yet been tucked up underneath it so they are dangling under its tail.  Its long white neck is crooked, leading to its all white head and long, sharp, pointed black bill.  Its round yellow and black eye is focused but not on me as I first thought but instead we can just see the head and top of the neck of a Grey Heron lurking in the long grass.
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 6d ago

Good morning folks. 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. #birds @rspb.bsky.social #ECK #photography #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #naturephotography #BirdLife #birdphotography

@alan678.bsky.social has chosen today's excellent #BirdOfTheDay theme to be #EmeraldBackdrop and I hope this Whitethroat fits the brief. (If he says not there's always the 2nd one I've posted! 😉😂) #Birds #BirdTherapy #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

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Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning birders. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #EmeraldBackdrop – Images where the background colour is green. Alt: #WeatheringTheElements – Birds photographed in rain, snow, mist, wind or dramatic weather conditions. #birds #photography #ECK

A male Eurasian Blackbird perches on the weathered top of a broken wooden fence post, its glossy black plumage slightly fluffed to reveal layers of soft, textured feathers. The bird’s vivid orange-yellow bill and bright golden eye-ring stand out against its dark face as it gazes alertly to the left. Around the fence, bramble stems carry clusters of ripening blackberries, with berries ranging from green to deep red, while fresh green leaves add colour and texture to the foreground. The background melts into a smooth wash of rich green bokeh, isolating the blackbird in warm sunlight and creating a striking contrast between the bird’s dark plumage, the pale weathered wood, and the vibrant summer foliage.

For #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark, the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. #EastCoastKin

This image shows four trees and a four strap wooden fence shot through the opening at the end of a long, dark tunnel of trees.  It was taken from the end of the long alleyway of trees which show as a dark vignette around the opening through which the subject trees, which are illuminated in day light, can be seen.
🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰@sheena-mck.bsky.social · last wk.

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 27 Jul is the start of Week D and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Dark. Dark in any sense of the word- dark hair, dark eyes, dark humour, dark arts, dark places, or just night shots. You get to be creative😊 Use the # below and have fun!

That’s a stunning shot for #BirdOfTheDay #CHE Alan 👏👏👏 A late entry from me - a Cormorant on the River Clyde. #Birds #BirdingScotland #BirdTherapy #UKwildlife #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

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Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning birders, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets Alt #Memories: bird captures you have reason to remember. Had you been trying to get the capture for a long time? Did you fall into a bush? First time seeing the bird? No AI. #birds #photography #ECK

A close-up portrait of a Little Egret standing in still, dark water, photographed in profile with its long black bill slightly open. The bird’s pristine white plumage contrasts dramatically against the deep navy background, while its bright yellow eye and greenish facial skin stand out with striking clarity. Fine, delicate breeding plumes cascade from the lower neck and breast, adding soft texture and elegance to the image. Gentle concentric ripples spread across the water around the egret’s partially submerged legs, echoing the graceful curve of its long neck. The minimalist composition, crisp feather detail, and high contrast between the luminous white bird and the inky water create a refined, almost sculptural portrait of this elegant wading bird.

Great #BirdOfTheDay theme Rob - you like to challenge us - and smashing set of images to show us how it's done. I've also gone for #OneTwoThreeFour with this set of Redshanks. #Birds #BirdingScotland #BirdTherapy #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

This image shows a Redshank from its left side.  It is standing on one orange leg and foot on a wooden jetty in Stonehaven harbour, with a piece of frayed nylon rope in front of it.  Its head, neck, back and wings - which are tucked together on its back - are brown with black, grey and faint white mottling.  Its breast and underside are almost the reverse, being mainly white with grey and black mottling.  Its round black eye has a very thin, white ring.  It has the Redshank's unmistakeable long, pointed orange, black tipped bill.This image shows two Redshanks from their left side.  They are standing one behind the other on a wooden jetty in Stonehaven harbour, and the one at the back is standing on one orange leg and foot, with a bundle of tangled, nylon rope in front of them.  Their heads, necks, backs and wings - which are tucked together on their backs - are brown with black, grey and faint white mottling.  Their breasts and undersides are almost the reverse, being mainly white with grey and black mottling.  Their round black eyes have very thin, white rings round them.  They both have the Redshank's unmistakeable long, pointed orange, black tipped bill.This image shows three Redshanks wading and foraging on the shore at Kilburn Park by Port Glasgow.  Looking from our left to right, the first one is facing our left and the other two are facing our right.  They are all digging their bills in to the muddy flats looking for food.  Their heads, necks, backs and wings - which are tucked together on their backs - are brown with black, grey and faint white mottling.  Their breasts and undersides are almost the reverse, being mainly white with grey and black mottling.  They all have the Redshank's unmistakeable long, pointed orange, black tipped bill which is what makes them superb shoreline foragers.This image shows four Redshanks, standing on a seaweed covered rock, on the shoreline at Kilburn Park by Port Glasgow, with the Firth of Clyde as the background.  Three of them are standing on the top of the rock, with two of them facing to our right and the other facing to our left.  The fourth is lower down the rock and closer to the camera and is facing to our right.
They are each standing on one orange leg and foot.  Their heads, necks, backs and wings - which are tucked together on their backs - are brown with black, grey and faint white mottling.  Their breasts and undersides are almost the reverse, being mainly white with grey and black mottling.  Their round black eyes have very thin, white rings round them.  They all have the Redshank's unmistakeable long, pointed orange, black tipped bill, which makes them great foragers in habitats like this, when the tide is lower, exposing the river bed.
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme is a tough one with #OneTwoThreeFour, 4 photos with 1, 2, 3, 4 birds, with each photo being the same bird/s. The Alt theme is #ForJanet, any of the Robin Species will do. #birds #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #naturephotography

A beautiful Robin Yarrow Valley Country Park.

Who can blame anything for #SittingDownOnTheJob in this weather?! Nice #BirdOfTheDay theme and set of images as always Rob. One of our new House sparrow brood must have found it all too much and had to sit down! #Birds #BirdingScotland #NatureCantWait #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK

This image shows a young House sparrow sitting on the top edge of a wooden garden fence panel, with blurred green foliage as the background.  It is face on to the camera with its head turned slightly to its left, showing off its short, sharp yellow bill and its small black eye with a black eye stripe running through it.  It is young so its plumage hasn't fully developed and matured yet so its chin, breast and underside are fluffy and light grey.  Taken in our Renfrewshire garden.
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SittingDownOnTheJob, birds sitting on the floor. The Alt theme is #Yellow, any birds with Yellow in their plumage. Sadly no time for stories today. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #BirdLife

#Triplets is a great but challenging #BirdOfTheDay theme Rob - well done on such a great set for it. Here’s a Peahen with two chicks in the sunshine at @nationaltrust.org.uk’s #NunningtonHall #Birds #BirdTherapy #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

This image shows a Peahen and her two chicks in the sunshine in the courtyard at the National Trust’s superb Nunnington Hall. The image shows them from their right side with the Peahen standing guard behind her chicks as they peck, heads down, at the ground beside her. Compared to her resplendent partner who was posing in the main garden the Peahen is quite drab with her grey body and neck above her white breast. Her face is white with a black patch around her eye. The chicks are light brown with white fluffy legs.
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good morning all. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets, 3 of the same birds. The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. Here's a set of #Triplets with some Goslings, Kittiwakes, Sand Martins & Puffins. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #BirdLife #photography

That’s a lovely #ScreenFiller on #BirdOfTheDay Alan. I recently made it to @rspb.bsky.social’s fantastic @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social reserve and saw this magnificent Gannet which I’m also sneakily posting early for #SuperSeaBirdSunday. #ECK #Birds #NatureCantWait #UkWildlife #wildlifephotography

This image shows an adult Gannet flying from right to left across the frame. Taken from slightly above the bird the background is the distant, dark sea surface. It was a beautiful day at RSPB Bempton Cliffs reserve so the bird is lit beautifully in the late afternoon sunshine showing off its brilliant white neck, back and tail feathers and the central panels of its wings which also have broad black tips.  Its nape is the characteristic yellow of Gannets and its bill is unmistakably pointed, long and white with black lined edges and black below its pale blue eye. Its black and white legs are hanging below its body as it approaches the cliffs. This was my first visit to this reserve and it was amazing.
Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good morning birders. The #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. Alt #Migratory, birds you see only in certain seasons. A Grey #Heron taken yesterday. #birds #photography #ECK

A Grey Heron flies gracefully across a cloudless blue sky, captured in sharp side profile with its broad wings fully outstretched. The bird’s long, pointed orange bill leads the way, while its pale grey body, black shoulder markings, and distinctive black stripe extending from the eye are clearly visible. Its neck is folded into the characteristic S-shape of herons in flight, and its long legs trail neatly behind with outstretched toes. Sunlight highlights the bird’s feathers against the smooth blue backdrop, emphasizing the impressive wingspan and elegant, streamlined form as it glides effortlessly through the air.

For @janesgallery.bsky.social’s #SmallBirdSaturday this is one of at least eight Long-tailed Tits I had the pleasure of watching recently. #ECK

This image shows a young - probably not long fledged - Long-tailed tit perched on a thin branch in the trees.  It is almost face on to the camera but something  high up has caught its attention as it has twisted its head to peer upwards. Against a blurred background of branches and foliage its new light grey and dark grey plumage on its breast and underside stand out nicely. It hasn’t developed its full plumage yet so its head is still light brown. Taken in North Yorkshire.
✮: 🎀 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒 🎀 :✮@janesgallery.bsky.social · 3w ago

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday I’m off now - feel free to add your #LittleOnes #SmallBirdSaturday An old one from me when I had Pampas grass in the front garden - until I read what it meant! 🔑 🔑 🫣🤣 #Birds #Birdphotography #Nature #ECK

I liked the lines and angles of the rear view of this building for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBehind #ECK

This is a view of the rear of a brick built, flat roofed commercial building in a local market town. It is shot from ground level and the building almost fills the frame with a small area of blue sky above it. The main and larger section, on the left, has a small brick chimney stack just visible above the edge of the roof, which has a black gutter running along it leading to a black down pipe that drops down the right side of the section to the ground. It also has a small, white rectangular window at the top right and a large, grey, rectangular slatted double door at ground level, with two black metal posts in front of it. The black down pipe runs between the main section and the smaller right hand section which is in 2 parts, each stepping back from the main section. The left side of this section has a large rectangular window on the top floor and a smaller rectangular window at ground floor level.
🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰@sheena-mck.bsky.social · 3w ago

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 13 Jul is the start of Week B and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Behind. So pics of anything taken from the behind. People, animals, whatever - as long as they are shown from the back. That’s it! Use the # below and have fun!