Three planets in the sky this morning, over #Manchester - and for once, it *wasn't cloudy*! Jupiter and Mars, near Regulus... and Venus, back as a Morning Star 😀 #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #photography

So. Over the summer, I was walking Hadrian's Wall near Carlisle, when I spotted the RAF planning to *INVADE SCOTLAND*!!! Or was it just training, as part of NATO's 2-month long 'Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2'? You decide! #HadriansWall #Scotland #England #RAF #Chinook #C17 #aviation #militaryaviation

Ice on the windscreens this morning, end of the week looks COOOOOOLD! So, obviously, my mum is doing a "Run 10K EVERY DAY for 4 weeks" challenge! For @alzheimersresearchuk.org inspired by their partnership with #parkrun. Here's how she's doing: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/... #BlueskyRunning #run

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Three planets in the sky this morning, over #Manchester - and for once, it *wasn't cloudy*! Jupiter and Mars, near Regulus... and Venus, back as a Morning Star 😀 #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #photography

Anyone else miss Bonfire Night this year? Here's some fireworks from Blackpool, in September, to make up for it! Guy Fawkes, eh?

Dave Piper@davepiperdj.bsky.social · last mo.

Fireworks off Blackpool!

After Guy Fawkes Night, and the US midterms: a cartoon

Rob's set today's #BirdOfTheDay themes as #Borbs, birds that look like they ate too much, and #Gulls... see, I think these herring gull chicks at Flamborough Head this summer looked Borb-ish! @robcrank68.bsky.social thoughts?

Also, in #video format... #PolarBearWeek @polarbearsinternational.org #Bears #PolarBearLife

I'm told it's #PolarBearWeek, @polarbearsinternational.org? Never seen any in the wild, but I *have* seen them being rather adorable, safely behind glass in the zoo... #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

I'm told it's #PolarBearWeek, @polarbearsinternational.org? Never seen any in the wild, but I *have* seen them being rather adorable, safely behind glass in the zoo... #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A little bird (!) tells me today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #GoldenSun (any bird in warm, golden sunshine) or #FemmeFatale - any female bird. Well... rude NOT to stop and watch when a #kestrel is eating her al fresco lunch. Anyone mind a #video instead of a #photo, to do it justice?

Just a cormorant, swallowing breakfast... #ukbirding #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #weekend

Just seen @robcrank68.bsky.social's them for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfOctober... Can I deluge you in #swans, black and white, stretching their wings? They just look so amazing doing it! @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

"Dear Diary: d'oh!" (as it were). Went to local deer park after the storms last weekend. They have a WHITE STAG (not pictured)! Also, to the local water park. They have a BLACK SWAN! Best not let the far right hear. They'll give one a #podcast & #deport the other! How was your #weekend? #wildlife

Bog standard UK mute swans. Boring as all get-out. Never do anything, just circle around with their heads underwater. Want proof? HERE'S proof! #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography #swans #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

"Look, a goosander!" "A goose, and a WHAT?" #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #Mersey #Manchester

Black swans? Native to Australia? In *Manchester*? To quote Chicken Run, "It's all in yer 'ead, Mr Tweedy, all in yer 'ead"... #birds #photography #birdphotography #ukbirding #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Black swans? Native to Australia? In *Manchester*? To quote Chicken Run, "It's all in yer 'ead, Mr Tweedy, all in yer 'ead"... #birds #photography #birdphotography #ukbirding #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Rob has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #HeadsUp (any bird looking up to the sky) with an Alt theme of #MealTime (any bird eating food). #MealTime for me! A female Kestrel I spotted at Formby, when I was *actually* looking for red squirrels (Didn't see any...)

"Look, a goosander!" "A goose, and a WHAT?" #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #Mersey #Manchester

Sorry for the late entry to #BirdOfTheDay - but will this black swan count for #branched? Or does the bird have to be on the branch, rather than vice versa?

Bog standard UK mute swans. Boring as all get-out. Never do anything, just circle around with their heads underwater. Want proof? HERE'S proof! #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography #swans #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Well, Storm Boelo seems to have blown the black swan back to the local lake... hadn't seen it for weeks, but this afternoon... on patrol and hungry! #BlackSwan #StormBoelo #StormAusten #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography

Well, Storm Boelo seems to have blown the black swan back to the local lake... hadn't seen it for weeks, but this afternoon... on patrol and hungry! #BlackSwan #StormBoelo #StormAusten #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography

Thank you for #Robins as today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay today @robcrank68.bsky.social - I can't resist, they are so cheerful! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirding

Red squirrel sneezing in the rain, for #SquirrelSaturday, anyone?

I absolutely HATE getting up in tge dark, to run in the cold and the wet (#StormAusten and #StormBoelo this weekend)... but this is my fastest parkrun yet. So my LEGS must love what my brain can't stand! #loveparkrun #ukrunchat #run #running

Last-minute entry for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay: a young blue tit on the feeder at Sale Water Park, for #Juveniles, and a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks at Tatton Park, for the Alt theme of #Green! #birds #photography #ukbirding @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

The moment you start to suspect the Royal Mint is spying on your socials... the new 20p piece, and a shot I took at Flamborough Head this summer. COINCIDENCE?!? #bird #ukbirding #puffin #birdphotography