On #Remembrance, #LestWeForget War kills, destroys, brutalises Builds for future war Reveals the evil Man can do Brings new oppression. Christ heals, restores, saves Grants us inner peace Reveals the blessing God can give Brings real freedom. War profits the unscrupulous. Christ saves the soul.

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

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

Just a red squirrel sending its mate somersaulting head-over-heels through the air... in Whinlatter Forest, #England. Sound on 😀 #redsquirrel #squirrel #squirrelcontent #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife

What's your favourite coast? I've got to go with Cardigan Bay, but only cos I saw DOLPHINS at New Quay this week 😃 Here's some of the photos, of a mother and calf... more to come! #Wales #dolphin #sea #marine #wildlife #UK #photography #mammal #seascape #coast