The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird, struggled with this one but found a Spotted Flycatcher with what appears to be a Painted Lady Butterfly, it's almost red Alan 😁 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FabulousWaders Any wading bird set by new co-host @helenbennett.bsky.social - Grey Heron quietly moving through the reeds ever so slowly on the hunt for its next meal - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography

Did you know that today 04/08/26 is officially International Owl Awareness Day 🦉😍 here's a Great Grey Owl - photo taken at Ebbw Vale Owl Sanctuary - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owl #owllovers

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures set by new co-host @atlanticbirding.bsky.social - back to 2021 for me and a very dark photo of a Robin (learnt a lot since then 😜) 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #robin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJuly set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Time for you all to get fed up of more Owl's from me 😁 but spent most of July with this beautiful family - three of five juveniles 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owl

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ Gone for full on cuteness overload 🥰🥰- Tawny Owlet looking up in wonderment - photo taken in South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owl

Here we go into August already and time for 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒's #SmallBirdSaturday ~ @janesgallery.bsky.social - #LittleOnes - Jenny Wren this week taken in a church yard over The Vale of Glamorgan South Wales 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #wren

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow as part of its plumage set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - noticed Alan went with a beautiful Willow Warbler so keeping the same species here is a singing Wood Warbler 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - A Great Egret having a good 'ole shake down at Westhay Moor Nature Reserve - Somerset 🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Following on from my #BirdOfTheDay post this morning and comments with @alan678.bsky.social, I thought it would be good to show a wide shot of the Barn Owl in the window of the church & what a setting for these beautiful birds 😍😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #owllovers #owl

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice bird capture/ captures you’ve been itching to post set by @alan678.bsky.social - Adult Barn Owl perched high up in a church belfry - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owllovers #owl

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater, Ducks that are out of water but not flying set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Mallard Duckling ~ photo taken at Forest Farm Nature Reserve - Cardiff - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Male Siskin photographed in the garden - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WeatheringTheElements – Birds photographed in rain, snow, mist, wind or dramatic weather conditions ~ Dunnock on a blustery day on the South Wales coastline 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EmeraldBackdrop – Images where the background colour is green set by @alan678.bsky.social - Here's Eliza Crow giving me the look to hurry up and put a coconut half out 😁 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #corvids

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey, any bird with Grey in its plumage set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - a late one from me today as went in search for this Mega lifer ✅ Long-Tailed Shrike on the Gloucester/Oxfordshire border 😍 🤩 🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Memories: bird captures you have reason to remember set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ took three years searching for the Dartford Warbler & still one of my favourite birds to photograph - See ALT😍😍 🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

One more for today's main #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets set by @alan678.bsky.social for the letter E ~ Egret photographed at Forest Farm Nature Reserve - Cardiff - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Carrying on with today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets set by @alan678.bsky.social - for the letter H - Western Reef Heron in flight at Dale - Pembrokeshire - West Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets set by @alan678.bsky.social - Cormorant captured on the canal at Forest Farm NR - Cardiff - South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy

It's time for 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒's #SmallBirdSaturday ~ @janesgallery.bsky.social ~ One from the garden this week ~ Long Tailed Tit popping down for a drink at the bird bath 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #titmouse

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait set by @alan678.bsky.social - up close with a feeding female Sparrowhawk - photo captured in the garden South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Yellow, any birds with Yellow in their plumage set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Juvenile Blue Tit in the garden this week 😍 🥰 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #titmouse

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TantalisingTextures, smooth soft feathers of any bird contrasted with rough hard surfaces set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ a tiny Goldcrest on an old stonewall 😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae any of the species set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ a Coal Tit yesterday morning stopping off for a drink at the bird bath fountain in the garden 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #NatureUK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SummerLovin, bird captures taken during summer set by @alan678.bsky.social - Juvenile Kingfisher at Forest Farm Nature Reserve - Cardiff - South Wales 😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #kingfishers

Going with the Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today which is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ A recent capture of a Barn Swallow on Skomer Island - West Wales 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #NatureUK

It's time for 𝒥𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒 #SmallBirdSaturday ~ One from early this morning in the garden, a gorgeous young Dunnock 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image set by @alan678.bsky.social - Chosen a Tawny Owlet in the setting sun in May this year 😍🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owl #owllovers

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSky any bird with a Blue Sky in the background set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Dartford Warbler upon a flowering Gorse in early morning sunshine - The New Forest - Hampshire 😎🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy