My second trip to @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social on the Yorkshire Coast, and my favourite photo was again a close up of a sleepy gannet. #birds #ukbirds #gannets R5;800mm(cropped)

After years of photographing Goldfinches in London, one day trip to Yorkshire and I get my best ever photo of one. It's not just people who are friendlier in the North ;-) R5;800mm (cropped); 1/640s; f9; iso3200 #birds #goldfinch #ukbirds

Took a 430 mile round trip by train on Saturday to see puffins on the Yorkshire coast. Saw one puffin, and tens of thousands of gannets. Pretty happy with the result! R5;800mm(cropped);1/800s;f10;iso800 #birds #gannets #rspbbempton #ukbirds

A rare attempt to photograph flora instead of fauna. Very happy with how this came out. #dandelion

Just a humble robin, taken in my local south London park. This was a rare occasion with wildlife when I held back from using the full zoom. #birds #robin

Kestrel, Hampton Court Park, London. It did a dozen hunting swoops from low perch to long grass in the 45 minutes I was watching it, but this is the only sequence I managed to keep in frame and in focus. R5; 560mm; f11; iso10,000; edited in CS5 #birds #kestrel #londonbirds #ukbirds

Kestrel, Hampton Court Park, London. Only the 3rd time I'd seen one and I got to spend nearly 45 minutes following it from perch to perch as it hunted in the long grass. Canon R5; 1050mm; 1/250s; f14; iso3200; Edited in CS5 #birds #ukbirds #londonbirds #kestrel

Grey heron. Sometimes graceful, sometimes floofy 😂 #birds #herons #ukwildlife #londonbirds

Grey heron and little egret. Not rare to see them near each other but, after taking thousands of photos of both over the years, this is my best composition with both together so far. 600mm(cropped); 1/200s; ISO 6400; f45 (still couldn't get both in focus). South London #birds #littleegret #greyheron

Little egret, paddling in a puddle as the stream was too deep for fishing after the rain. South London. #birds #littleegret

I usually prefer my perching-bird pics to have a clear background and minimum of foreground twigs, but I really like this one despite it being on the cluttered side. #birds #kingfishers

Kingfisher, just coming out of a hover a split second before flying off. South London park.

Even in winter the almost leafless weeping willow still makes a great backdrop. #birds

New Years's Resolution - More Kingfishers ;-) #birds #kingfishers 1/320s;f14;+2.66;ISO8000;R5;1120mm

Closest I've seen our local kingfisher get to a little egret - normally the KF loiters in the branches above the egret when they're both fishing the same spot. #birds #kingfishers Happy New Year to you all 🙂

Had my camera repaired recently so I missed the start of the kingfisher season, but first day out with it and I found our regular local showing off her curves ;-) South London park. R5: 1120mm: 1/250: f14: iso1250 #birds #londonbirds #kingfisher #kingfishers #alcedoatthis

Such a gorgeous, healthy fox in my local south London park. Maybe a squint in one eye, but then they were looking into the sun. Love the traffic lights background. #redfox #vulpesvulpes #foxoftheday

This Egyptian Goose can smell my BBQ Beef flavoured Hula Hoops from half a mile away and is coming to get them! 😂 Richmond park, London #birds #egyptiangeese

Probably a male juvenile kingfisher, from my local South London Park. There was a mating pair here last summer so it's nice to think this is their offspring but no way of being sure. Cloudy, 1/200s;800mm;f10;ISO2500 Removed a couple of twigs in CS5. #kingfisher #birds #alcedoatthis

Its just a step to the left....(and minor adjustments to the settings) Grey heron in a South London Park. 798-892mm;1/1000-1/800s;f13;+0.67,-0.33;ISO640-500 #greyheron #birds

Good camouflage is essential for herons if they want to observe photographers in the wild. #greyheron #birds

Goldfinch coming in to land on a bird feeder. R5;1120mm (cropped) #goldfinch #birds

Battersea power station yesterday.Taken and edited on a mobile (pixel 9a). #batterseapowerstation #celebrasia

Manx Shearwaters off the Pembrokeshire Coast R5;600mm;1/1000s;f10;ISO1250 #birds #manxshearwaters

Manx Shearwaters off the Pembrokeshire coast. R5;800mm(cropped);1/2500s;f13;ISO4000 #birds #manxshearwater

Last one for a spare! (Bowling pin reference, if anyone didn't get that). #puffin #birds

Haven't posted much non-wildlife on here, so here's a landscape. Carew Castle in Wales. Taken with one foot in the river and one cheek in a gorse bush 😂 #carewcastle #b&wlandscapes

Barn swallow, Skomer Island, Wales. Tried and failed (many times) to get a good photo midair but was happy when this one settled for a few seconds close to the hide. R5;450mm;1/1250s;f10;ISO1600 #swallow #barnswallow #birds #skomer #ukbirds

Puffin on Skomer Island, Wales, 27th July 2025. Just emerged from its burrow and having a stretch before heading out to sea. R5;1120mm(cropped);1/500s;f13;ISO800 #puffin #puffins #skomer #birds #ukbirds

Puffin on Skomer Island, Wales. Taken 27th July. A record 43,000 on the island this year but I went late season and only got up-close (relatively) to half a dozen of them. R5;1120mm(cropped);1/800s;f14;ISO1600 #puffins #puffin #skomer #birds