Me, part way through looking at several hundred photos of Gannets taken at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs today. #Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #ECK 🌿

#RedOrDead is the main theme for #BirdOfTheDay here’s a Siskin with a blur of red Acer leaves in the background. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

The main #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FabulousWaders, with #Speckled as the alt theme. This Redshank, who I photographed at Summer Leys @wildlifebcn.org nature reserve back in April ticks both boxes! Post #8 in this #birds thread. #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿

Eye contact. A picture cropped from a photo of a Gannet who landed really close to me on Bempton Cliffs this afternoon. When zooming in to check the image quality I was struck by the simplicity and beauty of this close-up view. #Birds #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKIn 🌿

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #FabulousWaders and my offering is this delightful Redshank. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #speckled which is very much evident in this Buzzard’s plumage. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#firsts is the main theme for #BirdOfTheDay I haven’t kept many of my firsts, but here’s one that has survived my occasional photo culls. #greatspottedwoodpecker #burds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJuly and with the distinct lack of bird photography my best has to be the Little Owl. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography #owls

#DucksOutOfWater but not flying is the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay main theme is #MultiColoured birds with three or more colours, I think this one just qualifies 😀. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

Male and female Common Blue #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #ukbutterflies #photography

A female Sparrowhawk is #WeatheringTheElements as the alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

Here’s my lineup for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #EmaraldBackdrop Little Owl, Stonechat, Swallow and Kingfisher #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#RedBeaks is the alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#grey is the theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay so I have a Grey Heron and a Grey Wagtail for you. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #memories and the photos in this set are definitely a special memory as this yearling male Sparrowhawk perched for nearly 15mins right in front of me. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwilflife #photography

The #BirdOfTheDay main theme is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets, I have chosen one of each. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #ForJanet A photo of any Robin, this is one from RSPB Ham Wall. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#LastBird on your camera roll is the alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#EyeOfTheWild is today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, try not to get hypnotised by the Sparrowhawk or the Red Kite. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdsInMotion is the alt theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay this Puffin had just landed with its catch, and then it was time to bolt for the burrow before getting mugged by the marauding Gulls overhead. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#TantalisingTextures is the theme for #BirdOfTheDay here’s a female Stonechat fulfilling the criteria. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is blue, any bird that has blue in its plumage. #kingfisher #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#triplets is the theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay three birds of the same species. Here is mother Goosander with two fast growing chicks. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

Another yellow(ish) #butterfly at @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh yesterday, this time a migrant Clouded Yellow. Not the best angle to capture everything in focus but she didn't hang around for long so I was lucky to capture this image! #NaturePhotography #Insects #UKWildlife #EKC 🌿

The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #migratory here’s one that doesn’t often migrate the length and breadth of the UK too often, the Waxwing. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller a bird that takes up a large amount of the picture, so here’s a juvenile male Sparrowhawk doing just that. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #BlueSky here’s an Osprey against a blue sky. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #corvidae so take a look at this Rook that I took recently. #birds #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #photography

The UK’s two largest dragonflies, the Emperor and the Golden-ringed. Two amazing opportunities to photograph them up close. #ukwildlife #EastCoastKin #photography #dragonflies #insects