A new portrait lens for my camera, yet Binky Cat seems distinctly - not to say inexplicably - unimpressed #caturday #cat #portait #ttartisan #omsystem #mardy

For day seven of #ButterflyWeek, a gatekeeper butterfly; as I write it's the butterfly of the moment - they seem to be everywhere in great profuction #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

For day six of #ButterflyWeek, mr and mrs orange tip with their lovely marbled underwings #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

A Common Green Grasshopper, apparently just begging to be photographed, so I had to oblige #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #grasshopper

For day five of #ButterflyWeek, marbled white butterflies clustering on field scabious, their favourite food plant #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

For day four of #ButterflyWeek, two photos taken yesterday at a nearby chalkland nature reserve #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

For day three of #ButterflyWeek here is a pair of Brimstone butterflies in courtship flight. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #brimstone

For day two og #ButterflyWeek here is a nicely posed Common Blue Butterfly. Love that underwing pattern. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #comma

For #MacroMonday from #EastCoastKin this pair of mating Banded Demoiselle damselflies found at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social fantastic Skerne Wetlands #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #dragonfly #damselfly

For #ButterflyWeek here is a Comma Butterfly and the little white underwing marking that give it it's common name. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #comma

Small white and green-veined white butterflies "puddling" in mud and cow dung; they do this get get nutrients like sodium which their nectar-based diet otherwise lacks #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies #puddling

What with this hot weather, the local wood pigeons have taken to cooling their bums in our garden water feature ..... #pigeon #bidet #hot #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsILove #TheArtOfSurvival #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind

Ywo very similar and commonly confused butterfly species - small and essex skipper, both found at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social fantastic Kiplingcotes Nature Reserve #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies #skipper

For the #EastCoastKin thread #RedWed this amazing field full of poppies. Yorkshire Wolds, England. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #ColorADay ##landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #red #poppy

Good morning, for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #TheArtOfSurvival this Collared Pratincole "gaping" to keep cool in the desert heat #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #wader #shorebird #desert

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are, #BirdsInTheirElement, The alt is #Feather&Light, showing the beauty of plumage in natural light. A swan’s plumage glows in the evening light. 🪶 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #texture

Morning All. For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Raptors, one of my local Red Kites, and for the alt this Spanish Sparrow a #Passerine by nature and by name (Passer hispiolensis). #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #raptor

It’s poppy season in my part of the World, and so or the #EastCoastKin thread #RedWed this amazing field full of them. Yorkshire Wolds, England. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #ColorADay ##landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire

For the #EastCoastKin thread #MacroMonday these marbled white and large skipper butterflies taken in the past couple of days #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies

Some architectural contributions to the #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sharp. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #architecture #architecturalphotography #London #Reykjavik #Doha

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #UnexpectedNeighbours, this water buffalo festooned with Jungle Mynahs. They've pooh-ed lightly on their host, but it didn't seem to mind... #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #buffalo #India #Kazinranga

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Hello all and happy Sunday. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BranchingOut, a red-backed shrike and a lesser grey shrike #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #shrike

Good morning all. For Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LookingAtYou, this Puffin doing exactly that. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #puffin

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #LMNOP - A full set - a ( #BadFeatherDay) red-wattled Lapwing, white-throated Munia, european Nightjar, eurasian scops Owl and spot-billed Pelican #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind

Hello All. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FirstWingbeat, so here's a puffin paterring across the sea during take-off. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Puffin

Hello All, a couple of photos taken yesterday on ther isle of North Uist that fit nicely with today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes of #NegativeSpace and #Solitude. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Bee-Eater

Hello All. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdOnAWire, this Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater with its locust lunch, and for the alt of #T, a Rock Thrush on a rock #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Bee-Eater

Hello All, Happy Sunday. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StaringRightAtYou and for the alt of #Yellow, a 2-for-1 -this inbound Short-Toed Snake Eagle staring at me with its yellow eyes #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Eagle

Good morning, @robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #WingsWideOpen, any bird with its wings open wide, the Alt Theme is #Laridae Presenting Filey Dams, Birds got talent acrobatic team, The Leapfrog Laridaes