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Sue Ibrahim

@sueimnw.bsky.social

To keep in touch Reading, writing, birds. Especially birds. Also at sueimnw.blogspot.com (though not recently)

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 8h ago

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #SummerVisitors with thanks to Alan. 🌞 #birds #ukwildlife

Tony Ramsden @tramo.bsky.social · 13h ago

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #RedOrDead #Birds #Photography couple of fieldfare sitting on frozen branches with red berries

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 13h ago

Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird or a photo of a bird on bare winter branches. Alt #SummerVisitors Migratory birds associated with summer or your favourite bird to capture in summer. #birds #photography #ECK

A Meadow Pipit perches sideways on the curved seed head of a dark purple grass, its finely streaked brown upperparts and cream underparts sharply in focus against a smooth green background. The bird grips a large reddish earthworm in its slender bill, likely carrying food back to a nest or recently fledged young. Its alert dark eye and slightly raised crown feathers give it an attentive expression, while the soft, blurred backdrop draws full attention to the delicate plumage and the vivid contrast of the red worm against the bird’s pale face.

Tony Ramsden @tramo.bsky.social · yesterday

@helenbennett.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #Speckled #Birds #Photography female kestrel

Kestrel leaning forward has its perched on a pointed fence post looks like it's about to take off has its yellow talons cling on to the post

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning. My co host Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! Alt is #Speckled I’m away till evening from 10am. Camera day with a mate. Have a lovely day wherever you are in the world. 🤗 #birds #photography #ECK

A bustling flock of Eurasian Oystercatchers fills the frame in a spectacular mass take-off. Their striking black heads and backs contrast sharply with brilliant white underparts and bold white wing bars, while vivid orange-red bills and pink legs flash through the motion. Several birds are crisply captured with wings fully spread, revealing intricate feather patterns, while others blur into the background, creating a strong sense of speed, depth, and controlled chaos. The soft, muted backdrop of shoreline and water keeps the focus on the swirling movement of the flock, conveying the excitement and energy of a moment when dozens of birds launch into flight together.

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Beautiful, Helen. Such detail in this close-up. Welcome to hosting. ☺️

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 2d ago

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #FabulousWaders with thanks to Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social 🦩😍

Helen Bennett 🌿@helenbennett.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning all. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme I've chosen #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! For me it's the Avocet, a calm and graceful beauty wading along the shoreline! 🤍🪶 The Alt. theme is #Speckled any bird with speckled patterns on its plumage. 📷 #birds #photography #ECK

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 2d ago

For #OddChallenge from @zoomburst.substack.com a couple of rather different thoughts... I think the foreign language titles are well enough known. (And apols to Sting.)

Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 2d ago

After the success of the first Odd Challenge on poems in the future tense, here is a second one - John Keats did it with "La Belle Dame sans Merci", as did Wilfred Owen with "Dulce et Decorum Est". Can you write a poem with a title in another language? Tag them #OddChallenge, and share the prompt.

Two phrenology heads in conversation, one speaking in English, the other in French - it can only herald an Odd Challenge

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hi folks my cohost AB @atlanticbirding.bsky.social has said the #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures. Alt. is my most captured; #Robins I’m going with a #ForJanet #Robin as my first bird shots were taken in 1989. 😅😅 #birds #photography #ECK

A European robin stands upright on a weathered stone covered with patches of moss, facing slightly to the left. Its vivid orange-red face and breast contrast beautifully with its soft grey-brown back and pale grey-white belly. The robin’s glossy dark eye catches the light, giving it an alert, inquisitive expression, while its slender black bill is closed. The background is a smooth wash of muted green tones, creating a clean, uncluttered backdrop that makes the bird’s colourful plumage stand out in sharp detail.

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 3d ago

For #BirdOfTheDay themes #Firsts and #Robins with thanks to new host @atlanticbirding.bsky.social - taken from the back window to my garden in 2017 with my first and only ever camera - oh for cooler/damper days!

Tony Ramsden @tramo.bsky.social · 3d ago

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social #Firsts #BirdOfTheDay #Photography my first skylark and redpoll photographs from 2021 I'd had my first camera about a month

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good morning All. I thought that as today is my first day, the #BirdOfTheDay theme should be: #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures. Alt. is my most captured; #Robins - Male Reed Bunting, shot in my 1st fortnight of having a camera - The ubiquitous European Robin #birds #photography #ECK

A Male Reed Warbler on a thin plant stalk. The bird is left of centre of the shot perched near the top of tall, dried out plant stalk that is bent over at a 45 degree angle with the weight of the bird. It is turned slightly to look right so that its front, belly and right side can be seen.
Another plant stalk is vertical beside the bird.
The background is an out focus blue sky with two thin, vertical tree branches sparsely covered in green leaves.

A European Robin perched on a thin Sycamore branch. The bird is right of frame, the underside of its tail and body are fully visible, as is its chest. Its head is turned to the left so that the left side of its head can be seen.
It is perched on a small sycamore branch which runs vertically along the right of the picture. A second, larger branch runs from the bottom, slightly left of the centre, to the top right hand corner.
The background is out of focus branches lit brightly by sunlight

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 5d ago

Morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward. Alt #HedgingYourBets, any bird in a hedge or bush. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT From Monday, @atlanticbirding.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social Will be joining us as cohosts. #birds #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday

A fluffy juvenile European robin stands upright in short green grass, its rounded body covered in mottled brown plumage before the familiar adult red breast develops. The young bird gazes upward with a large, dark eye and a slender pointed bill, while its long pink legs give it an alert, inquisitive stance. Tiny white clover flowers and scattered fallen leaves dot the softly blurred lawn, creating a natural garden setting that highlights the fledgling’s youthful appearance and curious expression.

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 6d ago

For this week's #PoemsAbout #LastTrain @thebrokenspine.co.uk - so many possible responses...

alisonwillis1.bsky.social @alisonwillis1.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good morning 🌞 I've chosen this photo to remind myself that there is beauty to be found in imperfections. A calm gentle energy to a bird lost in the wildflowers. #BirdOfTheDay #YourChoice #ECK #Nature #budgetgear 🪶📷🕊️

A softly focused, impressionistic photograph of a small songbird perched gently on a delicate, dry wildflower stem. The background is a muted, warm green-and-tan wash of color, giving the entire image a quiet, painterly texture reminiscent of an old memory.

Lizzie Wallis @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d ago

@alan678.bsky.social's #birdoftheday today is #YourChoice. After breeding in high Arctic regions, it's amazing turnstones spend winter in our busy coastal towns. I lay with a wide-angle lens to show the environment Winter is coming. They will return #birds #UrbanGaze #ECK #ColorADay #YellowThu

A very low level image of a seaside promenade with railings down the left side and colourful beach huts down the right. A number of small black brown and white waders are walking around pecking at some seed another person has scattered.the birds have orange legs.

Peter van Tilburg @pbvantilburg.bsky.social · 6d ago

I can't wait to post this scene. Yesterday morning it was unusually calm (& warm) For #BirdOfTheDay theme #YourChoice #kemphaan #ruff #calidrispugnax #reflection #wader #waderbirds #waterbirds #ECK #BirdsInFlight #lepelaar #spoonbill #Platalealeucorodia @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 6d ago

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #YourChoice, this is the only time I've ever got a pic of Red-legged Partridge chicks. Terrible pic taken at speed through the back window when I spotted them on the garage roof last week! Love them. ☺️

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good morning birders. Today I thought I would let you post freely so the #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #YourChoice bird capture/ captures you’ve been itching to post. No alt obviously. I’ve went with the unloved but beautiful in sunlight Starling. Taken a few days ago. #birds #photography #ECK

Close-up portrait of a European Starling perched among leafy branches. The bird’s glossy black plumage shimmers with iridescent purple and green highlights in bright sunlight, while neat white speckles cover its breast and flanks. It faces to the right with its long, pointed bill and dark eye sharply in focus. Soft green foliage and blurred leaves create a smooth natural background, drawing attention to the starling’s striking metallic sheen and intricate feather detail.

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning. Late to the show. Chatting to mates as usual. 😂 Rob said: The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey, any bird with Grey in its plumage. The Alt theme is #RedBeaks Touch of Grey, my little pal, the Willow Warbler. #birds #photography #ECK

A recently fledged Willow Warbler perches on a strand of barbed wire in warm golden sunlight, its soft, slightly fluffy plumage revealing its young age. The juvenile’s olive-brown upperparts contrast with its pale buff-yellow and light grey underparts, while its dark eye and slender, pointed bill give it an alert yet gentle expression. One wing is partially raised, suggesting it has just landed or is stretching after a short flight. Below the wire, fresh nettles add a touch of natural greenery, while the smooth blue background and shallow depth of field isolate the bird, drawing attention to the delicate feather textures and the quiet vulnerability of this young summer migrant.

Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · last wk.

'Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey, The Alt theme is #RedBeaks I’m going with a moorhen and its chick for the alt theme 🪶 Taken yesterday 😊 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Austria #wildlife #photography #nature #naturephotography #thelittlethings #ECK #flowers

A fully-grown moorhen stands on a tree trunk in the water with her fluffy, dark chick. The pair are in shallow water densely covered with green water lily leaves and yellow water lily blossoms. The adult bird has the typical dark plumage, long greenish-yellow legs and a striking red beak with a yellow tip.

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · last wk.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Grey with thanks to Rob and everyone. #birds #ukwildlife

Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning folks, I will try and find some time today to reply/repost some of the contributions. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey, any bird with Grey in its plumage. The Alt theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with a Red Beak. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #photography @rspb.bsky.social

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning. I thought you might like to see what your early morning train commute would look like here. The track runs along miles of golden sand and through a tunnel under Mussenden Temple. Would you look out your window or read a book? #BlueSkyMonday #photography #Ireland #ECK

Ju (Julian)@hool415.bsky.social · last wk.

Hullo #poetry #oldage

Not Enough Upset

There are a few more worthy souls
in old people homes,
who could make the case
for swapping with me;
caged by a befuddlement
or just the institution,
odd ones,
still deserving to be freed,
otherwise, such a beaten acceptance
of their remaining Time
being thinly stretched out
by unknown hands,
like those sparse bands of tired bunting,
tying them weakly
to some childishly-defined concurrent event;
always, always,
the same faded pennants
pinning them to dates that don’t
in truth
ever matter:
any life: lower than ersatz,
and if they could dare
or manage to think about it,
most holding no good reason
to shuffle painfully,
with brusque help,
daily,
from their allotted dying beds.

Julian Cason

DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · last wk.

Good morning. Dry, bright, glimpses of sun. No breeze. 13C. The sunrise sky from the garden at 4:30am for #photooftheday, incase you weren’t awake! Have a good day. Wishing you well for a new week. #garden #sunrise #scotland #photography

A cloudy sky with sunrise colours salmon pink and mauve over silhouetted trees. A garden shed visible bottom centre.

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · last wk.

🪶 Alan’s prompt for #BirdOfTheDay is #CHE; Cormorants, Herons & Egrets Alt. Is #Memories; memorable captures I have a set of a little Egret catching, flipping and eating a fish in a rockpool #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #Stunday #SuperSeabirdSunday