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The countdown is on and our final ‘10 birds’ guide is here...

Spotting these on your patch? Now that’s lucky! 😍

Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

#BigGardenBirdwatch

"10 Birds You’d Be Lucky to Spot on Your Big Garden Birdwatch" features ten bird species. Top row: Hawfinch with a large bill and chestnut plumage, Corn Bunting with streaked brown feathers, and Skylark with a crest and buff colouring. Middle row: Linnet with a red breast and brown wings, Lesser Redpoll hanging upside down with a red cap, and Brambling with a striking orange chest. Bottom row: Marsh Tit with a black cap and pale underparts, a male Yellowhammer with bright yellow plumage and a female with streaked brown, a Green Woodpecker with a red crown and green body, and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker with black and white markings and a red patch on the male’s head.

January 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM

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For this #WeekCforCloseUp #AlphabetChallenge here’s a shot of ice crystals on the veins of a leaf.

#EastCoastKin

January 21, 2026 at 10:42 PM

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Hope you’re feeling better soon Alan. Meanwhile, enjoy the birds #singing for #BirdOfTheDay. This Sedge Warbler is giving it laldy!

#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
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January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM

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For #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBforBooks how about some #BirdTherapy by #JoeHarkness?

#EastCoastKin

January 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM

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Jay Ailworth

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I got this shot from the upper deck of a cruise ship traveling off the coast of Cuba at least 30 miles off shore. The falcon soared in our airstream and landed just under the ship's bridge wing when it needed to rest. It stayed with us for hours.

January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM

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Will increase average IQ and moral standards of both parties!
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Robert Jenrick sacked by Tories for 'plotting to defect' - live updates

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says while no deal has been signed, he had conversations with Jenrick and plans to call him today.

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January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM

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I love #Raptors - that's a great shot Alan for your #BirdOfTheDay. Tho I've seen Ospreys quite often this one up close, repeatedly and successfully diving at @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Lochwinnoch was a thrill.
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#BirdTherapy
#UkWildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

This is an image of an Osprey in flight, after a successful dive and catch. It is taken from slightly below and almost head on, with its wings raised in the high arch position typical of Ospreys. The viewpoint gives a clear view of its white underside, throat and cap and the white and brown barred and mottled undersides of its wings. Its dark, sharp, hooked bill and yellow eye are visible against its brown eye stripe. It is carrying the fish in its left foot and as the fish is pointing in the direction of flight the Osprey is in the process of swapping it over from carrying it in two feet but across its flight path to this position and in due course it will also grip it with its right foot.
Taken at RSPB Lochwinnoch August 2025.

January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM

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For #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract.

January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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Lovey capture Alan and good theme too - makes us look carefully at plumage.
For #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form this female mallard's plumage attracted a lot of interest.
#Birds
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#BirdTherapy
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
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#wildlifephotography
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January 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM

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Tom Cox

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I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum.

All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).

The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.

The final two first edition hardbacks of my novel 1983 that I have in my house.

Two cut-out linoprint hares by my mum, Jo. This is a hare linoprint which she originally did to illustrate a chapter in my earlier (non-fiction) book, Ring The Hill, which has a hare subtheme darting through it.

January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM

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Great shot Alan - the colours work really well together.
For the #FoodFinds #BirdOfTheDay theme here are a couple of not the best images of Long-eared Owls with food - but what a thrill it was to see and catch this.

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#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#wildlifephotography
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January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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Nice theme and set Rob - have yet to see a RND. Here’s a Goldeneye (giving me the eye) for #BirdOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite.

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#BirdTherapy
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#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
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A Goldeneye duck on the water surface looking straight at the camera. Its bill, head, collar and back are solid black and it has some fine black markings towards its black tail and running across its otherwise white body. It also has white cheeks. Why is it called Goldeneye? Its eyes have a vivid gold coloured ring around their black centres.

January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM

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An iced up puddle for #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekAforAbstract

#EastCoastKin

January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM

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One of my many New Year’s resolutions is to try to post other than bird photos for #AlphabetChallenge!
Maybe next week …..!
#WeekAforAbstract

#EastCoastKin

This is an abstract view of a mixed flock of waders lifting off and landing on a jetty. Superficially it looks like a collage of grey, white, brown, grey and cream but a closer look shows the wings, feather and bills.

January 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM

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Morning all - a Meadow Pipit for Alan’s #speckles&spots #BirdOfTheDay theme. Always nice to see but I liked the contrast of its delicacy and the harsh barbed wire and how the wire colour changed at the fence post.
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#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

A Meadow Pipit perching on the top of a square section wooden fence post, rising up from the top of a dry stone wall in a field. The bird is almost full right side on but is looking far to its right showing off its striped and mottled underside, its brown barred wings and tail feathers and its grey, striped head with short, dark, fine bill.
Below the bird, there’s a horizontal strand of barbed wire which is rusty red on either side of the post but is still clean grey in between the rust patches.
The background is blurred and dull but it is clearly grass and bushes and contrasts nicely with the yellow and green lichen and moss on the top of the wall and the fence post.

January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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John Crace

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How’s this Nobel Peace Prize thing coming along?

January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM

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Caution - nature in the raw!
Haven’t had much snow here lately so all I’ve got for #BirdOfTheDay #snowy is this Buzzard showing some interesting behaviour with a small mammal - seems to be playing with it at times.
#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM

allanwithll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Nice #BirdOfTheDay theme Alan and couldn't resist offering up this blue dart (in case you're blocking the K word!) for #caughtinmotion!
#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#UkWildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM

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Happy New Year all - hope it’s healthy, happy and fun! Spent an hour in the garden for the first time for ages and had this very welcome Buzzard first footer fly over in beautiful light just in time for #Flyday.
#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

A Buzzard (bird of prey) sores overhead against a clear, light blue sky. It is flying from low left to top right in the frame and its wings are outstretched showing clearly their white , grey and brown feathers and the 5 black fingers or tips on each. Its tail is swept out fully and the white markings (or the provost’s chain) on its breast feathers are visible.
Taken above our Renfrewshire garden on 1st January 2026.

January 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM

allanwithll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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#Serenity before the New Year celebrations - nice one Alan!
For #BirdOfTheDay here’s a serene family swan scene - at least it was until a Canada Goose had to be warned off!

#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

December 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM

allanwithll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Great theme Rob. I had 2 birding highlights this year that work well with #BirdOfTheDay #Outstretched - a Long-eared owl and an Osprey up close after a successful stoop.

#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin

December 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM

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That’s a great image Vicky. Had the pleasure of watching this little mouse from about 2m away for about 20 minutes as it worked its way up and down the grasses.

#UKwildlife
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin