Andrew Chick
@apcbirding.bsky.social
Mostly Cumbria, mostly birds and plants …but also 🌼🦡🦇🐸🐍🪷🦋🍄🕷️
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A really approachable Great White Egret at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria this afternoon..
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A really approachable Great White Egret at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria this afternoon..
“AI, could you remove the foliage so I can see the bird better?”
“Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉
“Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“AI, could you remove the foliage so I can see the bird better?”
“Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉
“Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉
Four of the six Bewick’s Swans leaving the overnight roost at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire this morning (06/01/26). A lovely winter sight. 🦢❄️
January 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Four of the six Bewick’s Swans leaving the overnight roost at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire this morning (06/01/26). A lovely winter sight. 🦢❄️
Deeping Lakes: Many of the c.150 Whooper Swans were standing on thin ice, 2 with white rings. Both originally ringed Sandvatn, Mývatnsheiði in 2023. Today’s sighting represents the 1st sighting of 36C since 2024, while 34F has previously been recorded at Crowland and Welney @waterbirdcm.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Deeping Lakes: Many of the c.150 Whooper Swans were standing on thin ice, 2 with white rings. Both originally ringed Sandvatn, Mývatnsheiði in 2023. Today’s sighting represents the 1st sighting of 36C since 2024, while 34F has previously been recorded at Crowland and Welney @waterbirdcm.bsky.social
Found this striking partial-albino male Blackbird today at Bowness-on-Windermere… 23.12.25
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Found this striking partial-albino male Blackbird today at Bowness-on-Windermere… 23.12.25
Autumn in Cumbria means one thing… Whooper Swans are on the move! 🦢🍂 Graceful flocks are arriving to spend the winter gracing our lakes and wetlands, a truly magical sight. #Birding #CumbriaBirds #WhooperSwans
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Autumn in Cumbria means one thing… Whooper Swans are on the move! 🦢🍂 Graceful flocks are arriving to spend the winter gracing our lakes and wetlands, a truly magical sight. #Birding #CumbriaBirds #WhooperSwans
Among Britain’s industrial relics, few plants are as evocative as Spring Sandwort (Sabulina verna). This tiny, starry wildflower marks old mine spoil, telling a story of metal, geology & human endeavour. 📸 NE Cumbria, Nov 2025 #wildflowerhour
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Among Britain’s industrial relics, few plants are as evocative as Spring Sandwort (Sabulina verna). This tiny, starry wildflower marks old mine spoil, telling a story of metal, geology & human endeavour. 📸 NE Cumbria, Nov 2025 #wildflowerhour
Troutbeck River in full spate after overnight rain…. #cumbria #LakeDistrict
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Troutbeck River in full spate after overnight rain…. #cumbria #LakeDistrict
Sadly, this Barrow bird didn’t follow the Green Cross Code… @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Sadly, this Barrow bird didn’t follow the Green Cross Code… @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK
A flash of turquoise cutting across the rising mega tide at Barrow-in-Furness this morning... @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A flash of turquoise cutting across the rising mega tide at Barrow-in-Furness this morning... @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
Roosecote Sands, Barrow this morning, 153 Pale-bellied Brent Geese feeding, c500+ Pink-foot south in several flocks and this crazy leucistic Curlew…. #birds #cumbriabirds
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Roosecote Sands, Barrow this morning, 153 Pale-bellied Brent Geese feeding, c500+ Pink-foot south in several flocks and this crazy leucistic Curlew…. #birds #cumbriabirds
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Bold blues and brash calls.... the Steller’s Jay never blends into the background. A true forest trickster, curious, noisy, and impossible to ignore. 🌲💙 #Birds #StellersJay
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Bold blues and brash calls.... the Steller’s Jay never blends into the background. A true forest trickster, curious, noisy, and impossible to ignore. 🌲💙 #Birds #StellersJay
Forest gamebirds with very different styles 🌲🪶 The Ruffed Grouse drums on logs with rapid wingbeats, a heartbeat of the woods. The Sooty Grouse booms deep calls through mountain forests, echoing like distant drums. #Birds #CanadianBirds #Birding
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Forest gamebirds with very different styles 🌲🪶 The Ruffed Grouse drums on logs with rapid wingbeats, a heartbeat of the woods. The Sooty Grouse booms deep calls through mountain forests, echoing like distant drums. #Birds #CanadianBirds #Birding
Master of the skies 🦅 The Osprey dives with pinpoint precision, snatching its prey straight from the water. A true symbol of wild rivers and coasts. #BirdsOfPrey #Osprey #WildlifePhotography #CanadianBirds #Birds
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Master of the skies 🦅 The Osprey dives with pinpoint precision, snatching its prey straight from the water. A true symbol of wild rivers and coasts. #BirdsOfPrey #Osprey #WildlifePhotography #CanadianBirds #Birds
Tiny, bold, and with a voice like a toy horn 🚗🎺 the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a master climber, walking headfirst down tree trunks in search of insects & seeds. A splash of rusty-orange chest + a bold eye stripe make it unmistakable! #birds #birdingcanada #CanadianBirds
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tiny, bold, and with a voice like a toy horn 🚗🎺 the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a master climber, walking headfirst down tree trunks in search of insects & seeds. A splash of rusty-orange chest + a bold eye stripe make it unmistakable! #birds #birdingcanada #CanadianBirds
Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture
At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …
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August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
A quiet visitor this morning – a fine adult Roe Deer buck standing just beyond our Lake District garden, alert and watchful in the misty light. 🦌✨ #LakeDistrict #Wildlife
August 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A quiet visitor this morning – a fine adult Roe Deer buck standing just beyond our Lake District garden, alert and watchful in the misty light. 🦌✨ #LakeDistrict #Wildlife
A splash of colour in the autumn garden 🍂💙
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit
August 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A splash of colour in the autumn garden 🍂💙
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit
Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) in Cumbria - brightens dry grasslands & coastal slopes with its striking starry yellow flowers. A late-summer gem, often closing by afternoon sun 🌼💛 #wildflowerhour
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) in Cumbria - brightens dry grasslands & coastal slopes with its striking starry yellow flowers. A late-summer gem, often closing by afternoon sun 🌼💛 #wildflowerhour
🌸 Common Restharrow – a creeping perennial of dry, sandy soils. Once notorious for stopping farmers’ harrows, now admired for its stunning pink pea-flowers. In Cumbria it’s abundant on coastal dunes, frequent in the Eden Valley, but scarce elsewhere. #Wildflower #Cumbria #Wildflowerhour
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🌸 Common Restharrow – a creeping perennial of dry, sandy soils. Once notorious for stopping farmers’ harrows, now admired for its stunning pink pea-flowers. In Cumbria it’s abundant on coastal dunes, frequent in the Eden Valley, but scarce elsewhere. #Wildflower #Cumbria #Wildflowerhour
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Skullcap - Lake District #WildFlowerHour 💀🧢
August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Skullcap - Lake District #WildFlowerHour 💀🧢