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Interested in all the natural world has to offer, with a particular focus on Birds, Moths and Butterflies. Also quite keen on Fungi, Plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish and Insects. Did I leave anything out? Supporting #BirdsSeenIn2025
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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · Oct 7
Lots of Yellow Wagtails passing through Zakinthos today for #BirdsSeenIn2025
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From South Africa for #BirdsSeenIn2025
maxwaughphoto.bsky.social Max Waugh @maxwaughphoto.bsky.social · 7d
African starlings are something else. They're as common as our Rock Pigeons (which are underrated, btw), but even better looking. Here we have the Burchell's and Cape Starlings, photographed during my recent South Africa trip.
Burchell's Starling, South Africa Cape (Glossy) Starling, South Africa
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Ecuador for #BirdsSeenIn2025
maxwaughphoto.bsky.social Max Waugh @maxwaughphoto.bsky.social · 20h
Soon I'll start compiling year-end content. This includes curating my favorites from '25 and creating the yearbook magazine I publish just for fun.

Lots of highlights this year, including new species and better shots of old faces (e.g., finally seeing the Galapagos Dove up close back in January).
Galapagos Dove
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Scotland for #BirdsSeenIn2025
hughharrop.bsky.social Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 16h
Lovely views of this Hume's Warbler in the morning sunshine at Gremista, Lerwick, Shetland today.

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Trap out in Bournemouth last night resulted in 35 Palpita vitrealis, smashing my previous record of 13.

Blair’s Mocha, Diasemiopsis ramburialis & Merville Du Jour were highlights. #Moths
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Female Long-tailed Duck taking a short stop in a small pond during it's migration.
#BirdsSeenIn2025
#birds
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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blessedbybirds.bsky.social
#Ecuador, #Manabi #birds Nice outing to Refugio de la Tomatera - #BirdsSeenIn2025
Pacific Hornero, Summer Tanager, Chivi Vireo, Tumbes Pewee
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus). The sheer beauty of birds, even when seen again & again, blows me away.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Green above, with blue rump & tail; broad black eyestripe; chin yellow, throat and cheeks rufous; with tail streamer.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Jul 19
🐦 Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus)
📏 14–17 cm
📍 Los Chiles, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Jul 19
🐦 Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
📏 17 cm
📍 Caño Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #doves
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Jul 27
🦅 King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
📏 67–81 cm
📍 Pital, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #vultures #birdsofprey #raptors
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 4
🐦 Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
📏 26–37 cm
📍 Medio Queso, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #rails
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 5
🐦 Yellow-eared Toucanet (Selenidera spectabilis)
📏 36–38 cm
📍 Arenal, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #toucans #blurds
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 5
🦉 Central American Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps)
📏 13–18 cm
📍 Pital, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
📅 Mar 2025

#birds #owls
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 6
🐦 Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
📏 12.5–14 cm
📍 Medio Queso, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #blurd
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 13
🦜 Sulphur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni)
📏 23–24 cm
📍Savegre Valley, San José Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #parrots
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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bobbyswildlife.bsky.social
🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 New Caledonian Friarbird (Philemon diemenensis)
📏 27–37 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #honeyeaters #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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A long way from home. Ever so elusive Hume's Leaf Warbler, in Finnish literally Kashmir oven bird. A sort of influx of them in double digits this autumn.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮🪶🐦
#NaturePhotography
A tiny greenish grey bird on a thin branch.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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beaknikpoetry.bsky.social
A Crested Lark getting a bit territorial, it seems. A rare visitor in Finland. #BirdsSeenIn2025 🪶🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
A Crested Lark chasing a House Sparrow away. A Crested Lark on ground in close-up.
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Aug 23
🐦 Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides)
📏 18 cm
📍 Bijuaga de Upala, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

Male (blue) and female (brown)

#birds
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Chile for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 8
🎨 The letter ‘O’
🐦 American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
📏 42–52 cm
📍 Cartagena Estuary, Valparaíso Region, Chile 🇨🇱
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #waders #shorebirds
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 17
🐦 Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
📏 9–10.5 cm
📍 Savegre Valley, San José Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #hummingbirds
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 21
🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐦 Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
📏 13 cm
📍 Arenal, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

D is for Dacnis!

#birds #tanagers
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 22
🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐦 Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
📏 10–12 cm
📍 1: Bijuaga de Upala, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025
📍 2: Arenal, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

E is for Euphonia!

#birds #finches
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 26
🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐦 Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
📏 38–46 cm including tail
📍 Guápiles, Limón Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

G is for Grackle!

#birds
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
britishnatureguide.bsky.social
From Costa Rica for #BirdsSeenIn2025
bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Bobby’s Wildlife Dex @bobbyswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 28
🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐦 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
📏 91–137cm (head to tail length)
📍 Caño Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

H is for Heron!

#birds #herons
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM