Cactus Frank
@cactusfranks.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, cactophile, wildlife photographer
If you want to meet me IRL and hear me sing the praises of the wildlife of north Cardiff, here is your opportunity! 📷
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you want to meet me IRL and hear me sing the praises of the wildlife of north Cardiff, here is your opportunity! 📷
I had some great views of the Red-throated Diver at the Cardiff Bay barrage this afternoon, plus a bonus Grey Seal!
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I had some great views of the Red-throated Diver at the Cardiff Bay barrage this afternoon, plus a bonus Grey Seal!
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
Kestrel keeping an eye on me, at Aberthaw Nature Reserve with @kev4nature.bsky.social
#birds #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
#birds #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Kestrel keeping an eye on me, at Aberthaw Nature Reserve with @kev4nature.bsky.social
#birds #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
#birds #birdingwales #🪶 #wildlifephotography
Ring Ouzel at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall, a lifer for Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social and me! Great to meet
@carlbovisnature.bsky.social too
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
@carlbovisnature.bsky.social too
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ring Ouzel at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall, a lifer for Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social and me! Great to meet
@carlbovisnature.bsky.social too
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
@carlbovisnature.bsky.social too
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
Fantastic visit to Westhay Moor with Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social yesterday: first we saw half a dozen Bearded Reedlings along the main track and then at the North Hide a Bittern flew straight towards us from the far side of the lake! @somersetwt.bsky.social
#UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
#UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Fantastic visit to Westhay Moor with Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social yesterday: first we saw half a dozen Bearded Reedlings along the main track and then at the North Hide a Bittern flew straight towards us from the far side of the lake! @somersetwt.bsky.social
#UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
#UKbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
An hour before high tide with Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social at Trecco Bay, Porthcawl: a small flock of Sanderling and a large flock of Ringed Plover kept us entertained!
#UKbirding #BirdingWales
#UKbirding #BirdingWales
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
An hour before high tide with Kevin @kev4nature.bsky.social at Trecco Bay, Porthcawl: a small flock of Sanderling and a large flock of Ringed Plover kept us entertained!
#UKbirding #BirdingWales
#UKbirding #BirdingWales
Great morning at Forest Farm (Cardiff), light was poor but Kingfisher and Goldcrest were very cooperative! #BirdingWales #wildlifephotography
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great morning at Forest Farm (Cardiff), light was poor but Kingfisher and Goldcrest were very cooperative! #BirdingWales #wildlifephotography
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives.
Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Part 2 of Saturday's trip to the Somerset Levels: at
@rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall the 'ballet dance' moves of a Little Egret catching fish kept us entertained.
#wildlifephotography #UKbirding
@rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall the 'ballet dance' moves of a Little Egret catching fish kept us entertained.
#wildlifephotography #UKbirding
October 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Part 2 of Saturday's trip to the Somerset Levels: at
@rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall the 'ballet dance' moves of a Little Egret catching fish kept us entertained.
#wildlifephotography #UKbirding
@rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall the 'ballet dance' moves of a Little Egret catching fish kept us entertained.
#wildlifephotography #UKbirding
Great day with Kevin Knowles on the #Somerset Levels yesterday; at Westhay NNR a flock of Bearded Reedlings kept us on our toes (at times literally) for 40 minutes! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlifephotography #UKbirding
October 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Great day with Kevin Knowles on the #Somerset Levels yesterday; at Westhay NNR a flock of Bearded Reedlings kept us on our toes (at times literally) for 40 minutes! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlifephotography #UKbirding
It's that time of year again when the Goldcrests come out to play... at Forest Farm, Cardiff
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's that time of year again when the Goldcrests come out to play... at Forest Farm, Cardiff
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
I never thought I'd photograph Hobbies within the City of Cardiff, until this week! On the River Ely at Leckwith.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I never thought I'd photograph Hobbies within the City of Cardiff, until this week! On the River Ely at Leckwith.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales
I'm sorry I've been missing in action for a while. By way of a catch-up, here are two photos I managed to get of the Wryneck at Goldcliff Lagoons last week, my first Wryneck since 2019! #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I'm sorry I've been missing in action for a while. By way of a catch-up, here are two photos I managed to get of the Wryneck at Goldcliff Lagoons last week, my first Wryneck since 2019! #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
Great to see the local Redstarts provide a varied diet for their brood; fingers crossed the current weather lasts till they fledge! #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
May 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great to see the local Redstarts provide a varied diet for their brood; fingers crossed the current weather lasts till they fledge! #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
Plenty of Pied Flycatcher singing at RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas, also a few Spotted, but the highlight was a Wood Warbler that sang almost non-stop for half an hour, the first I've ever managed to photograph. @rspbcymru.bsky.social
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
May 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Plenty of Pied Flycatcher singing at RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas, also a few Spotted, but the highlight was a Wood Warbler that sang almost non-stop for half an hour, the first I've ever managed to photograph. @rspbcymru.bsky.social
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
I've fallen behind a bit... so here are some of my photos of the 4 gorgeous Dotterels at Cwm Cadlan earlier this week
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
May 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I've fallen behind a bit... so here are some of my photos of the 4 gorgeous Dotterels at Cwm Cadlan earlier this week
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
A lovely spring day on the Gower, gorse flowering everywhere, and my first ever Dartford Warbler! Also my first Wheatear of the year
#BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
March 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A lovely spring day on the Gower, gorse flowering everywhere, and my first ever Dartford Warbler! Also my first Wheatear of the year
#BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025
I never tire of photographing Hawfinches, one of my favourite birds. Luckily there are more of them around this winter/spring than usual! #BirdingWales #UKbirding
March 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I never tire of photographing Hawfinches, one of my favourite birds. Luckily there are more of them around this winter/spring than usual! #BirdingWales #UKbirding
Great Spotted Woodpecker in my local forest
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
February 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great Spotted Woodpecker in my local forest
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
Long-tailed Tits are so acrobatic! #BirdingWales
February 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Long-tailed Tits are so acrobatic! #BirdingWales
Some more highlights of a great afternoon in the Cotswolds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding
February 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Some more highlights of a great afternoon in the Cotswolds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding
Going to Oxford on the 'scenic route' through the Cotswolds, I came across this Barn Owl, the first one I've seen out hunting for a couple of years. Light not great but who cares! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding
February 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Going to Oxford on the 'scenic route' through the Cotswolds, I came across this Barn Owl, the first one I've seen out hunting for a couple of years. Light not great but who cares! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding
Portrait of a Goldcrest, one that actually sat still for a few seconds to catch its breath!
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
February 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Portrait of a Goldcrest, one that actually sat still for a few seconds to catch its breath!
#BirdingWales
#BirdingWales
Seeing my first Chiffchaff of 2025 in Bute Park this afternoon it almost felt like spring. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales
January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seeing my first Chiffchaff of 2025 in Bute Park this afternoon it almost felt like spring. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingWales