🇸🇪Henrik Frietsch 📸🐦🪲🦧
@henrikfrietsch.bsky.social
Swedish Biologist and small time wildlife photographer ☺️
Love to photograph the local Swedish wildlife with the occasional tropical wildlife as well 😉
Please follow if you like my photos ☺️
Love to photograph the local Swedish wildlife with the occasional tropical wildlife as well 😉
Please follow if you like my photos ☺️
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I've yet to meet anyone who is not happy when they get a chance to photograph a Kingfisher! So as we were approaching this perching stork-billed kingfisher on the Kinabatangan river I was ecstatic! Such a beauty 😁
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
I've yet to meet anyone who is not happy when they get a chance to photograph a Kingfisher! So as we were approaching this perching stork-billed kingfisher on the Kinabatangan river I was ecstatic! Such a beauty 😁
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I've yet to meet anyone who is not happy when they get a chance to photograph a Kingfisher! So as we were approaching this perching stork-billed kingfisher on the Kinabatangan river I was ecstatic! Such a beauty 😁
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#EastCoastKin
#BirdLovers
#Stunday
#SundayVibes
#Photography
@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay and #posted with the alt theme of #Red so why not both🤷? Here is a Red Kite coming in for Landing 😁
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay and #posted with the alt theme of #Red so why not both🤷? Here is a Red Kite coming in for Landing 😁
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
@alan678.bsky.socials #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity so here is a pair of Mute swan cygnets softly resting on the back of their parent, had them slowly come by when I was narrowboating in the UK last year☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #Swan
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #Swan
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
@alan678.bsky.socials #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity so here is a pair of Mute swan cygnets softly resting on the back of their parent, had them slowly come by when I was narrowboating in the UK last year☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #Swan
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #Swan
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Thinking back to the warm evening in Nicaragua now that I'm at home in grey cold Sweden🥶One reason why I love #Photography since I can go back and relive some awesome moments ☺️ A Magnificent frigatebird flying in #Sunset
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sun #EastCoastKin #Silhouettes
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #birds
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sun #EastCoastKin #Silhouettes
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #birds
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Thinking back to the warm evening in Nicaragua now that I'm at home in grey cold Sweden🥶One reason why I love #Photography since I can go back and relive some awesome moments ☺️ A Magnificent frigatebird flying in #Sunset
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sun #EastCoastKin #Silhouettes
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #birds
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sun #EastCoastKin #Silhouettes
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #birds
Reposted by 🇸🇪Henrik Frietsch 📸🐦🪲🦧
Oh, you lot are 🌟 for continuing the #SmallBirdSaturday theme thank you 🙏
Can I just say, it’s not the #BirdOfTheDay theme, that’s set daily by @alan678.bsky.social and
@robcrank68.bsky.social totally separate - and one of the best themes out there
Can I just say, it’s not the #BirdOfTheDay theme, that’s set daily by @alan678.bsky.social and
@robcrank68.bsky.social totally separate - and one of the best themes out there
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Oh, you lot are 🌟 for continuing the #SmallBirdSaturday theme thank you 🙏
Can I just say, it’s not the #BirdOfTheDay theme, that’s set daily by @alan678.bsky.social and
@robcrank68.bsky.social totally separate - and one of the best themes out there
Can I just say, it’s not the #BirdOfTheDay theme, that’s set daily by @alan678.bsky.social and
@robcrank68.bsky.social totally separate - and one of the best themes out there
Morning Bsky! For @javajanegallery.co.uk #SmallBirdSaturday I'm posting this Indigo Flycatcher from Borneo with nesting material in its beak! We were hiking and it landed on a branch just a few meters ahead of us😁
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Morning Bsky! For @javajanegallery.co.uk #SmallBirdSaturday I'm posting this Indigo Flycatcher from Borneo with nesting material in its beak! We were hiking and it landed on a branch just a few meters ahead of us😁
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Saw that I had this photograph of a pair of Common terns from 2 years ago taken at sunset in Stockholm's archipelago for the alt theme #backlitbeauty for #BirdOfTheDay, a magical evening ☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #flyday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #flyday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Saw that I had this photograph of a pair of Common terns from 2 years ago taken at sunset in Stockholm's archipelago for the alt theme #backlitbeauty for #BirdOfTheDay, a magical evening ☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #flyday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin #flyday
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
@alan678.bsky.social's main theme for #BirdOfTheDay are #birds&berries so I just had to post this Black-sided Flowerpecker from Mt Kinabalu in Borneo! A super charming bird that really liked to show itself 😁 #birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
@alan678.bsky.social's main theme for #BirdOfTheDay are #birds&berries so I just had to post this Black-sided Flowerpecker from Mt Kinabalu in Borneo! A super charming bird that really liked to show itself 😁 #birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Found this photo of this Oriental magpie-robin from Thailand for #BirdoftheDay and the alt theme #Black&White I was waiting at the parking lot and all of a sudden this little fellow wanted to show off it's catch ☺️#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Found this photo of this Oriental magpie-robin from Thailand for #BirdoftheDay and the alt theme #Black&White I was waiting at the parking lot and all of a sudden this little fellow wanted to show off it's catch ☺️#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves so here is a Common wood pigeon (Ringduva) that is looking about as pleased as I do when it is heavy snowfall in Sweden 🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves so here is a Common wood pigeon (Ringduva) that is looking about as pleased as I do when it is heavy snowfall in Sweden 🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
Since I posted about the Redpoll (Gråsiska) yesterday I might as well post some of the photos of the Eurasian siskins (Grönsiska)☺️ Would love to get a shot of one from a better angle one day 😅
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Since I posted about the Redpoll (Gråsiska) yesterday I might as well post some of the photos of the Eurasian siskins (Grönsiska)☺️ Would love to get a shot of one from a better angle one day 😅
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay with the theme #BackyardBirds so here is a bird that has become increasingly more common at backyard feeders in Sweden, the European goldfinch (Steglits)😁
#birds #EastCoastKin #photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin #photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay with the theme #BackyardBirds so here is a bird that has become increasingly more common at backyard feeders in Sweden, the European goldfinch (Steglits)😁
#birds #EastCoastKin #photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin #photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
I didn't know a Redpoll (Gråsiska) was going to be in the big flock of Eurasian siskins (Grönsiska), but I had a feeling😅 and then out of nowhere it was just sitting there in front of me🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I didn't know a Redpoll (Gråsiska) was going to be in the big flock of Eurasian siskins (Grönsiska), but I had a feeling😅 and then out of nowhere it was just sitting there in front of me🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
A tough theme for #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections by @robcrank68.bsky.social at least for me! Now I have to go out and try to take more photos with reflections 🤣 Lucky I had this Common wood pigeon (Ringduva) drinking
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
A tough theme for #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections by @robcrank68.bsky.social at least for me! Now I have to go out and try to take more photos with reflections 🤣 Lucky I had this Common wood pigeon (Ringduva) drinking
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Reposted by 🇸🇪Henrik Frietsch 📸🐦🪲🦧
Hi everybody! Here is the new summary of the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge!
I finally managed to code the changes in the leaderboards :D
Top 3 continues for two weeks now but we have eight now participating countries/territories. Here is the top 40!
I finally managed to code the changes in the leaderboards :D
Top 3 continues for two weeks now but we have eight now participating countries/territories. Here is the top 40!
January 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Hi everybody! Here is the new summary of the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge!
I finally managed to code the changes in the leaderboards :D
Top 3 continues for two weeks now but we have eight now participating countries/territories. Here is the top 40!
I finally managed to code the changes in the leaderboards :D
Top 3 continues for two weeks now but we have eight now participating countries/territories. Here is the top 40!
Figured I'd post this💦splashing💦 male mallard for #MallardMonday not often I get such nice light at Jordbodalen since it is a tiny valley and I tend to miss most times when the sun is in the right spot 😅
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Figured I'd post this💦splashing💦 male mallard for #MallardMonday not often I get such nice light at Jordbodalen since it is a tiny valley and I tend to miss most times when the sun is in the right spot 😅
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Super excited that I finally got to #photograph the Eurasian woodcock (Morkulla) I was walking across a meadow and all of a sudden it came flying straight towards me! Such a lucky encounter! ✌️🤩
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Super excited that I finally got to #photograph the Eurasian woodcock (Morkulla) I was walking across a meadow and all of a sudden it came flying straight towards me! Such a lucky encounter! ✌️🤩
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #nature
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #openwings I'm going with this European herring gull (Gråtrut) chasing away Black-headed gull (Skrattmås) and as I was posting this I realized it kinda is #openbeak as well 🤣 #birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #openwings I'm going with this European herring gull (Gråtrut) chasing away Black-headed gull (Skrattmås) and as I was posting this I realized it kinda is #openbeak as well 🤣 #birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
Had very nice but cold weather yesterday in Jordbodalen but unfortunately no Kingfisher, but spotted this Eurasian nuthatch (Nötväcka) and a Redwing (Rödvingetrast) that was chilling in the sun 😁
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Had very nice but cold weather yesterday in Jordbodalen but unfortunately no Kingfisher, but spotted this Eurasian nuthatch (Nötväcka) and a Redwing (Rödvingetrast) that was chilling in the sun 😁
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdsSeenIn2026
@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #openbeak so I am going with this Brown pelican from Nicaragua with its mouthful 🤣 so surreal to have seen these in the wild
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #openbeak so I am going with this Brown pelican from Nicaragua with its mouthful 🤣 so surreal to have seen these in the wild
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
A tad late today but for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay and #GullsInWater I've picked this moment as a Black-headed gull just leave the water imo looking a bit like a ballerina 😊
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #Stunday
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #Stunday
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A tad late today but for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay and #GullsInWater I've picked this moment as a Black-headed gull just leave the water imo looking a bit like a ballerina 😊
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #Stunday
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#photography #Stunday
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Posting this older photo for #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks one of the craziest birding photos I've ever taken with two increadibly rare #Birds in southern Sweden a king eider and a Steller's eider I will probably never forget this moment at Skanör #EastCoastKin #photography
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Posting this older photo for #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks one of the craziest birding photos I've ever taken with two increadibly rare #Birds in southern Sweden a king eider and a Steller's eider I will probably never forget this moment at Skanör #EastCoastKin #photography
My first photos of a Grey plover (Kustpipare) from early January at Falsterbo, would love to see on of these guys in breeding plumage, perhaps this is they year? 🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#PhotographersOfBluesky
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM
My first photos of a Grey plover (Kustpipare) from early January at Falsterbo, would love to see on of these guys in breeding plumage, perhaps this is they year? 🤣
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#PhotographersOfBluesky
A small bird that is becoming increasingly more common in southern Sweden! the European stonechat (Svarthakad buskskvätta) photographed at Vombs ängar last year, hoping they come back this spring so that I can get some more photos in breeding plumage😊 #SmallBirdSaturaday #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A small bird that is becoming increasingly more common in southern Sweden! the European stonechat (Svarthakad buskskvätta) photographed at Vombs ängar last year, hoping they come back this spring so that I can get some more photos in breeding plumage😊 #SmallBirdSaturaday #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
Had an appointment in central Lund today and this blackbird (Koltrast) with Leucism jumped out of the bush so I just had to bring out the gear and photograph it 😊
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#BWFri #FeatherFriday #Leucism
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#BWFri #FeatherFriday #Leucism
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Had an appointment in central Lund today and this blackbird (Koltrast) with Leucism jumped out of the bush so I just had to bring out the gear and photograph it 😊
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#BWFri #FeatherFriday #Leucism
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#BWFri #FeatherFriday #Leucism