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Red-breasted Merganser, Covenham Reservoir.
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#Birds #Lincsbirding #UKBirding
Red-breasted Merganser
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Divers still at Covenham Reservoir this morning
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#Birds #UKBirding
Red-throated, Black-throated & Great Northern Divers
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Three Species of Diver at Covenham Reservoir today
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Red-throated Diver Great Northern Diver Black-throated Diver
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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A few of the 40+ Whooper Swans (with a couple of Mute Swans)feasting on a nearby Oilseed Rape crop. One with #beakopen for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay #Swanday #birds #nature #wildlife #Lincolnshire @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #LincsBirding
A flock of 14 Whooper Swans, adults and juveniles, in a field of Oilseed Rape. A bird on the right hand side has its wings outstretched and the bird immediately in front of it is calling. There is a ploughed field and a hedgerow in the back ground.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Willow Tit photographed in #Finland🇫🇮 for #shadesofgrey #BirdOfTheDay
#birds #photography #nature #wildlife
A Willow Tit sat on a lichen covered branch, facing the camera, against a grey/brown out of focus background.
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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For Alan’s #shadesofgrey themed #BirdOfTheDay a Long-tailed Duck from #Norway 🇳🇴
#Birds
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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An endearing Tree Sparrow for Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay #posts from @rspbengland.bsky.social #Bempton
#birds #photography #nautre #wildlife
A Tree Sparrow atop a wooden post, the bird is leaning forwards preparing to fly off, with a featureless blue sky background.
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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A Northern Wheatear passing through #Lincolnshire back in March.
#birdsontheground
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds #photography #nature #wildlife
A Northern Wheatear stood on ploughed arable land with a few shoots of grass in the fall ground. The bird has its back to the camera and he looking over his shoulder to the left giving a side view of its head.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Barn Owl for #BirdOfTheDay
#BirdOnTheGround
#Birds
#Lincsbirding
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Olive-backed Pipit at South Gare yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #twitching #olivebackedpipit #pipits #scarce @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Rainbow
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTelevision
A double rainbow over farmed land
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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A few for this week’s #wildflowerhour, the Spear Thistle was in the coastal dunes and the others all around home.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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White-tailed Eagle on a branch in Hungary 🇭🇺 #BirdOfTheDay #standingonthings
#Birds
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A young Blue Tit on Frogbit in our wee garden pond. #StandingOnThings #BirdOfTheDay
#birds #ponds #gardenwildlife #photography #Lincolnshire
A juvenile Blue Tit standing on Frogbit in a garden pond.
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Glossy Ibis again on Cleethorpes Coast LNR saltmarsh this afternoon. #lincsbirding
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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House Martin collecting nesting material earlier this year. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds at #OddAngles
#BirdPhotography #Lincolnshire
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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A #hiding (Common) Whitethroat in the foliage around the margins of our wee garden pond, just showed enough to capture this shot.
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotographt #wildlife #Lincolnshire
A (Common) Whitethroat,surrounded by foliage, standing on plant stems in the margins of a garden pond.
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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A phone pic of a Eurasian Hoopoe, who came to say “Hi”. Not a macro #CloseUps, both the closest I have been to a Hoopoe 😊
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds #photography #nature #wildlide #Extremadura #Spain
An Eurasian Hoopoe stood on the tiled windowsill of a hide in Extremadura, Spain, with straw coloured grass behind, with trees and mountains beyond.
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #TakeOffs, birds taking off, and the Alterative is #CitySlickers, birds in an Urban Environment.

My contributions are of Whooper Swans on the runway at full speed just before Lift Off at WWT Welney.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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King Eider and Stellar’s Eider #takeoffs Båtsfjord, Norway 🇳🇴
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds #photography #Norway #ducks #nature #wildlife
A drake King Eider taking off from the sea from right to left, with wings out stretched above his body. A Stellar’s Eider taking off from a choppy sea, with the right foot still in the water, wings stretched above the body.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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An Eurasian Bittern erupting from reedbed
#takeoffs
#BirdOfTheDay
#Birds
#Lincsbirding
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #takeoffs , so birds taking off, the alternative is #cityslickers , birds in an urban environment. I took this one yesterday and was chuffed that I kept the face sharp. A Little Egret taking off. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A striking photo of a white egret taking off with its wings fully spread, as if performing a graceful dance. The bird’s sharp gaze is directed forward, and droplets of water trail from its raised foot. Tall reeds rise in the background, adding texture and depth to the marshy setting.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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#fighting Kingfishers for #BirdOfTheDay
#flyday
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Arctic Tern for today’s #lunchtime #BirdOfTheDay
An Arctic Tern flying from left to right with a fish in its bill, photographed against a bright blue sky.
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM