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Oskareel
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Birds, wildlife, nature, dogs. Target is a crisp, detailed shot of a common swift. All photos mine unless quote/repost or stated.
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#FavouriteOfTheMonth in terms of the bird, but definitely not the photo. This guy just wouldn’t move to a clearer part of the tree. It was almost as if he didn’t want the publicity!

Male bullfinch, Highfield Country Park #Levenshulme, Manchester, UK

#birds @robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
oskareel.bsky.social
Ha, know what you mean!
January 28, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Thanks…always good to know! I’ve heard, but not seen, them in Macclesfield Forest.
January 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
oskareel.bsky.social
Whereabouts are you looking?
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
oskareel.bsky.social
Ah right, thank you!
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
oskareel.bsky.social
Ah…a boat-tailed? Such a beautiful sheen showing in that photo!
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Is that the one in Speke?
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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🎶“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart…”🎵

A red, red robin #singing #ynwa

Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, UK

#photography #birds #birding @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #ukbirds #ukbirding #songbird #passerine #liverpool #naturelovers #lfc
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Scoff

A grey squirrel devouring precious winter fuel

Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, UK

#photography #wildlife #nature #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #animals #rodents #mammals #woodland #zoom #winter #feeding #naturelovers
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Lovely
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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The getaway

A female blackbird raiding a crab apple tree for winter loot

Levenshulme, Manchester, UK

#photography #birds #birding @robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #FeedingTime #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #flight #motion #shutterspeed #Nikon
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Lovely....and Willow looking down the valley just adds that something extra
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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An early candidate for the 2026 Christmas card? The #perfectperch for claiming territory and food, as well as @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay

Robin, Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, UK

#photography #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #levenshulme #ukbirds #ukbirding #Nikon
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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It did!
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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When you take the campervan to France with no big idea of where to go and then someone mentions there are vultures in the Gorge du Tarn…..🚐💨💨

Griffon vulture, Lozère, France, 2024

#photography #birds #birding @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #Raptor #wildlife #nature #birdofprey #gyps #Nikon
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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That’s an absolute stunner!
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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A monogamous gannet in #Solitude on the nest, perhaps waiting for its partner to return with food

RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK June 2025

#photography #birds #birding @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #seabirds #cliffs #wildlifephotography #Nikon
January 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Really nice, Mark!
January 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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A stunning sky silhouetting a black-headed gull (I think!) at Snettisham, looking across The Wash, back in October

#photography #birds #birding @robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInFlight #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #animals #sunset #sky #Norfolk #beauty #Nikon #cloud #orange
January 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Beautiful!
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Stunning!
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Loving that!
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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You’re not supposed to admit that! 😉
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Well caught!
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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It may not have the bright colours, bordering on gaudy, of the male, but the pattern and feather structure of a female pheasant are just as captivating

Snaizeholme, Yorkshire Dales, UK

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #photography #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #ukbirds
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM