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Aubrey Thomas
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I sometimes take photos.
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Photographing some low flying red kites at Didcot whilst waiting for locomotive 44871 to pass around 2. This is straight from camera. #photography #ukbirding #redkite #bird
A red kite in flight, toward the upper left of the image. The rest of the photo is light blue sky.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown. This is an Asian Glossy Starling staring at the camera! #photography #birds #wildlife
An Asian Glossy Starling looking directly at the camera. The eyes are a bright red, head is green and the back and tail are black. It is perched on a brown wooden fence with brown dirt for the floor (background.) An Asian Glossy Starling looking at the camera, with only one eye visible. The eye is a bright red, head is green and the back and tail are black. It is perched on a brown wooden fence with brown dirt for the floor (background.)
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Just been to #Illuminate #Reading and took 214 photos! Out of these there will likely be ~30 that are actually posted. This is the first one (very quick edit)! #Stunday #nightshot #photography #nightphotography
A red and orange sign reading "ILLUMINATE" with a green tree in the background, due to a green light. There are also splashes of pink, yellow, blue. The remaining background is black, as it is a night shot.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The theme is #DucksOutOfWater for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #mallards #wildlife #UKWildlife
Two mallard ducks out of water. One is a male, with a brown head and and wings. The other is white and sleeping. They are together on green grass, with a lake to the right hand side, and green bushes in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This is Clun Castle (7029) as she passed through Reading Station yesterday for the "Farewell to Steam Special." #photography #blackandwhite #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #train #Reading #trainspotting
A steam locomotive numbered "7029" (Clun Castle) with a banner reading "Farewell to Steam - British Rail Western Region" passing through Reading Station. The right of the image has a person photographing the train. The image is in black and white. There is black smoke coming out of the chimney at the front of the locomotive. This is the same image of Clun Castle but in colour. The locomotive is green with a red front buffer bar with golden numbers "7029".
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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As it's hallowe'en, here's an atmospheric/eerie project I did a few weeks ago. This is of Holy Ghost Cemetery. photos.aubreythomas.uk/holy-ghost-c... Hope you enjoy! #photography #eerie #atmospheric #monochrome #halloween
Aubrey Thomas - Holy Ghost Cemetery (Monochrome)
I am an amateur photographer.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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This Blue-faced honeyeater is certainly #thinking about an escape! These photos were taken at #marwell wildlife. #wildlife #Birdoftheday #photography #birds
A Blue-faced honeyeater, with green wings, white breast and blue circles around the eyes. The bird is poking its beak through a lock. The background is wood. A Blue-faced honeyeater, with green wings, white breast and blue circles around the eyes. The bird is looking inquisitively at a lock. The background is wood.
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Stu the Black-winged Stilt for #BirdOfTheDay #SkinnyLegs! This was taken in one of the aviaries at #Marwell Zoo.
#Wildlife #photography #birds
A black-winged stilt. The bird is white with black wings and a long, pointy black beak. It is viewed from the side, with one golden eye visible as it balances itself on one long skinny leg. The background is predominately brown leaves and mulch, with a few green leaves poking through.
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay is #longnecks! This is a rather late entry but this is a heron, in Nara, Japan. Surprised no deer have made it into this one! #photography #japan #nara #birds
A heron between some trees with thick trunks with moss. The heron is standing on some green grass. Behind the heron are more trees and a barrier.
October 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Young ducks for #BirdOfTheDay.
#juvenilebird
#mallard #photography
Young ducklings huddled together on the pavement next to a pond. They are dark brown with lighter colouring around their eyes. The mother is golden and brown in colour, sitting behind the ducklings, reaching her head back to groom her feathers. Most of the little ducks have their heads down, but one is raised and looking at the camera. The water is blue. Tufts of grass is poking out of the pavement.
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme is #floofball! I think there is no denying that this pigeon is a floofball! #birds #photography #pigeon
A pigeon on some stones next to a tuft of green grass. The pigeon is younger and has fluffy feathers and is trying to sleep!
October 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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The Great British #Stunday Lunch as it went through Basingstoke this afternoon, although it was 69 minutes late! This is a class 67 (67024) from DB Cargo. #photography #locomotive #trains
A class 67 (67024) with the text "Pullman" in gold lettering and "British Pullman" in Green/Grey lettering underneath. This is a service run by Belmond and DB Cargo. It was named "The Great British Sunday Lunch". The locomotive is brown and yellow.
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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On #TheRoad again! It's the #BlueSkyArtShow all day Saturday. #photography
Someone riding a blue motorcycle, wearing blue jeans and a grey top. They have a cross tattoo on their right arm and wearing black sunglasses. Behind the rider there is a red traffic cone, with a white band. In the right-hand corner, there is a "Offices To Let" sign, with only "Offi" and "TO" visible. There are trees and shrubs in the background, along with a building.
September 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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It's #angles for the #BlueSkyArtShow this Saturday! This is a street performer (not a statue) in Prague, Czechia, at an angle! #photography #streetperformer #streetphotography
A street performer on a mini bronze motorbike doing a wheelie. The street performer is dressed in bronze clothing, including helmet. There is a person wearing a yellow coat and blue jeans, with face covered by the rider's boot. Behind the rider, there is a large wooden door, with a coat hanging from the handle.
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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34028 Eddystone returns to the mainline for the first time in 61 years, hauling the Swanage Belle tour. #photography #steamtrains #steamtrain #locomotive #steamlocomotive #swanagebelle
Steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone. Green train with black smokebox and chimney. Some white smoke is visible above the engine. The name plate is bright red with gold lettering. There is a passing freight train behind Eddystone with orange and white shipping containers. Behind the trains, there are green trees and foliage. The foreground is mainly light brown gravel with some grass and small plants poking through.
September 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A #Bristol #Blenheim (number L6739, MkI -- originally G-BPIV Bolingbroke MkIV) flying over Didcot on Saturday. #Warbirds #photography #BlueSkyMonday
Bristol Blenheim L6739 against a blue sky. She was built in 1934 as a Bolingbroke Blenheim MK IV, in 2003 she was badly damaged and as part of her second restoration the decision was taken to convert her to the short nose Blenheim I configuration using a Mk I nose from L6739.
September 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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It's the #BlueSkyArtShow and the theme is #summer. Here are some blackberries growing near a fence. #photography #blackberries #berries
Blackberries and green leaves. Some of the berries are black, with a few being red. There are two black metal fence posts, with one being to the left hand side of the image and one slightly off centre. Light is shining on a leaf to the upper left. There is some red outlining to a leaf in the top right.
September 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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This was taken on the relaunch (last Saturday) of 1466 at Didcot Railway Centre, the locomotive about to set off to the demonstration line, with auto-trailer 231. #photography #steamtrains #locomotive #steamlocomotive #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny #ColorADay #GreenSat
1466, the locomotive that started the Great Western Society, blowing out white steam at the front and black smoke out the chimney. The sky is dark, but the engine is shiny. Other locomotives include 6106 and Pendennis Castle (4079). There is also a wooden wagon to the right of the engine shed and a yellow water crane is beside 6106.
August 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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It's the #BlueSkyArtShow and the theme is #shiny! Here is SE&CR No. 65 at Didcot, on loan from the Bluebell railway, with a shiny steam dome! Read more about her here: www.bluebell-railway.com/heritage-loc... #photography #steam #steamlocomotive #steamtrain
SECR No. 65 on her way to couple to King Edward II, after the return to Didcot from the 200 Gala. The locomotive is dark green with light green trim. There is also red and golden trim above the wheels. There is white steam coming out the front, on the right-hand side of the image. The sky is mainly cloudy with a patch of blue. Behind the locomotive is a corrugated iron building.
August 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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It's #RoseWednesday! Not done one of these for a while! This is a pink miniature, with a new flower starting to open. #BloomScrolling #flowers #roses #photography
Two pink rose flowers, the left fully open and the right only starting to open. Green blurred background with dark green spiky leaves as the foreground.
August 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The theme for the #BlueSkyArtShow this Saturday is #Skyline! This is a powerful skyline, #iykyk. #photography #didcot
A view of Didcot Power Station from the train station. In the foreground there are train wagons and containers, a red brick building and some trees. The view to the power station is obscured by a line of tall trees.
August 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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It's Saturday and the #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #pieces! Here is ~1000 puzzle pieces (at least that's what it says on the box), which sure looks like a large mountain to climb! #photography #puzzle
Puzzle pieces in a pile. The overall image in an orange/brown due to the temperature of the light. Towards the centre of the image, the pieces are in focus, with most of the pieces being face down.
August 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The #BlueSkyArtShow theme this Saturday is #Jagged! Here are some #wallflowers (Erysimum cheiri) growing out of the jagged ruins of Wolvesey Castle, Winchester. #photography #flowers #WolveseyCastle #BishopsPalace
Some yellow wallflowers (Erysimum cheiri) growing out of a wall at the Wolvesey Castle ruins. The wall is made out of flint.
August 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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For #internationalcatday here is a female snow leopard. These cats can be seen roaming around the Himalayas (and more!) This one, however, is at #Marwell #WildLife. #photography #cats #snowleopard
A female snow leopard on a rock, with a one leg outstretched. Behind the snow leopard is a rock face, that has yellow and black markings. In the foreground of the image, there is long green grass.
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A pink and white miniature rose for #RoseWednesday. This was taken on the new #Sigma 16-300mm lens.
#photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #roses
An open bloom of a white and dark pink miniature rose. Blurred green and yellow grass makes up the background, with blurry dark green leaves in the bottom of the photo.
August 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM