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April Peters
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Noticer of nature. Garden dabbler. 🌱🐜🐝🕷️🪶

Shropshire UK 🇬🇧
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April Peters @plantjunkie2.bsky.social · Nov 16
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Life needs to be liberally sprinkled with moments of joy and happiness. There is too much gloom to wade through at times. 😭

#Stoptherot
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pinetencolin.bsky.social
I was just gonna share the latest clips from today.
However!
This is a great example of how to tell a female from a male..

The first daylight clip is a female. See how flighty, aware she is. The other 2 clips are males. They are much more confident, not frightened... from anything actually 😁
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Man arrested after five Red Kites found poisoned in Essex raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/22/m...
Man arrested after five Red Kites found poisoned in Essex
Statement from Essex Police posted on social media, 21 November 2025: An Aveley man has been arrested after five red kites were found dead in a field in Orsett. Our Rural Engagement Team is investi…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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bsgroggins.bsky.social
A Redshank even managed to photobomb the pic of Brent Geese today!
South Walney.
That's all for now, I need to get on with some work!
#ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #UKbirding #ukbirds
Five Brent Geese on the edge of a saltmarsh with an incoming tide, four have their heads down feeding whilst the one to left of frame has its head up with a piece of vegetation in the bill. At the lower right of frame is a Redshank probing the mud.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Never expected to come across a Fox during this week's cold snap over the Vale of Glamorgan out in the afternoon sunshine 22/11/25 ~ this one is obviously being fed looking at the size but what a cute cuddly beauty 😍🦊 #mammals #fox #wildlife #bluesky #naturephotography #naturetherapy #ukwildlife
A fox is a small, dog-like animal with a bushy tail, pointed ears, and a slender snout. Its fur is typically reddish-brown, though it can be other colours, and has dark markings on its front legs that resemble socks. To a partially sighted person, focus on the tactile and auditory details: a fox's movement is quick and silent, like a cat, and it makes a variety of sounds from sharp barks to soft yips. Its sense of smell is also highly developed, which it uses to find food.
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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thegardenjungle.bsky.social
Today I was out tracking Linnets and Fieldfare, but managed to capture this instead. First Common Redpoll in over 3 years I’ve seen in this particular area, very happy 🙂 #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
Common Redpoll
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Why does The Orianne Society matter?

Because reptiles, amphibians, and their habitats are in crisis across the United States and around the world—and many species are vanishing before most people ever have the chance to know them.
Meet the team! Pictured, back row (left to right): Charli Thompson, Andrea Colton, Chris Jenkins, Blake Adams, Houston Chandler, Ben Stegenga. Front row: Caleb Goldsmith, Heidi Hall, Tracy Karplus, Kiley Briggs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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iand777.bsky.social
The winter roosts of Starlings on the Somerset Levels can be totally breathtaking with the number of birds involved.
From all points of the compass across the west country they converge on a single reedbed at sunset.
#starlings 🦉
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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lizziewallis.bsky.social
Arctic terns bonding with a glass eel in the rain.

Today's #birdoftheday theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Mr&Mrs.

I like photographing in the rain (or snow). It adds another layer of interest and atmosphere to an image.

#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
#NaturePhotography
#UKBirding
Two mainly grey birds are sitting on a wooden deck. They have red legs, red sharp beaks, and black heads. The bird on the left is offering a small glass eel to the bird on the right, who is crouched down with an open beak to receive it. The background is streaked with rain.
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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gleng.bsky.social
Morning #bird

A pair of Cormorants taking it all in, at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.

#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #Mr&Mrs
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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miasalonen.bsky.social
#Birds 🪶🐦
📍 Dalarna, Sweden

Whopper Swans

#nature #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #outdoorphotography #naturephotography #birdwatching
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs (any male & female of the same kind).
Alt theme is #Pigeons
Shot earlier this month while they were still swimming around in their pond. They have left south now since winter is around the corner.
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Cruella has learnt that if she is brave then she gets first pick of the food scraps ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #Photography
Urban foxes in London
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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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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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Red-eyed Forest - oil painting by Czechia painter, Marie Ban

More of this artist's paintings, here: www.marieban.com

#art
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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hairo-iroha.bsky.social
#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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vivdunstan.bsky.social
Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶
A collared dove, hovering facing towards the right with wings spread wide, with soft brown and beige branches and yellow leaves behind it. The bird has white under wings with soft grey tips, black and white tail feathers, and light pinkish colouring around its head, neck, chest and tummy. A male house sparrow perched facing right on a branch. It has light beige under plumage and orange and dark brown wings and back. There is a black area immediately around its eye, and much of its head is pinkish/brown coloured. A female chaffinch perched facing right among grey branches. Her head is raised up, and she has soft brown/olive body and dark brown and light wings and head top. A dipper bird - dark brown body with white neck, chest and tummy - perched facing right on a grey rock in a river with more rocks behind. The bird has long feet and a silver ring around its right leg.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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martin-dunstan.bsky.social
A rabbit busy grazing the office lawn first thing this morning. They were there for long into the afternoon visiting every bit of it. 📷📸🎞️ #rabbits #animals #ukwildlife
A close-up image of a brown rabbit crouched on a mossy green lawn with their ears backlit by the morning winter sun. They are mostly different shades of brown shot through with white/grey hairs and a bright white tail. Their eye is jet black.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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martin-dunstan.bsky.social
A robin on the grass beside Seabraes Steps in Dundee. 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife
A close-up image of a brown, orange and grey/white bird perched proudly in low-cut mossy grass. Their head and back are dark brown while their chin and breast are bright orange. Their sides and underbelly are white and fluffy grey/brown. They have a jet black eye and small grey beak. Their legs are pink.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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sydcannings1.bsky.social
A carload of somewhat crazy birders drove to the beautiful little town of #WatsonLake, #Yukon today to see the female #EurasianBullfinch that has been visiting a feeder there... First record for Canada! (that wasn't an escaped cage bird) #birds #listers
Female Eurasian Bullfinch in spruce tree: Small chubby bird with black head, grey back and smoky pale pink belly Happy birders!
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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stat-monkey.bsky.social
Motivation!
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
NASA astronaut films Northern Lights from space. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Nasa astronaut films the Northern Lights from space
Zena Cardman captured the footage of the display from the International Space Station on 17 November.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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marspidermonkey.bsky.social
Siren songs are enchanting! 🦑
twigtechnology.bsky.social Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 2d
Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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roeinredd.bsky.social
#fungifriends
Dyers polypore!
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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evtim.bsky.social
More mica caps popping off in the wine barrel planter. Should I try to cultivate them? For soup and such? 🤗🍄📷 #mycology
A small cluster of tan mushrooms with caps opening and overlapping. Radial wrinkle-like lines on the caps, with small slat-like remnants of the veil still sprinkled on top.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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kudgemz3.bsky.social
The gorgeous Gannets of Bempton Cliffs #birds #birdphotography #photographersofbluesky #nature @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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kudgemz3.bsky.social
The stunning Red Kite ❤️ #redkite #birds #birdphotography #PhotographersofBluesky #Nature #raptor
June 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM