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Ben
@tarka79.bsky.social
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Pilot, photographer, astronomer, Britpop nostalgist, book reader, swimmer, walker, very amateur Egyptologist & professional number wrangler.

Photos taken by me unless stated otherwise.
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The New Year’s Day walk included meeting this 🐎

#photography #nature #horse #EastCoastKin
A black horse in a horse coat standing behind a metal gate, holding its head over the gate. It is in a green field with trees on the far side
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Some photos from a New Year’s Eve dusk walk in Greenwich Park.

#photography #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #scape #London #nye
A view of the buildings of the Royal Observatory among bare trees, with the low sun shining in a clear sky. The moon above a Georgian dome of the Old Royal Naval College chapel. The Royal Observatory, seen through bare trees branches against a red sky. The twin domes of the Old Royal Naval College, seen through bare trees in the park. The buildings of central London are just visible in the twilight haze.
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Another photo on the ‘gulls with fishing boats’ theme.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #wildlife #fishing #seabird #nsture
An adult and large juvenile herring gull stood on a red wooden pallet. The adult is facing away from the camera, and the other bird is to the right of it facing left. The juvenile has mottled brown plumage. A harbour is in the background, with buildings to the right and two blue fishing boats moored side by side on the left.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122...
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
tarka79.bsky.social
Another photo from the seaside on Boxing Day!

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin #stunday #wildlife #nature #fishing
A herring gull perched on a metal beam at a fishing harbour. A red fishing boat is moored on the other side of the harbour, facing left.
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A starling perched on a yacht’s boom, seen on a Boxing Day walk yesterday.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #holidays #holiday #nature
A boom, going slightly diagonally upwards from left to right with assorted ropes and fastenings on it. On the end, at the right hand side, a starling is perched facing right. White cloud is behind, with a strip of blue sky along the top.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Beautiful day for a Boxing Day seaside walk

#photography #seascape #skyscape #beach #scape #EastCoastKin
A view past a groyne down a shingle beach with sea to the left. Low winter sun shines through clouds on the left.
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The Cutty Sark is looking very festive!

#Christmas #photography #EastCoastKin #ship #sailing #Greenwich #London
The Cutty Sark clipper ship at night. Lighting is strung along the front mast in the shape of a Christmas Tree
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
❄️ ☀️
The winter sun rising behind bare trees and houses, with frosty grass in the foreground.
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Clear winter skies

#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #photography #Skyscape #London #EastCoastKin
A view over silhouetted roofs and chimneys to a clear blue sky. Two vapour trails are the only thing in the sky.
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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More Christmas light, this time on Regent’s Street (London)

#photography #Christmas #London #Angel #EastCoastKin #CityScape
An angel made from Christmas lights, suspended between two sides of a wide street. The wings are wide, with a long flowing cloaks of light trailing behind.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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If you see this, WE IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
A crow perched on a branch, facing left, with a paper coffee cup in its beak.
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Low winter sun seen from London Bridge this morning.

#photography #cityscape #river #London #clouds #EastCoastKin
The low winter sun shining through a gap int clouds over the River Thames. Tower Bridge is to the left of the image and The Shard to the right.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Christmas lights at the Royal Exchange, London

#photography #cityscape #EastCoastKin #lights #Christmas
A view out through Greek-style columns, each wrapped in white fairy lights.
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Summer skies and sea for #BlueSkyArtShow #favoritethings theme

#photography #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #skyscape #clouds #nature
The low summer sun shining though high cirrus cloud above the sea. A shingle beach and groyne can be seen in the foreground.
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Good morning from the Crow! 🐦‍⬛

#birds #photography #nature #EastCoastKin #sckscspe
A crow perched on a bird bath, looking at the camera. Parkland is behind, with a path and Victorian style lampposts. The morning sun is shining behind high cloud.
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Beautiful sunset earlier. Despite the rural appearance, this is in London!

#photography #landscapephotography #skyscape #clouds #sunset #EastCoastKin
The sun setting behind a thing bank of cloud, the rays spreading above. Scattered cloud is in the rest of the blue sky, with silhouetted trees on the horizon and nearer branches on the left edge.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The moon last night and this morning

(just a quick iPhone photo in both cases)

#photography #astrophotography #moon #EastCoastKin
The gibbous moon at night seen through the branches of an olive tree The gibbous moon against a clear blue sky
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
tarka79.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Red squirrel
Whale shark
Black bear
Monitor lizard
Equatorial Spitting Cobra*

*at a distance of 30cm. While I was in a jacuzzi. A memorable experience!
kizzia.bsky.social Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 26d
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Fox
Badger
Stoat
Manatee
Alligator
sunlitlake.bsky.social Sunlitlake @sunlitlake.bsky.social · 26d
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild

Orca
Fur Seal
Golden Eagle
Black Bear
Stag Beetle
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A late entry for #BlueSkyArtShow #sky theme

#photography #EastCoastKin #nature #skyscape
The low sun shining behind scattered clouds over a beach.
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A beautiful frosty morning after all of yesterday’s rain!

#photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #skyscape #winter #London
A view over frosty grass towards bare trees and houses behind. The morning sun is shining through high cloud.
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Overcast and raining today, so sharing a photo from yesterday morning when it was far more pleasant!

#photography #EastCoastKin #landscapeohotography #skyscape #cloud #nature
The morning sun shining through layered clouds, with silhouetted buildings at the bottom of the image.
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Passed this crow this morning, who seemed happy to pose for a photo.

#birds #photography #nature #London #crow #EastCoastKin
A crow, perched on the edge of a large stone bird path. A grassed area is behind, with buildings behind. A path crosses from bottom right to top left with Victorian style lampposts.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Christmas Tree decorations are done!

#photography #Christmas #Advent #tree
A close up of part of a decorated Christmas tree, with a multicoloured bauble on the right, a hare and an angel on the left at a Christmas pudding centre. White fairy lights illuminate the scene.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I’ve started receiving marketing emails describing now (30th November) as already being in the ‘last minute’ zone for Christmas gifts!
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM