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David Preston
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Retired, hobby photographer, wool, atheist, spectrum dweller, Lancastrian, Liverpudlophile
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Liverpool FC 25/26 third goalkeeping shirt
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Greylag goose

#birds #photography
Closeup portrait of a greylag goose
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Coal tit

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A coal tit feeds on seed from a bird feeder
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Mallard drake

#birds #photography
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Shelduck

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A common shelduck stands in shallow water
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Marsh harrier

#birds #photography
Western marsh harrier in flight
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Whooper swan

#birds #photography
Male whooper swan
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Teal

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Male Eurasian teal swims right to left
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Blue tit

#birds #photography
A Eurasian blue tit on a branch
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Greylag goose

#birds #photography
Greylag goose swims left to right and is reflected in the water
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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And finally from this morning's walk, my favourite species, a robin.

#birds #photography
European robin perches on a post.
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I think that nesting box was designed for something a bit bigger than a great tit.

#birds #photography
A great tit stands in the entrance to a large nesting box, probably designed for owls.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Goosander (or merganser)

#birds #photography
A goosander or common merganser
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Cormorant on the post where they often perch.

#birds #photography
Cormorant perched on a post in the water, facing left to right.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Heron

#birds #photography
A heron stands in a still pool
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Male & female chaffinches

#birds #photography
Male chaffinch Female chaffinch
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Nuthatches

#photography #birds
A nuthatch perches on an ivy-covered post A nuthatch on the trunk of a young tree, facing downward
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Robin

#birds #photography
A robin, in side view, looks upward and to the left
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Cormorant

#birds #photography
A cormorant sits on a post in the water Close-up head shot of a cormorant looking to the left
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Tufted ducks

#birds #photography
Three tufted ducks swim left to right
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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One from the archive, of Coniston Water, taken in November 2008, on a Sony Erickson K800i phone.

#photography #sunset
Sunset over Coniston Water
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Yes, the body feathers are sort of reddish-brown and the one in your photo has a dark head like this. 😉
Male pheasant
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A robin & a nuthatch

#photography #birds
A robin perched on a twig, singing A nuthatch, roughly facing the viewer, on a steeply angled branch
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The Beatles statues by the Pier Head are always popular.

#photography #urban #street #Liverpool #Beatles
Slightly larger-than-life statues of The Beatles near the Pier Head in Liverpool with a small crowd of people taking photographs.
October 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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While I was in Liverpool yesterday I was watching the gulls around the Pier Head / Albert Dock area feeding on mussels from the dock walls.

#photography #birds #birdbehaviour #Liverpool
Gulls pulling mussels from the wall of Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool. A juvenile gull trying to open a mussel. A juvenile gull with a mussel in its nill. Empty mussel shells after the gulls have finished with them.
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM