Ian Parsons
@ianparsons.bsky.social
Author, Writer and Naturalist. Books: A Vulture Landscape; Seasonality; Of the Trees and The Birds; Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. NEW BOOK - Tarka Revisited, 100 Years of Rivers and Wildlife. Out June 2026.
And finally a 4th offering (I could go on & on!) for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts, why settle for just 1 bird! Azure-winged Magpies (or the rather prosaic Iberian Magpies if you wish) piling in on a post.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And finally a 4th offering (I could go on & on!) for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts, why settle for just 1 bird! Azure-winged Magpies (or the rather prosaic Iberian Magpies if you wish) piling in on a post.
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So, third up in my #birdoftheday #birds on posts theme I offer a Bee-eater in the mist.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So, third up in my #birdoftheday #birds on posts theme I offer a Bee-eater in the mist.
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Second offering for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts. Little Owl.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Second offering for the #birdoftheday alternative theme of #birds on posts. Little Owl.
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No Parking Whitebeam, Sorbus admonitor
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
No Parking Whitebeam, Sorbus admonitor
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
I do love an endemic whitebeam!
Today's #birdoftheday theme is swans with an alternative of #birds on posts. Definitely going for the alternative, might be a series of them depicting birds from my patch in #Extremadura
First up, Hoopoe.
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First up, Hoopoe.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is swans with an alternative of #birds on posts. Definitely going for the alternative, might be a series of them depicting birds from my patch in #Extremadura
First up, Hoopoe.
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First up, Hoopoe.
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Going through files & found a brief video of some willow scrub. Couldn't understand why I had filmed scrub... Then I played it with the sound on. Such a common sound where scrub's allowed to abound.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Going through files & found a brief video of some willow scrub. Couldn't understand why I had filmed scrub... Then I played it with the sound on. Such a common sound where scrub's allowed to abound.
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As is Hawthorn. And Ivy. And Blackbirds. And, well, lots of species. The 'great' British acclimatisation societies of our colonial era have a lot to answer for. This is a great book, even though it will make you bang your head against a wall!
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As is Hawthorn. And Ivy. And Blackbirds. And, well, lots of species. The 'great' British acclimatisation societies of our colonial era have a lot to answer for. This is a great book, even though it will make you bang your head against a wall!
The #birdoftheday is 'ducks out of water' so let's go left field & take the phrase's meaning - something in an unfamiliar & uncomfortable situation. A newly fledged Griffon Vulture stranded on a busy road bridge, too weak to get sufficient lift. Bird recovered, fed & released🪶 @alan678.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The #birdoftheday is 'ducks out of water' so let's go left field & take the phrase's meaning - something in an unfamiliar & uncomfortable situation. A newly fledged Griffon Vulture stranded on a busy road bridge, too weak to get sufficient lift. Bird recovered, fed & released🪶 @alan678.bsky.social
Today's #birdoftheday theme is ducks out of water. One of the most beautiful ducks, Teal, having a nap.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is ducks out of water. One of the most beautiful ducks, Teal, having a nap.
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I do enjoy #birdoftheday thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social & @alan678.bsky.social for coming up with topics. Today's is paddling #birds
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I do enjoy #birdoftheday thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social & @alan678.bsky.social for coming up with topics. Today's is paddling #birds
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Here's another with wet feet, a Night Heron.
Not my usual #wildlife fare, but I do also enjoy dabbling in #antiques Nice pair of Victorian hand painted uranium glass vases gently glowing under UV light. Scary? Actually less radiation than a granite kitchen worktop
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November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Not my usual #wildlife fare, but I do also enjoy dabbling in #antiques Nice pair of Victorian hand painted uranium glass vases gently glowing under UV light. Scary? Actually less radiation than a granite kitchen worktop
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is paddling #birds
Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is paddling #birds
Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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Here's a proper paddler, a Dipper.
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So today's #birdoftheday theme is birds on the ground, here is a Hoopoe with a sizeable spider snack.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So today's #birdoftheday theme is birds on the ground, here is a Hoopoe with a sizeable spider snack.
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
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Worrying increase in bird flu in wild birds in Spain, Cranes in particular are affected. Spain has huge numbers of Cranes in winter, forming large concentrations. Already dead birds are being found. 🪶
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November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Worrying increase in bird flu in wild birds in Spain, Cranes in particular are affected. Spain has huge numbers of Cranes in winter, forming large concentrations. Already dead birds are being found. 🪶
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Standing on things is today's #birdoftheday theme.
An Egret living up to its name is my offering...
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An Egret living up to its name is my offering...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Standing on things is today's #birdoftheday theme.
An Egret living up to its name is my offering...
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An Egret living up to its name is my offering...
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Another take off for #thebirdoftheday
Not the greatest photo in the world but it does show the length of the wings of Europe's biggest raptor rather well, just under 3 metres wingspan. An old world Black Vulture. Nothing cinerous about it!
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Not the greatest photo in the world but it does show the length of the wings of Europe's biggest raptor rather well, just under 3 metres wingspan. An old world Black Vulture. Nothing cinerous about it!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Another take off for #thebirdoftheday
Not the greatest photo in the world but it does show the length of the wings of Europe's biggest raptor rather well, just under 3 metres wingspan. An old world Black Vulture. Nothing cinerous about it!
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Not the greatest photo in the world but it does show the length of the wings of Europe's biggest raptor rather well, just under 3 metres wingspan. An old world Black Vulture. Nothing cinerous about it!
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is take offs, I have plenty of photos of fences where the birds had already taken off before I could press the shutter... But managed to time this one ok. A Bee-eater taking off whilst its mate looks on.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is take offs, I have plenty of photos of fences where the birds had already taken off before I could press the shutter... But managed to time this one ok. A Bee-eater taking off whilst its mate looks on.
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is fighting birds, so here's a couple of Griffon Vultures having a bit of a strop over food. The noises they make when doing so are something else!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is fighting birds, so here's a couple of Griffon Vultures having a bit of a strop over food. The noises they make when doing so are something else!
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Still on today's #birdoftheday theme of lunch, here's a Bonelli's and a bunny. The relationship was a bit one sided...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Still on today's #birdoftheday theme of lunch, here's a Bonelli's and a bunny. The relationship was a bit one sided...
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is lunchtime, so here's a Black Redstart delivering quite a lunch on my patio a few years ago...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is lunchtime, so here's a Black Redstart delivering quite a lunch on my patio a few years ago...
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4 Northern Bald Ibis were killed with an air rifle in Extremadura in 2019. Covid caused issues with the police investigation, but they continues & last month the guilty party was sentenced, 1 year prison term, banned from hunting & fishing for 3 years & a 20,000Euro fine. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
4 Northern Bald Ibis were killed with an air rifle in Extremadura in 2019. Covid caused issues with the police investigation, but they continues & last month the guilty party was sentenced, 1 year prison term, banned from hunting & fishing for 3 years & a 20,000Euro fine. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social