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jocelyngould.bsky.social @jocelyngould.bsky.social · Nov 17
Northern Lapwing, Martin Mere WWT Reserve, 13th Nov 2024.

My favourite bird. ☺️🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds
Northern Lapwing by water’s edge. A dark green plover with a wispy crest, black markings on the face, a black breast band, and mostly white underparts with orange under the tail.
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Point of No Return.
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdonawire birds on a wire.

Here are my choices, a weird and wonderful bunch! 🪶❤️
bunch! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #world birds #birding
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius (adult), Spain, 2nd May 2019. Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (female, top), and Yellow- browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (juvenile), Sumburgh Head, Shetland, 21st Sept 2015. Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria (juvenile) in garden, Fair Isle, 30th Sept 2015. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius (pair), Auckland, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 24th Oct 2015.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet running with a cricket in his mouth. Both feet are off the ground.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, On the Head of a Pin.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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abbylg.bsky.social
Here is a Ring-Billed Gull for today’s #birdoftheday theme of Grounded Gulls- a very dapper fellow! #birds 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GroundedGulls, that's any Gull not in flight.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #birding
Black-headed Gull pair Chroicocephalus ridibundus (adult, summer plumage), the Mere, Martin Mere, 30th June 2023. Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (adult, summer plumage) in Black-headed Gull colony, the Mere, Martin Mere, 4th May 2022. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis (adult) on rocky shore near hotel, Agaete, Gran Canaria, 22nd Nov 2022. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (adult) on hotel roof, Agadir, Morocco, 3rd March 2018.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Two burrowing owls standing together, tilting their heads in opposite directions.
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Byzantium.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
A bit late but today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme has been #Thrushes and the alternative is #waders set by @alan678.bsky.social Here's a Song Thrush - photo taken at Forest Farm NR 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #wildlife #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
Every winter I get obsessed with varied thrushes. Some years, we will get a few. I have been searching the usual spots, without success so far. So here is one from February 2024 for the #thrushes theme of #BirdOfTheDay

#birds #photography #birdphotography #mature
Orange, black and gray thrush on the woodland floor.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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beachrelaxin.bsky.social
He's taking 'round robin' a bit too literally.

American Robin

#BirdOfTheDay #thrushes #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography
A dark gray bird with a black head, white eye ring, orange beak, rusty red chest, and white tail coverts huddles with everything tucked in as much as possible in short green grass in profile facing right. He is puffed up like a balloon about to burst to try to conserve as much body heat as possible on a bitterly cold day.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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lycoreia.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #Thrush
mistle thrush on a branch with red berries
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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cumberlandjc.bsky.social
Hassop Staion #Derbyshire
The second of the 5 #Thrush in 1 day. Who knew Redwings had such a long tongue 😊.

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #UKBirding #nature #PeakDistrict #EastCoastKIn #ArtYear #smArtist
Photograph of a Redwing sitting, bathed in sunshine, in a leafless Hawthorn bush. A beautiful thrush with a brown crown, dark brown eye stripe with white above it, buff chest and belly streaked with brown, brown wings and a bright orange red patch on the side extending under the wing when sitting. The hawthorn is covered in red berries and the bird has just picked one off and is mid swallow causing its yellow tongue to be sticking out of its open mouth
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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toritorihkd.bsky.social
A Dusky Thrush was feeding on the ground at a small park along the walkway I revisited today — my first close encounter in about five months! 😊🪶
すでに何度か見かけてたけれど、この距離で見るのは約5ヶ月ぶりですね☺️
#nature
#photography
#wildlife
#DuskyThrush
#ツグミ
#birds
#野鳥
A Dusky Thrush standing on the ground, surrounded by short grass and scattered leaves. 地面に立つツグミ。周囲には短い草と散らばった落ち葉が見える。
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus in Hawthorn bush after berries, near Hale Hide, Martin Mere, 30th Oct 2025. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (female) on Elephants Ears in border, back garden, 19th Jan 2023. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (1st summer male), on lawn, back garden, 24th Nov 2022. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (juvenile) on patio, back garden, 19th June 2022.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl pair peeking out from behind a wall.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, In the Beginning. He’s sitting on Dean’s motel bed and has turned to look at him.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
I’m going with the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Sparrows today.

My choice is the ubiquitous House Sparrow! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #worldbirds #birding
House Sparrows Passer domesticus (males) sunning, St Helens, 1st Jan 2024. House Sparrow Passer domesticus (male) at nest entrance, Rodrigues Island, one of the Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean, 11th Oct 2014. House Sparrow Passer domesticus (male) near lighthouse, Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 27th Oct 2015.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Mr. Burrowing owl is standing on one leg outside the burrow while Mrs. Burrowing owl peeks out.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Beautiful angel, Lazarus Rising.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled birds marked with spots of a different colour.

Here are my choices from the archives. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris (juvenile moulting into adult plumage) on fat ball feeder, back garden, 7th Aug 2016). Tame European Robin Erithacus rubecula (juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage) helping me with the garden, 16th Aug 2018. Dunnock Prunella modularis (juvenile), back garden, 9th June 2015.
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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alxnelson.bsky.social
Out amongst the alligator flag leaves, a single head popped out to survey the surroundings at sunrise: a purple gallinule. #birds
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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dalerphotos.bsky.social
I'm getting some nice eagle looks lately. #birds
A bald eagle with a white head and yellow beak perches on a bare tree branch, gripping it with strong yellow talons. Its dark brown body contrasts with the blurred background of water and leafless twigs, suggesting a natural wetland habitat.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Cactus Wren on Palo Verde 🌵🪶☀️(Arizona’s state bird)
Cactus Wren
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Good Morning ☀️ 🪶🌵 Prairie Falcon with its prey
Prairie Falcon perched with its prey
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM