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Johnny Mac
@johnnythecow.bsky.social
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Mid Wales based. Ninety percent human, half Irish, half Mancunian, half pharmaceuticals, two thirds rubbish at fractions. Wildlife, nature, conservation and general nice stuff.
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johnnythecow.bsky.social
Like a drunk in a midnight choir…

#pipit #meadowpipit #meadow #anthuspratensis #titlark #bird #birdphoto #birdlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #birdonawire #tanybwlch #aberystwyth #walescoastpath @rspbcymru.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @walescoastpath.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
In Gaelic, the cry of the oystercatcher is “Bi glic, hi glic, bi glic, bi glic!”, [Be wise, be prudent, take care’].

#oystercatcher #wader #haematopusostralegus #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdlife #tanybwlch #stormbeach #walescoastpath #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Upstream / downstream

#dyfi #dovey #estuary #ynyslas #landscape #landscapephotography #coastal #cardiganbay #baeceredigion #cambrianmountains #dunes #sanddunes #corsfochno #raisedbog #biosphere #borth #aberystwyth
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Some of the birds are on the beach, they think it’s a plover…

#plover #goldenplover #pluvialisapricaria #coastal #intertidal #winter #birds #birdlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ynyslas #dyfi #dovey #estuary #corsfochno #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Silent / Grey

#mist #fog #dank #darkness #silhouette #lowlight #trees #nature #naturephotography #stillness
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Reed Bed Rothko

#reeds #reedbed #marsh #marshes #meadow #wetland #tidal #floodplain #fen #saltmarsh #afonteifi #teifi #cilgerran #cardigan #ceredigion #wtsww #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
/detail

#flowers #wildflowers #flora #allium #chives #allium #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
The greatest ideas are the simplest.

#lordoftheflies #williamgolding #flies #fly #insect #diptera #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #llanafan #ystwythvalley #ceredigion
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.

#wildflowers #flowers #flora #grassland #birdsfoottrefoil #commonspottedorchid #orchid #eyebright #euphrasia #halborland #nature #naturephotography #ceredigion
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Damp at the margins.

#damp #wet #moist #rain #weather #autumn #rainfall #storm #coast #coastal #walescoastpath #seaside #gloomy #aberystwyth #ceredigion
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
From Scapa Flow to Rotherhithe,
I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide…

#coast #coastal #sunset #silhouette #sea #seapower #lyrics #lowlight #lowlightphotography #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru #llanrhystud #ceredigion @walescoastpath.bsky.social @walescoastpath1.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
If they don’t want to see the light then make them feel the noise.

#light #lighttrails #slowshutter #longexposure #lowlight #fairground #funfair #abstract #abstractphotography
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Swingers.

#swingbridge #detroitbridge #salford #salfordquays #huronbasin #eriebasin #canal #mediacity #mediacityuk #lowrytheatre #lowry #urban #manchestershipcanal #manchester
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Above the clouds the sun is always shining.

#sunset #sea #coastal #seascape #sky #evening #lowlight #silhouette #surf #beach #llanrhystud #ceredigion #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru @walescoastpath1.bsky.social @walescoastpath.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
It’s simple maths: light divided by time plus landscape.

#landscape #seascape #sea #cardiganbay #baeceredigion #coast #coastal #lowlight #monochrome #weather #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru #llanrhystud #ceredigion @walescoastpath1.bsky.social @walescoastpath.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Oh for the patience of the reed dwelling, air slicing, surface breaching, fish munching blue flash.

#kingfisher #birds #birdlife #reed #river #creek #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #teifimarshes #teifi #cilgerran #wildlifetrust #wtsww #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
When the red kite builds, look to your lesser linen.

#redkite #kite #raptor #birdsofprey #birds #birdlife #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #milvusmilvus #awinterstale #shakespeare #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru #llanrhystud #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
What doesn’t curlew only makes you stronger.

#curlew #wader #eurasiancurlew #birds #birdlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #teifi #teifimarshes #aberteifi #cardigan #cilgerran #wildlifetrust #wtsww @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Tywyllwch yn yr awyr

#starlings #murmuration #birds #birdlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #horror #halloween #sunset #pier #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
“Money’s just something you throw
off the back of a train,
got a headful of lightning
and a hatful of rain…”

#longwayhome #railroad #railroadtracks #railway #hudson #tivoli #newyork #ny #upstate #dutchesscounty #tomwaits
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Hafod, autumnal

#hafod #hafodestate #devilsbridge #cwmystwyth #woodland #ystwyth #afonystwyth #river #waterfalls #peiranfalls #rhaeadrpeiran #aberystwyth #ceredigion
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
At the edge of the storm

#weather #storm #edge #skyscape #seascape #sea #sky #breakwater #harbour #pendinas #hillfort #ystwyth #tanybwlch #traethtanybwlch #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru #aberystwyth #ceredigion
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Storm in the bay

#storm #weather #seascape #sea #alltwen #traethtanybwlch #tanybwlch #baeceredigion #cardiganbay #aberystwyth #ceredigion #walescoastpath #llwybrarfordircymru
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
Feeling supersonic

#ginandtonic #gin #tonic #supersonic #oasis #lemon #orange #citrus #drink #abstract #harbourmaster #aberaeron #ceredigion
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
johnnythecow.bsky.social
(What’s up?) Dock Bug

#dockbug #shieldbug #bug #insect #coreusmarginatus #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM