Martin Watkins
@mjw2.bsky.social
Retired social care professional.Dad to three, grandad to two.Married.I have a physical disability, refuse to let this stop me from gardening and bird watching .Autistic.Support Spurs & Lancashire cc.Socialist.Really like Pratchett,movies and nature.
Anything that makes me feel happier.Walking the dog,bird watching,reading books that aren't depressing,same for watching movies,making models,gardening,looking after grandchildren and anything else that works.
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Anything that makes me feel happier.Walking the dog,bird watching,reading books that aren't depressing,same for watching movies,making models,gardening,looking after grandchildren and anything else that works.
Some photos taken on a recent return journey by sea ... Liverpool to Faroe islands and Iceland.Great scenery,wildlife and people #Birds
#wildlife #BirdsOfTheDay
#wildlife #BirdsOfTheDay
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Some photos taken on a recent return journey by sea ... Liverpool to Faroe islands and Iceland.Great scenery,wildlife and people #Birds
#wildlife #BirdsOfTheDay
#wildlife #BirdsOfTheDay
Nightjar not doing a good job of camouflage #hiding for #BirdOfTheDay
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Nightjar not doing a good job of camouflage #hiding for #BirdOfTheDay
Large mixed flock of Long tailed ,Great and Blue Tits spent a few minutes hunting for food in the garden.Long tailed tits were particularly active #birds
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Large mixed flock of Long tailed ,Great and Blue Tits spent a few minutes hunting for food in the garden.Long tailed tits were particularly active #birds
Visited Iceland/Faroe islands.Amazing opportunity to see whales,dolphins,porpoises ,birds on the voyage.Raven,Eider,
Ptarmigan,,Arctic tern, Kittiwake,Puffin,Gannet,Fulmar, Guillemot,whooper swan,Pink footed geese,short eared owl plus Humpback,Sperm,Minke,Fin whale,Orca,dolphin,porpoise
#birds
Ptarmigan,,Arctic tern, Kittiwake,Puffin,Gannet,Fulmar, Guillemot,whooper swan,Pink footed geese,short eared owl plus Humpback,Sperm,Minke,Fin whale,Orca,dolphin,porpoise
#birds
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Visited Iceland/Faroe islands.Amazing opportunity to see whales,dolphins,porpoises ,birds on the voyage.Raven,Eider,
Ptarmigan,,Arctic tern, Kittiwake,Puffin,Gannet,Fulmar, Guillemot,whooper swan,Pink footed geese,short eared owl plus Humpback,Sperm,Minke,Fin whale,Orca,dolphin,porpoise
#birds
Ptarmigan,,Arctic tern, Kittiwake,Puffin,Gannet,Fulmar, Guillemot,whooper swan,Pink footed geese,short eared owl plus Humpback,Sperm,Minke,Fin whale,Orca,dolphin,porpoise
#birds
Seal watching in Norfolk,UK . We were here before Christmas to see hundreds of Grey seals giving birth and protecting their young , usually from bull seals.Today we saw about 50 near Winterton at a place called Horsey Gap :a mix of Grey and Common seals on beach and in the sea #naturephotography
March 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Seal watching in Norfolk,UK . We were here before Christmas to see hundreds of Grey seals giving birth and protecting their young , usually from bull seals.Today we saw about 50 near Winterton at a place called Horsey Gap :a mix of Grey and Common seals on beach and in the sea #naturephotography
Dee estuary,Neston in Cheshire.When news gets bad,I am lucky enough to be able to get here every day.
March 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Dee estuary,Neston in Cheshire.When news gets bad,I am lucky enough to be able to get here every day.
A Rook deciding it wants to have garden bird food and
some of the thousands of pink footed geese that spend winter in the Dee estuary #birds.
some of the thousands of pink footed geese that spend winter in the Dee estuary #birds.
March 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A Rook deciding it wants to have garden bird food and
some of the thousands of pink footed geese that spend winter in the Dee estuary #birds.
some of the thousands of pink footed geese that spend winter in the Dee estuary #birds.
This Robin followed me for a few minutes and fed on insects on the path .It then did a cute pose and without warning flew down and attacked another Robin.Very much marking out it's territory for Spring .
February 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Robin followed me for a few minutes and fed on insects on the path .It then did a cute pose and without warning flew down and attacked another Robin.Very much marking out it's territory for Spring .
A few close encounters with Grey Heron,Egyptian goose,Pochard and Coot in London.
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A few close encounters with Grey Heron,Egyptian goose,Pochard and Coot in London.
I managed to get this photo on mobile close up to Whimbrel when on a recent holiday in Canary Islands.We were only about a metre away and I didn't have my good camera with me . #birds
February 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I managed to get this photo on mobile close up to Whimbrel when on a recent holiday in Canary Islands.We were only about a metre away and I didn't have my good camera with me . #birds
Ruddy Shelduck,Whimbrel and Berthelots Pipit on Fueteventura#birds
January 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Ruddy Shelduck,Whimbrel and Berthelots Pipit on Fueteventura#birds
On holiday in Canary islands. Surprised how many Cattle Egrets there are here#birds
January 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On holiday in Canary islands. Surprised how many Cattle Egrets there are here#birds
Cattle Egret and Ruddy Shelduck in good numbers in Fuerteventura.Also have seen Little egret,Berthelot's pipits,Ravens,Ruddy Turnstone,Whimbrels,Sanderlings and lots of other birds in a small area of about a mile radius from where we are staying .
January 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Cattle Egret and Ruddy Shelduck in good numbers in Fuerteventura.Also have seen Little egret,Berthelot's pipits,Ravens,Ruddy Turnstone,Whimbrels,Sanderlings and lots of other birds in a small area of about a mile radius from where we are staying .
Over last week watched hundreds of seals giving birth and weaning their pups on Winterton beach in Norfolk UK .A large number of gulls and other birds,such as Sanderlings,Jackdaws and Wagtails had good meals from the natural waste after birth. Without them the beach would have been unpleasant .
December 7, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Over last week watched hundreds of seals giving birth and weaning their pups on Winterton beach in Norfolk UK .A large number of gulls and other birds,such as Sanderlings,Jackdaws and Wagtails had good meals from the natural waste after birth. Without them the beach would have been unpleasant .
@amazingnature.bsky.social I have spent several days watching hundreds of Grey seals having pups on a beach and dunes in Norfolk UK.It has been a great experience .
November 30, 2024 at 6:45 PM
@amazingnature.bsky.social I have spent several days watching hundreds of Grey seals having pups on a beach and dunes in Norfolk UK.It has been a great experience .
Drove down to Norfolk for the week to watch the colony of seals and their new pups on the beach at Winterton on sea.First day here and not disappointed after a six hour journey.Will get better pictures tomorrow.Hundreds of seals here.
November 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Drove down to Norfolk for the week to watch the colony of seals and their new pups on the beach at Winterton on sea.First day here and not disappointed after a six hour journey.Will get better pictures tomorrow.Hundreds of seals here.
