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Nat Hall
@nordicblackbird60n.bsky.social
Poet with words and pixels, educator, nestled at 60N between a sea and an ocean.
#birds #shetland #naturediaries two hours of bliss among the avian living, 9 Nov 25🌿✨. Absolute bliss!
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#birds two peerie cresties (goldcrests) at 60N in November... The migration is quite over yet.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hairst (autumn) encounters around Aith and my friend's grandfather's willows. Twite, goldcrests and turnstones . #birds #shetland #naturediaries
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Whooper family fae da Clumlie Loch on the final evening of August, in honey light. #birds #Shetland #naturediaries
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Look behind you... It's magic! At one with #gannets and #bonxies (great skuas) at #sea with #birds #shetland #naturediaries
July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#orkney2025 #Islandvoices reached 60N on the eve of the opening of this year's #islandgames - a wonder kaleidoscope of voices thanks to poet and scrivener Gaby Barnsby. #booklaunch and online open mic on 15 July, 1900BST + SOUND installation at St Magnus Cathedral, #kirkwall , during the games. 🌿✨
July 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Saturday night among the auks - #razorbill and young - a privileged sight, as the handsome auk favours privacy in cliff ledges...
Unlike its "cousin", razorbills demand peace as a pair.
#shetland #birds #naturediaries
July 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Saturday night among the auks - #commonguillemots - Smithfield Stack homes chicks more or less ready to pack their hearts with courage before they dare and jump off to the sea with their dads... #shetland #birds #naturediaries
July 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Saturday night among the auks - #atlanticpuffin at my favourite headland, #sumburghhead, #shetland #birds
July 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Happier in my natural world! #shetland #birds #naturediaries
June 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Nearing da #SimmerDim (midsummer) and #shetland shines #naturediaries #birds
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Be very mindful when #curlews (and any other grand nesting #birds ) turn cacophonous... #shetland #naturediaries #summer #wild
June 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Gratulerer med dagen till alle mine #norske #venner i #Shetland og i #Norge! #nasjonaldagen #norway
Dere er alle i hjertet mitt,❤️🇳🇴❤️
🎉🇳🇴🎉🇳🇴🎉🇳🇴🎉🇳🇴😎🇳🇴😎🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰✨✨✨✨✨✨
May 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
May 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Turn a trip for errands into a magical adventure! #birds #naturediaries #shetland in May... Any bird can land, including a scarce visitor! #mandarinduck as exotic as last month's #purpleheron ... However, every bird counts on our planet. From the #europeannorthernwheatear to the #whooperswan . 🙏🏻🌿✨
May 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
7 May 1945-2025 #forgottendateinhistory replaced by 8 May... The end of total war 2 (in Europe) was signed in Reims (France) on that date. What history retained the 8 May instead...
Today, 7 May 2025, I walked into History onboard a Norwegian warship that accompanied a very special convoy #VEDay80
May 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Glorious start to Wednesday #shetland Curlews, turnstones, skylarks and snipes adding to morning #earthsong #naturediaries ✨🌿
May 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Horrified by this Israelite legislature that breaches humanitarian aid to #Gaza civilians who never asked for such actions from a country [Israel] acting as a monster. #TheHague Court 🙏🏻.

Photo source: The Guardian, published Wed 30 Apr 2025. #genicide #UnitedNations #internationaljustice
May 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today, we celebrated the life of a great #shetland voice, friend and poet Christian S Tait. Light and love to her clan.
My memories of her rolling back to 20+ years, from both linguistic and creative realms. #ShetlandForwirds #WordPlay #booklaunch
Her voice and smile tattooed in my heart.
April 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cracking encounter with two garden dwellers, euresian #robin and #starling #birds #shetland #naturediaries
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Connected to #birds whatever they are, because each counts in a threatening world... #gardendwellers #starling #blsckbird #collareddove in springtime #shetland #voar
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Chaotic sunset on Sunday... And yet so beautiful #Shetland
April 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM