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paulrods16.bsky.social
@paulrods16.bsky.social
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Mainly nature photography with a D500. Local patch birding.
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Lovely Autumn walk at Fountains Abbey at the weekend. 🍂🍁Love #Autumn 😁
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I think I've missed the Red deer rut at Royal Studley this year. Everything seemed to be settled and sorted this morning.
A Red deer stag lays in the green grass floor. He is looking forward with a full antlers and a diffused background of brown gold leaves.
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Kingfisher from this mornings visit to #RSPB St Aidans 🪶
The picture shows a European Kingfisher perched on a thin branch with a blurred background of reeds. The Kingfisher is facing away and looking to the left. It has bright blue feathers running down the centre of its back and flecks on its head. It has darker blue feathers on the wings and has bright orange chest and cheeks. The bird has a long black beak and eyes with a white throat and white band at the back of the neck.
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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A bit of patch gold this morning. #PWC2025
The image shows a Bittern coming in to land over the top of a reedbed. The bird is a medium sized heron that has brown and black streaked plumage
August 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Red Kite shot from the recent visit to Gigrin Farm. 🪶 My first real test of #Nikon 300mm pf f4.
The Red Kite is a large raptor with reddish brown body and base of the wings and tail, which also have white plumage and then black wing tips. It has a silver grey head and yellow beak and talons. In the shot the bird is flying upwards facing toward the camera whilst clutching a piece of food. It is set against a blurred green and blue background.
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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July 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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I finally manged a trip to Gigrin Farm at the weekend. 100's of Red Kite images to work through. This is a shot of the Leucistic Kite that regularly visits. 🪶
The image shows a Red Kite flying low and banking towards the camera over a blurred yellow and green grassland. The bird is a large raptor with predominantly white feathers which is due to a lack of pigmentation. It has more reddish brown and light brown feathers dotted around it's back, wings and tail.
July 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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#PWC2025 A bit of patch gold this weekend.
July 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I haven't posted a Kingfisher shot for a while, one of my favourite UK birds. This was taken in between Osprey visits at Horn Mill Trout farm a couple of weeks ago. 🪶
A male European Kingfisher is perched on thin with thin green leaves around it and is set against a soft green background. It is facing the camera and looking right as viewed. The bird has the bright orange chest, cheek and underside plumage. With a white patch on the back of the head and underneath the long black dagger like bill. The characteristic light blue plumage can be seen on the top of the head, base of the bill and shoulder.
June 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The boss, T7, locked on target at Horn Mill Trout farm earlier today #GwashOsprey 🪶
The picture shows a male Osprey diving towards the Lakes surface, wings pinned back with talons thrust forward and about to strike. The background is blurred green and reflected in the waters surface. The bird is a large raptor with white head, body and legs. It has brown back and wings with a brown eye stripe.
June 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A common cuckoo pondering its next move 🪶
A common male cuckoo perched on a n old wooden post with a blurred green background. The bird is facing away and looking to its left with its wings pointing downwards. It is a medium sized bird with grey head and back with white and dark grey barring on its belly and under wings. The tail is darker grey with white flecks. The eye is bright yellow with a black centre with a thin yellow eye ring.
May 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Labour promised to restore nature. ❌

Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.

We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.

Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.

Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
Screenshot of a Guardian news article with the headline: “Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill.” The subheading reads: “Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched.” Below, a protest photo shows handmade signs in woodland. One reads “BAT FACTS – 14 species of bat in Buckinghamshire. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.” Another says “FAT CATS KILL BATS” in bold letters. The image underscores public anger and the scale of opposition to the proposed Planning Bill.
May 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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A Razorbill heading back to the cliff face at Bempton Cliffs 🪶
The picture is looking down the rocky and partially vegetated cliff face to the left and has a white foaming sea to the right. In the middle of the shot a Razorbill is flying upwards towards the camera with feet and wings spread out as it prepares to land. The bird is a medium sized Auk with a predominantly black head, wings, beak and feet with a white belly and under wings. It has thin parallel white lines that run along the beak.
May 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Common Cuckoo about to launch 🪶
A common male cuckoo with tail fanned and wings upright launching from an broken branch against a blurred green background. The bird is is medium sized with grey head and back with white and dark grey barring on its belly and under wings. The tail is darker grey with white flecks.
May 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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A chance encounter with a Kestrel at RSPB St Aidans last weekend. A successful dive for prey followed 👍🪶 #Flyday #StAidans
A side on view of a Eurasian Kestrel hovering with wings uplifted against a blue sky whilst it looks to the ground for prey. The bird is a small to medium raptor with reddish brown body and back. The underside of wings and body is pale with dark spots. It has a grey blue tail and head with vertical dark eye stripe. The eye ring and base of the beak is yellow.
May 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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A Mandarin Duck at one of my local parks, a bird I haven't had an opportunity to photograph before. What a beauty. Alt text description had to be copied straight from the Collins guide book 😉 🪶
A male Mandarin duck sits on a grassy bank looking out towards the lake beyond. The duck has a mane of Orange, white, greenish & brown feathers, with white above the eye and elongated orange facial plumes. It has a dark breast with vertical white stripes, brown flanks and white underside. The bill is bright red with a pale tip.
May 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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A visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs at the weekend. 🪶 #Puffin
A shot of a Puffin flying upwards as it prepares to land on the cliff face. The bird is isolated against a green blue sea with wings spread and bright orange feet down. The bird has a white face and body with a black back, tail & head. It's beak has stripes of red, yellow and blue.
April 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Incoming Spoonbill 🪶 #Flyday
The picture shows a Spoonbill with wings open and legs trailing as it comes in to land over a green blurred reed bed. The bird is all white with black legs and the a long black spoon shaped bill with yellow tip.
April 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A Kestrel shot from the weekend, I had found this one mid snack, so took a few shots and left them to it. 🪶
A perched European Kestrel looks straight towards the camera whilst clutching its prey.
March 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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It was a fantastic day, thank you #YorkshireCoastNature. I would highly recommend, it's a great location and amazing variety of owls. 🪶
March 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Another shot from last night's Barn Owl encounter 🪶
A Barn Owl flies towards the camera wings upright. Low evening sunlight catches the wings and provides a soft golden background.
March 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I have not one, but two Barn Owls back on the local patch this week. Just hoping they stay for the Summer 🤞🪶
A Barn Owl flies towards the camera, it is early evening light with a golden brown background.
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Nearly the end of Jan, 😁looking forward to days with more light and more green in the backgrounds 🤞. #birds
A side view of a Eurasian Kestrel perched on top of a a dead branch. The background is a soft green and white and terracotta coloured buildings.
January 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Two Treecreepers for #Twosday #birds
Two Treecreeper birds cling to the same trunk on opposite sides. The treecreeper is a small bird with white breast and brown detailing along its back and tail. They have long claws to help them cling to trees whilst they probe for insects with a long curved beak.
January 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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I feel cold just looking at this ❄️🥶beautiful image.
linaka333.bsky.social Linda Storey @linaka333.bsky.social · Jan 26
This is the epitome of “cold”.
Snowy Owl
Saskatchewan, Canada
1/8/2025
January 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM