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Smudger's Nature
@smudgersnature.bsky.social
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I'm an amateur naturalist living in Hampshire UK.
I film and photograph anything to do with nature on my travels.
I also have a Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channel in the same name.
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Male and female Kestrel at my local nature reserve this week. Hoping they will nest this season.
#kestrel #raptors #birdofprey #lovebirds
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Male and female Kestrel at my local nature reserve this week. Hoping they will nest this season.
#kestrel #raptors #birdofprey #lovebirds
February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Tawny Owl in the New Forest

#tawnyowl #Owls #newforest
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Brent Geese at Normandy lagoon, Lymington in beautiful light last weekend.
#brentgeese #Geese #Lymingtonnaturereserve #reflections
January 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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6 Glossy Ibis on my patch at the moment
#glossyibis #titchfieldhaven #birdsoftheuk #naturephotography
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Little Owl puts in an appearance at my local farm.
#litteowl #Owls #naturephotography #birdsofhamphire #peekaboo
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Male and female Marsh Harrier at Titchfield Haven nature reserve this week.
#marshharrier #titchfieldhaven #birdofprey
Male and female Marsh Harrier in tandem.
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Lovely encounter with a male Kingfisher at Blashford Lakes
#Kingfisher #birdphotography #blashfordlakes
December 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Bearded Tit at Thorney Island playing hide and seek in the forest of reeds
#beardedtit #thorneyisland #birdphotography #naturephotography
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Kestrel at Farlington
#Kestrel #birdofprey
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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New Forest fungi
Sulphur Tuft Velvet Foot Blusher Sulphur Tuft
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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The beautiful New Forest in autumn. The Beech trees are quite stunning.
#newforest #trees #autumncolours
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Californian Sealion, at Ucluelet, Vancouver Island
#sealion #vancouverisland #natureofcanada
Californian Sealion at Ucluelet, Vancouver Island #sealion #vancouverisland
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Bonkers badger cubs from our garden.
#badgercubs #badgers #lovebadgers #badgertrust #banthecull #stopthecull
July 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Clouded Yellow in Skiathos.

#Koukounaries #koukounariesbiotope #cloudedyellow #butterflies
July 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Rare Norfolk Hawker turned up on my patch recently.
#dragonflyphotography #dragonflies #norfolkhawker
Rare Norfolk Hawker turned up on my patch recently.
July 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Orange Tip butterfly at Noar Hill on Cow Parsley
June 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Lovely encounter with a Cuckoo at RSPB Lakenheath recently. It was eating Spindle Ermine Moth caterpillars from a Spindle Tree.
#Cuckoo
May 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Common Lizard on my patch recently
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Tandem Black Tailed Godwits in flight
Tandem Black Tailed Godwit in flight
March 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Long Eared Owl, West Sussex, UK
March 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Mute Swans performing their bonding ritual.
February 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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The elusive Water Rail, when it shows, it shows, briefly, on ice..

#wafers #waterrail #Wetlands #wwt #rspb #rspb_love_nature #bbcwinterwatch
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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For years I'd hankered to see a Long Eared Owl.
Finally my wish came true. And one sat in the beautiful winter sun.
#longearedowl #bbcwinterwatch #bbcspringwatch #rspb_love_nature #Owls
January 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Marsh Harrier dropping into the reedbeds at Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels in beautiful winter light.
#somersetlevels #hamwall #rspbhamwall #rspblovenature #marshharrier #raptors
Marsh Harrier in the golden reedbeds of Ham Wall
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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A beautiful dusting of frost at Ham Wall on my recent visit.
The teasels and reeds looked beautiful in the golden sunlight.
#hamwall #rspbhamwall #frost #somersetlevels
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM