Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography
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📍Northern England
📷 Wildlife & Landscapes
📷 Wildlife & Landscapes
Back photographing the kingfishers today. They weren't very cooperative, but I did find this male sparrowhawk sat in the bankside woodland.
#sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birdofpreyphotography #raptor
#sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birdofpreyphotography #raptor
August 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Back photographing the kingfishers today. They weren't very cooperative, but I did find this male sparrowhawk sat in the bankside woodland.
#sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birdofpreyphotography #raptor
#sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birdofpreyphotography #raptor
Kingfisher... It had just dropped off a fish at the nest, washed in the river and was shaking out water from its feathers.
#kingfisher #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
#kingfisher #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Kingfisher... It had just dropped off a fish at the nest, washed in the river and was shaking out water from its feathers.
#kingfisher #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
#kingfisher #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
August 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
August 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A great skua, known in Shetland as a bonxie, flying off the cliffs at Hermaness. An amazing bird to watch in action.
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A great skua, known in Shetland as a bonxie, flying off the cliffs at Hermaness. An amazing bird to watch in action.
Barn owl, Yorkshire Dales
August 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Barn owl, Yorkshire Dales
Just sea, sand, sky and a small rock... Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire.
#abstract #abstractart #abstractphotography #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #waves #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#abstract #abstractart #abstractphotography #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #waves #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
August 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Just sea, sand, sky and a small rock... Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire.
#abstract #abstractart #abstractphotography #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #waves #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#abstract #abstractart #abstractphotography #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #waves #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
August 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #monochromatic #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #monochromatic #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
August 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #monochromatic #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
#blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #monochromatic #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
A female golden plover sounding its alarm call from a rock on the island of Unst in Shetland.
#goldenplover #unst #shetland #shetlandwildlife #shetlandbirds #birdsofshetland
#goldenplover #unst #shetland #shetlandwildlife #shetlandbirds #birdsofshetland
August 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A female golden plover sounding its alarm call from a rock on the island of Unst in Shetland.
#goldenplover #unst #shetland #shetlandwildlife #shetlandbirds #birdsofshetland
#goldenplover #unst #shetland #shetlandwildlife #shetlandbirds #birdsofshetland
A young little owl on my local patch last week. With so many trips this year I've neglected my local patch somewhat, so it was good to find this offspring where I normally find adults.
#littleowl #owl #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
#littleowl #owl #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
August 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A young little owl on my local patch last week. With so many trips this year I've neglected my local patch somewhat, so it was good to find this offspring where I normally find adults.
#littleowl #owl #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
#littleowl #owl #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Red throated diver flying over a loch in Shetland.
#redthroateddiver #redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
#redthroateddiver #redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
August 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Red throated diver flying over a loch in Shetland.
#redthroateddiver #redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
#redthroateddiver #redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Puffin looking out from the clifftop at Hermaness Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland.
#puffin #unst #hermaness #hermanessnaturereserve #shetland #shetlandwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#puffin #unst #hermaness #hermanessnaturereserve #shetland #shetlandwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography
August 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Puffin looking out from the clifftop at Hermaness Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland.
#puffin #unst #hermaness #hermanessnaturereserve #shetland #shetlandwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#puffin #unst #hermaness #hermanessnaturereserve #shetland #shetlandwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
August 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
Whitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy evening.
August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Whitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy evening.
No words required...
July 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
No words required...
Shetland Trout...
July 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Shetland Trout...
Wide angle whimbrel in flight
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wide angle whimbrel in flight
Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland
July 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland
Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland
Puffin wide angle and cropped at Hermaness National Nature Reserve. Flying gannets are forming the white bokeh circles over the ocean below.
July 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Puffin wide angle and cropped at Hermaness National Nature Reserve. Flying gannets are forming the white bokeh circles over the ocean below.
More whimbrel images from Unst, Shetland...
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
More whimbrel images from Unst, Shetland...
A whimbrel, the smaller relative of a curlew with an unmistakeable call. We encountered them all over Shetland but usually with a rod in hand rather than the camera. This one was circling me as I walked back from the coast - it clearly had a nest or young nearby.
#whimbrel #shetland
#whimbrel #shetland
July 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Shetland wren, a subspecies of the Eurasian wren, distinguished by its darker and more red-brown colouring and it is more heavily barred. The bill is stouter and longer and it has stronger legs. It inhabits cliffs and rocky shores, where this was taken as it flitted about under the rocks.
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Shetland wren, a subspecies of the Eurasian wren, distinguished by its darker and more red-brown colouring and it is more heavily barred. The bill is stouter and longer and it has stronger legs. It inhabits cliffs and rocky shores, where this was taken as it flitted about under the rocks.