First bird of my day: three jackdaws sitting in a row on a neighbour's roof, watching the early morning sun. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
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First bird of my day: three jackdaws sitting in a row on a neighbour's roof, watching the early morning sun. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
I'm sitting in the garden of my new home watching about forty house martins circling just above. I'm so happy to have them here,as they disappeared from my previous home when the local farm was converted into housing.
First bird of my day: a male blackbird in the branches of the neighbour's front garden. He flew off as I approached the window. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: another jackdaw in the rainy sky, heading for the shelter of the trees. Last night I watched about thirty jackdaws gather in a tree at the far end of the field, before heading off to their roost. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
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First bird of my day in my new home - a jackdaw flying across the gardens as I opened the back door. So far, I have seen a sparrow gang in the hedge, swallows and house martins skimming the field across the road, crows and a woodpigeon (of course!). #FirstBirdOfMyDay
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First bird of my day: jackdaws drawing a straight black line in the dawn sky as they leave their roost for the day. This is also Last Day of My Birds as I'm moving house after 26 years, so will no longer see the bullfinches and all the other wonderful birds that visit my garden. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a blue tit flitting among the branches of the mock orange, accompanied by the mellifluous tones of the robin, singing again after the summer moult. The woodpigeons were nowhere to be seen. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a juvenile woodpigeon sitting awkwardly in the bird bath. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon in my garden yet again. Other birds do exist in my garden, but the woodpigeon is always there! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: the woodpigeon family - two adults, two juveniles - exploring the garden paths. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon, quickly followed by a handsome pair of feral pigeons. I haven't had them in my garden for a while. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Norwegian home invasion.
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon (again!) walking down the garden path, investigating the fallen leaves under the oak tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon landing on the birdbath and sipping delicately as it keeps an eye out for danger. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: an immature herring gull flying low overhead. I was reprimanded for looking at birds instead of at the road whilst driving. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
How lovely!
First bird of my day: woodpigeons in the garden - on the lawn, in the birdbath and waddling along the path. The juvenile is becoming more confident but stays close to its parent. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a jet black crow crossing the clear blue sky as I opened the bedroom curtains. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a pair of woodpigeons in the garden. As always. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a greenfinch looking for food in the empty seed feeder. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a magpie clattering on to the gutter above my bedroom window,with its long, black tail protruding over the eaves. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
My favourite gate. I've taken so many photos of it over the years. I have a painting of it too. Anyone else got photos of it? #ArnsideKnottGate
Cat Bells from Derwentwater shore. #Keswick #LakeDistrict
It was a lot higher and steeper than it looks in the photo! But I did it!!
I love that book! Those words and pictures make my heart sing with joy.
This #fingerpostfriday how about a bit of rock climbing?
When the public footpath goes up a cliff face.... #Silverdale #adventure
Same here!
First bird of my day: two wooing woodpigeons on a tin shed roof. Lots of clattering and flapping as she spurned his advances. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a greenfinch on the feeder and a woodpigeon below. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a greenfinch, moments after reading about how their numbers have plummeted in recent years. It made me realise I don't see them nearly as often as I used to. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day was also a preening jackdaw! Sitting on a low wall in a car park, just after a sudden burst of rain. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a bedraggled juvenile woodpigeon sitting on the fence in the pouring rain. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
That's so interesting!
lonely is the sky and my summer heart now the swifts are gone
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon warming itself up on the tin shed roof, its wings spread out as it bathed in the morning sunshine. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Target locked. Talons out. The Osprey strikes in perfect form. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
It's at Silverdale in North Lancashire. The lights were installed a couple of years ago.
@lakesstiles.bsky.social Railway stilin'
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon, squeezing through a gap in a conifer hedge and launching into the air. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: was once again a woodpigeon. Although I can't help feeling a little disappointed when FBOMD is nearly always a woodpigeon, I am so happy to have them in my garden, their gentle billing and cooing from the oak tree is always a pleasure to listen to. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Wow!
First bird of my day: a blue tit flying across to the very top of the oak tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
I just googled it. It is lovely!
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon again - cautiously drinking from the birdbath, alert to every nearby sound and movement. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: despite my best efforts, it was a woodpigeon again! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: blue tit on the seed feeder, with a woodpigeon hoovering up the spillage below. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Wow! I'll have to start listening out for them!
How lovely! I've only ever seen a hoopoe in the south of France.
First bird of my day: a crow atop the highest tree, preening itself slowly and methodically. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day was also the same as yesterday - a woodpigeon skirting the edges of the pond. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: also a woodpigeon, walking round the pond, searching the edges for breakfast. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Mine is goldcrests. They sound so happy as they move around the tops of the trees.
Wonderful!
First bird of my day: an adult woodpigeon being followed round by a juvenile who was begging to be fed. The adult was having none of it and flew off, leaving the juvenile to explore the garden alone. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Thank you, that is so interesting!
Swifts calling and whirling above Canterbury Cathedral in the evening sunlight. #swifts #Canterbury
I spied this beautiful ceiling decoration (not sure of the proper word) of a bird and its nest of chicks in the cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral. Could it be of a peregrine falcon, like the real one I'd spotted moments earlier perched on a pinnacle? #medieval #cathedrals #artwork
Volume up to hear the Canterbury Cathedral organ accompanying this clip of a peregrine falcon on the cloisters roof. #Canterbury #birdsofprey
First bird of my day: SWIFTS reeling and screaming in the sky above the historic city of Canterbury. I watched them over the cathedral yesterday evening. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon, walking through the long grass at the edge of the lawn, the rain showering it with cool fresh welcome drops of water. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
New Government report on joining up climate and nature policies (including land use) - part of today's annual statement on climate and nature www.gov.uk/government/p...
First bird of my day: a woodpigeon taking flight from the bird bath as I opened the curtains. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Had to look up dugong! That must have been amazing to see!
First bird of my day: two male blackbirds fighting over territory in my garden. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a male blackbird on the garden fence, barely visible in the first light of dawn, breaking the silence with the first notes of the dawn chorus. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a dunnock hopping along the edge of the lawn. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a great tit breakfasting on the seed feeder. Luckily, I saw it before noticing the woodpigeon on the ground below! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a family of blue tits flitting among the branches of the mock orange. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
I've seen more swifts this year than in recent years. They seem to be doing well in parts of North West England.
Yes, but I can't remember what it was! š
I'm still waiting to see the first bird of my day. The strong winds and rain here in North Lancashire are keeping the birds hidden in the bushes. Even the woodpigeons have yet to make an appearance! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Floating around with mum!
First bird of my day: a male blackbird in clover on the playing field. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Diolch yn fawr!
I'm meant to be working, but the window is open and I'm being lured away by the magical notes of a song thrush high up in a nearby tree. #birdsong #nature
First bird of my day: a blackbird skimming along the top of the hedge, then dropping down suddenly into its nest. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Using the Seek app, I found : Foxtail -feather moss, ring pellia, common pellia, great scented liverwort, crescent-cup liverwort, Hart's tongue fern, black maidenhead fern and male fern. More photos below. #mosses #liverworts
I'm currently reading The Lost Rainforests of Britain by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and decided to take a closer look at the plants at Woodwell, Silverdale, where the water seeps through the limestone rocks into a natural pool. 1/2
First bird of my day: a startled woodpigeon, desperately trying to fly up and away through the trees as I came through the squeeze stile in the wall. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Wow. Iām speechless.
PHWOOAARR for the barcode photography
First bird of my day: two juveniles and one adult woodpigeon searching the grass for food. They're becoming more confident now. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Out for a run first thing - too many birds singing to single one out for first bird of my day, but then a dunnock popped out of the bushes and darted along the path to escape, with me in close pursuit. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Beautiful words!
Saw a peregrine predate a bird in a flock of knott. It happened right in front of me. Wonderful! #birdart #Morecambe
Bought this beautiful book by Sir Peter Scott at The Old Pier Bookshop in Morecambe today. The illustrations are so colourful and detailed. Published in 1965 by the Wildfowl Trust. A bargain at Ā£2! #birdbooks #birds #books
First bird of my day: ambling along the gutter of a neighbouring caravan, tossing out the detritus as it searches for morsels of food. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Beautiful! Where is this? I want to go and see it!
First bird of my day: the juvenile woodpigeon was back on the lawn, looking warily at the adult woodpigeon that had landed nearby. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a lone dunnock on the lawn. I just managed to see it before a woodpigeon came crashing in to land. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First bird of my day: a juvenile woodpigeon on the lawn, not quite sure what to do, tentatively pecking at things in the grass, trying a rose petal but deciding it's not right. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
They're everywhere!!š
First bird of my day: A woodpigeon. On the lawn. Again. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
