First bird of my day: a heron flying out of a beck and up the fell side. What magnificent views this one lives with. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
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First bird of my day: a juvenile woodpigeon sitting awkwardly in the bird bath. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
aug 24, 2025, 7:20 am • 11 0 • view
Opened my hotel room blind to see some Welcome Swallows on the wire.
aug 24, 2025, 9:26 am • 7 0 • view
Jackdaw FBOMD flew into a gap between houses, soon lost to my view and a bit of a disappointment. Soundtrack was goldfinches calling, one & then another appearing in the air, joining with about ten more, bouncing off taking joy with them. Left some for me! 😄
aug 24, 2025, 8:19 am • 10 0 • view
Sounds wonderful!
aug 24, 2025, 2:44 pm • 1 0 • view
It was wonderful. I never cease to be fascinated by hearing then seeing goldfinches in the vicinity moving around. I struggle to understand how any people would fail to notice and admire their presence. I don't often see a pair of goldfinches join with a travelling charm. (Should be up to date now!)
aug 27, 2025, 3:52 pm • 1 0 • view
‘Our’ kite calling from its perch in next door’s horse chestnut on the A4 in the middle of Reading
aug 24, 2025, 1:23 pm • 7 0 • view
Great bird photo but strange the only green is from the conkers with the Horse Chestnut leaves all brown.
aug 31, 2025, 9:24 pm • 0 0 • view
In recent years the tree seemed to resist the Leaf Miner. This dry summer has accelerated the drying out in the last couple of weeks. It’s a shame, but the tree damage seems cosmetic.
sep 1, 2025, 5:59 am • 1 0 • view
Very quiet this morning. Those birds that are around are very skittish #FirstBirdOfMyDay: a Blue Tit snatching a seed & heading back into cover to eat it.
aug 24, 2025, 8:26 am • 9 0 • view
Great Tits in the garden, Jackdaws flying past. Dry with light cloud here.
aug 24, 2025, 7:11 am • 11 0 • view
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Blue jay letting all win hearing distance know his dissatisfaction with breakfast being late.
aug 24, 2025, 2:46 pm • 9 0 • view
Aw, I hope you didn't take this Blue Jay's eloquence personally!
aug 27, 2025, 3:45 pm • 0 0 • view
He got his peanuts. He needed to stop griping.
aug 27, 2025, 4:02 pm • 1 0 • view
😁 (I Liked these replies of your's from Wednesday. But, this morning scrolling on a major UK retailer's store WiFi, nil Likes against them. BlueSky's functionality is at times somewhat perplexing! Plus my recent local 4G signal problems, it's making my contributions here less than straightforward!)
aug 30, 2025, 7:55 am • 2 0 • view
Red shouldered hawk
aug 24, 2025, 6:20 pm • 2 0 • view
#FirstBirdOfMyDay was the Robin, checking out all the corners of the garden before settling on a fence post.
aug 24, 2025, 7:46 am • 9 0 • view
A dunnock exploring around the tops of the floriferous plant pots on the patio looking for tasty finds. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
aug 24, 2025, 9:25 am • 6 0 • view
The wonderful wee Goldcrests. Busy day for the Tits; Blue (sorry, got cut off snapshot), Coal, Great and Long-Tailed. Still got Flycatchers and I could see ‘Martins high up but calls were not picked up by Merlin.
aug 24, 2025, 8:18 am • 10 0 • view
💚 One of those birds that look as though they could be potentially ungainly but end up being so elegant.
aug 24, 2025, 8:01 am • 9 0 • view
There was an avian party in my garden this morning! Swallows and house martins wheeling above. Goldfinches twittering madly in the hedges. Mixed tits - mainly blue and long-tailed - gathering insects between the blackberries. Rooks and Woodpigeons in the trees and on the wires. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
aug 24, 2025, 9:24 am • 7 0 • view
Don’t you feel so lucky on the days your own garden is full of bird life.
aug 24, 2025, 9:38 am • 5 0 • view
Yes I really do. They’ve been so quiet recently it was lovely to wake up to all the happy chirping and busyness.
aug 24, 2025, 8:30 pm • 3 0 • view
First bird of my day: a pair of Dunnocks following each other in and out of the hedgerow on a calm, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
aug 24, 2025, 8:09 am • 10 0 • view
The sound of dozens of currawongs outside. A small flock are perched in a tree next door but the rest are unseen, calls echoing around the valley on this gloriously cold but sunny morning. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
aug 24, 2025, 8:16 am • 9 0 • view