A great read in BBC Wildlife Magazine from @wadertales.bsky.social who talks about the differences between Bar- and Black-tailed Godwits and the Bar-taileds epic migration.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
#shorebirds #waders #ukbirding #birding #ukwildlife
Moths in the garden in Shrewsbury on a super mild night included Yellow Horned, Lunar Marbled Brown, Swallow Prominent, Brindled Beauty, Oak-tree Pug all nfy! Epic for here. #ukwildlife #teammoth
Good morning and Happy Saturday! This Carrion Crow was just chilling out in a field of daisies. They do look striking up close. That beak 🖤🖤
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I know it doesn't make a summer, but saw my first swallow of the year yesterday.
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Venus Pool this afternoon - 2 rather early Common Sands, 2 Wigeon, 2 L Egret, 13 Shoveler, LRP, 6 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Sand Martin etc #ukwildlife 🪶
Oooh exciting to see a few of my bluebells, albeit mostly white-bluebells so far 😊🤍
I didn’t spot the green beetle until looking at photo 😁
#nature 🌱 🌿 #ukwildlife
A male Greenfinch brightening up what is a dull wet morning today in South Ayrshire Scotland. #birds #ukwildlife
Welcome to Friday! This Jackdaw was gathering nesting materials with its partner, flying backwards and forwards over my head!
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Welcome to Friday! This Jackdaw was gathering nesting materials with its partner, flying backwards and forwards over my head!
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Great birding around this upland area in the Isle of Man today 🇮🇲 (officially not UK😬). Hen Harriers incl 2 grey males, 2 peregrines soaring at cloud base, ravens and hooded crows nest building in nearby forest. Ravens doing a poor man's skydance. Buzzards too. #ukwildlife #ukbirding
Jackdaw nest building in the Holden Tower at #slimbridge,
though after some time It gave up with this twig.
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Tree holes. Last year Hornets, this year Nuthatch (maybe).
#birds #ukwildlife 🪶🦉🐝
Pine Beauty lurking near the garden moth trap in Shrewsbury this morning - only the second I have caught here and a a little belter as ever! 47 of 9 species in all #teammoth #moths #ukwildlife
Good morning! Well these little balls of fluff just make me smile every year! Here’s one (of seven Egyptian goslings) from yesterday. They are just too cute 🥰
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Good morning! Well these little balls of fluff just make me smile every year! Here’s one (of seven) from yesterday. They are just too cute 🥰
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Another of the Little egret keeping an eye on me.
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#ukwildlife 📷🦉
#Northumberland
#Nikon #D500
This Little egret took flight when it spotted me. #ukwildlife 📷
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#Northumberland
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Long tailed tit, until someone pointed out, now can't look at one without looking at the colour of the eye ring, varies from deep red to yellow and all the colours in between.. #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birds
Least Black Arches in the garden last night, Shrewsbury. Previous earliest here was 16 April. #ukwildlife #moths
Red-throated Diver (aka Loon) making an appearance.
#Northumberland
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#photography
#NIKON#D500
A Robyn saying "Hi" 👋
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I was spotted by this beautiful Common ringed plover :
#Northumberland
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Been seeing these deer on the outskirts of Shrewsbury for a few months on & off, they look like a variation of fallow, but I'm not totally sure! Anyone any ideas? #ukwildlife #deer
Good morning! This Grey Heron was enjoying the sunshine high up on top of the tree! ☀️🩶
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Better catch last night in the garden in Shrewsbury including a nice male Muslin nfy amongst 59 of 9 species. Also the first Nicrophorus humator of the year. #ukwildlife #moths #coleoptera #beetles
Venus Pool this morning: LRPs in song flights, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pochard, Gadwall, 15 Teal, 25, Shoveler, 16 Snipe, 2 Oysterc, 2 Lapwing, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Cetti's, 12 Chiff, 2 Blackcap, Green Woodp, etc 48 spp 🪶#ukbirding #ukwildlife
Everybody should listen to a Blackbird every morning before they do anything else... #ukbirding #birds #ukwildlife #birdtherapy
A European (or Common) Shag looking out to sea : #Northumberland
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#ukwildlife 🦉
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Female Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) hunting for prey on the side of the house.
#gardenwildlife #invertebrates #inverts #naturephotography #ukwildlife #spiders #arachnids
Cock and hen pheasants on a rainy day, Warwickshire, UK.
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Good morning! I never fail to get excited when I spot a Kingfisher. They are such beautiful birds 🧡💙
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