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Barrhead Birder
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Retired gardener interested in wildlife, plant life and photography. Motto- birds first, photos last. If you genuinely love all nature feel free to follow. Not interested in politics, racism, religion or any form of hate.
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It's that time of year again, not Xmas, the other one. Beardie time 😉 🪶 Taken at RSPB St Aidans last weekend.
A male Bearded Reedling clings to the top of reed where it has been eating the seeds. They change from an insect diet to a seed diet during the winter months and can be seen feeding on the tops. They pulp the seeds in their stomach by also swallowing grit. The male is a small bird with a orangey brown body with black and white marks on the wings. It has a blue grey head and a distinctive black moustache. It has a yellow beak and a yellow eye and black pupil.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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eddiephotos.bsky.social
A beautiful winters Robin getting ready to perch up for the night 🌙
A beautiful winters Robin getting ready to perch up for night 🌙
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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egarcia7.bsky.social
Herrerillo capuchino
Ferreiriño cristado
Crested tit
Kuifmees
( Lophophanes cristatus )
Monte de Vilaboa
#birds 🪶 #aves #photography #nature #naturaleza
El Herrerillo acude regularmente a los comederos que tengo instalados en el bosque , y se alimenta de bolas de grasa y semillas ya que en invierno no pueden encontrar los insectos y las orugas de las que se alimenta .
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A Water Rail showing how well they can climb amongst the reed stems.
A water rail showing how well they can climb amongst the reed stems.
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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eddiephotos.bsky.social
A close up shot of a beautiful stonechat from our local heath.
A close up shot of a beautiful stonechat from our local heath.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
As it's #FlyDay I thought I'd present my shot of the week, incredible experience to be so close to a hunting Male Kestrel that I felt I could almost reach out & touch it at Nash Point, South Wales 03/12/25 (see ALT) 🤩😍😎🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #birdsofprey #kestrel
Photo taken on the Cliff Top at Nash Point - A headland and beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. This Kestrel had just caught & eaten a mouse as you can still see flesh on its beak. It was so close & only just above my head height that I thought with me moving around taking photos that perhaps the bird was hoping I might disturb something in the grass as it stayed close for a good few minutes before moving off. Describing A Male Kestrel: - A Male Kestrel is a striking bird of prey with a distinctive grey-blue head and tail, contrasting with a warm chestnut-brown back & wings speckled with black, and a pale, spotted underside, easily identified by its signature hovering flight (the "windhover") where it holds its head still against the wind to spot prey like voles, mice, and insects, swooping down with sharp talons Head: Blue-grey, often with dark triangles under the eyes. Back & Wings: Rich chestnut brown with dark spots. Tail: Grey with a prominent black band at the tip. Underparts: Creamy or buff-coloured, speckled with black spots. Eyes: Keen, capable of seeing ultraviolet light to track prey. Legs & Beak: Yellow legs, bluish hooked beak. How to Spot One: - Hovering: Look for it hanging motionless in the air, rapidly beating its wings, often over grasslands or roadsides. Perching: You might see it perched alertly on fence posts, telephone wires, or tall trees.
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
For @robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdoftheDay, #Borbs, birds looking around, I'll share my favourite little wader, a Least Sandpiper, sheltering on the rocks at hide tide and looking around. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
A Least Sandpiper, shot from the back, with its head turned to the right so its right eye is visible. The smallest wader with beautiful shading across the feathers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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lyndyphotos.bsky.social
We usually don’t see #borbs in Miami- it’s too warm here, and woodpeckers are usually too sleek to be borbs. But this juvenile red-bellied woodpecker fluffed out his feathers enough to briefly become a borb. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Songbirds and the alternative is #Seabirds set by @alan678.bsky.social - here's a Song Thrush which looks like it's ready for a showdown 😂 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Photo taken at Forest Farm Nature Reserve, Cardiff, South Wales. A song thrush is a small, warm-brown garden bird most easily identified by its distinctive, loud, and repetitive song, and its unique behaviour of using a stone as an 'anvil' to break open snail shells. The male song thrush is famous for its beautiful, clear, and loud song, which it typically sings from a high perch like a treetop or rooftop. The song is made up of short musical phrases or notes that are repeated two to four times, such as "filip filip filip" or "codidio codidio". This repetition is a key identifier and a good way to tell it apart from other singing birds like the blackbird, which has a more fluid, non-repetitive song. A fascinating behaviour is its method of eating snails. The song thrush will pick up a snail and repeatedly smash it against a specific stone (known as an 'anvil') until the shell breaks. Finding a pile of broken snail shells near a prominent stone is a strong indication of a song thrush's presence. When foraging for worms on a lawn or open ground, it moves with a distinctive hopping gait, often tilting its head to one side to listen for prey beneath the surface.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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dtl.bsky.social
Feasting 🪶
An American robin foraging from clumps of bright red berries. Beak open and berry suspended between ©️DTL 2025
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is all about #Borbs, Birds looking round, and the Alternative are #Black birds, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ I've combined both hashtags today with this very curious Moorhen chick wandering about on top of water lily leaves 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife
Photo taken at Forest Farm Nature Reserve - Cardiff - South Wales A moorhen chick is a tiny, all-black, fluffy ball with surprisingly large feet and a bright red-and-yellow beak, making it feel like a soft, noisy water-sprite that scurries rather than swims at first, using little claws under its wings to clamber in reeds before it's truly ready for the open water.
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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toritorihkd.bsky.social
Today I experimented with various camera settings during the shoot. In the end, less than 0.5% of the shots were usable. This is one of those rare survivors 😅 🪶
本日は意を決して実験的撮影をして来ました。結果は…まだまだ設定を煮詰める余地がありそうです（言葉を濁す🤣）
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #GreatSpottedWoodpecker #アカゲラ #birds #野鳥
A close-up photograph of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, showing its head and upper body in sharp detail. The bird has a black cap and a red patch on the back of its head. Its beak is slightly open with a small piece of debris visible. The plumage features beige, black, and white tones. アカゲラの頭部と上半身を鮮明に捉えたクローズアップ写真。黒い頭頂、後頭部の赤い斑が特徴的で、嘴はわずかに開き、微細なゴミが付着している。羽毛はベージュ、黒、白の色調で構成されている。
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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standingmountain.bsky.social
To see far is to let imagination reach where vision ends.

#Becoming
𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚛
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
Blackbird with a gobstopper! 😁
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

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Blackbird in a tree in the process of swallowing a red berry surrounded by red berries
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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tonybeales.bsky.social
Cumbrian red squirrel showing off its magnificent tail
#UKwildlife #mammals
A red squirrel in profile on a broken branch. Its bushy tail with pale tip is arched up over its back.
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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msj99.bsky.social
Red Kite for Rob’s #LookingAtYou
#BirdOfTheDay
#lincsbirding
#Birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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egarcia7.bsky.social
Mosquitero común
Picafollas europeo
Common chiffchaff
Tjiftjaf
( Phylloscopus collybita )
Finca O Xuncal .
Monforte de Lemos
#birds 🪶 #aves #nature #naturaleza #photography #Galicia
El mosquitero común ( phylloscopus collybita ) es un ave muy activa , moviéndose constantemente entre las ramas en busca de alimento. Es principalmente insectívoro , mosquitos , arañas, larvas pequeños insectos y huevos de insectos , son la base de su alimentación .
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Striped Owl in Costa Rica. #owls #birdsoftheworld #birding
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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aintright.bsky.social
Off work now until Monday afternoon. Let's have a look at the weather ... oh .... #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Jay - post your jay photos in the comments

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🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #vickyoutenphoto #jay
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
It's now December and time to join in with the #FestiveDailyRobin - #HolidayRobin The bird that defines Christmas like no other - the very beautiful Robin 😍 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #wildlife #birdphotography #robin #PhotographyIsArt
Photo taken at Bute Park - Cardiff - South Wales A robin can be described to someone partially sighted by focusing on its sounds, feel, and a simplified visual outline of its shape and colours. It is a small bird with a distinctive orange-red chest, a soft chirping song, and a round, plump shape. You can touch its soft feathers to give a tactile sense of the bird and its lightness. It has a cheerful and varied song that is often described as a series of liquid, fluting notes, like a sweet, bubbling stream. It also makes sharp "tuk" or "tick" sounds, especially when it's alarmed or calling to other robins. You can hear the soft rustle of its wings as it flies and the light patter of its feet on the ground. A robin's feathers are very soft and light. You could compare the feeling to a fluffy piece of wool or a very soft, downy material. It has a plump, round body with a short tail. Imagine a soft, plump ball with a short, stubby tail attached. Its head is rounded and small. It's about the size of a small fist. The most striking feature is the bright orange-red on its chest, which feels warm and stands out against the other colours. You can imagine a bright, warm spot of colour on the front of its body. The rest of its back and head are a soft, dull greyish-blue or brown, which you could describe as feeling like a soft, warm stone or a wet pebble after a rain shower.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Just a bird on a stick? European Greenfinch taken some years ago. #birds #ukwildlife #nikon
European Greenfinch.
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Just a bird on a stick ? A male House Sparrow taken some years ago. #UKwildlife #birds #nikon
Male House Sparrow.
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia), Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM