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jocelyngould.bsky.social @jocelyngould.bsky.social · Nov 17
Northern Lapwing, Martin Mere WWT Reserve, 13th Nov 2024.

My favourite bird. ☺️🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds
Northern Lapwing by water’s edge. A dark green plover with a wispy crest, black markings on the face, a black breast band, and mostly white underparts with orange under the tail.
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Baby Angel, promo photo.
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Gannets, interpret it how you see it (bonus for actual Gannets).

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #birding
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (subadult) in flight, Bempton Cliffs, 11th June 2025. A beautiful bird. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (adult) in flight carrying nest material, Bempton Cliffs, 7th June 2023. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (adult) with landing gear down, Bempton Cliffs, 7th June 2023. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus in flight looking at camera, Bempton Cliffs, 11th June 2025. Love that binocular vision!
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Three burrowing owlets standing in a line according to height.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, promo photo.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Four burrowing owls waking up. One is preening, one is tilting his head, one is yelling and one is glaring at the camera.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
I’ve chosen today’s alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme #strength, birds showing their power.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (female) feeding on cached Feral Pigeon kill in back garden, late afternoon, 2nd Jan 2023. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (female) returned to continue feeding on cached Feral Pigeon kill in back garden the following morning, 3rd Jan 2023. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea with Carp, Woodend Marsh, Gordon Taylor Hide, Martin Mere, 21st May 2025. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea swallowing Carp, Woodend Marsh, Gordon Taylor Hide, Martin Mere, 21st May 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Investigating Angel, Golden Time.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is all about #HeadShots, any Birds 'Close Up Capture'.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #birding
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus (sub adult), Pier Head, Liverpool, 14th July 2015. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (winter plumage), Gummers Wharf, Bridlington Harbour, 7th Oct 2024. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (female), The Mere, Discovery Hide, Martin Mere, 21st July 2025. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (female) on stream from bridge by Rees Hide, Martin Mere, 25th June 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl couple cuddling inside a discarded tire.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, The monster at the end of this book.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge , any bird at the edge of a body of water.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #birding
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, the Mere, Martin Mere, 30th Nov 2022. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa (moulting to summer plumage), the Mere, Martin Mere, 19th April 2024. Northern Pintail Anas acuta (eclipse drake), the Mere, Martin Mere, 28th Sep 2024. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea (winter plumage), the Mere, Martin Mere, 30th Oct 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl couple peeking out from inside a discarded tire.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Saint-like Angel, On the Head of a Pin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround, which is 'Birds at Unusual Angles’.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (female) in Leyland Cypress, back garden, 26th Dec 2022. Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (male) on feeder arm, back garden, 14th June 2015. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus by feeding station, Kear Hide, Martin Mere, 1st March 2023. Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus (juvenile) in Hawthorn, back garden, 2nd Oct 2023.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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jocelynanderson.bsky.social
A Sandhill Crane with a small splash strolls towards the shoreline.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Harris’s Hawk on a gray, overcast morning ⛅️ 🪶🌵
Harris’s Hawk portrait
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
One of two (!) Prairie Falcons at my local patch yesterday morning… ⛅️ 🪶🌵
Prairie Falcon perched on a snag under gray skies
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl looking out from inside her burrow.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Good God, Y'All!
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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alxnelson.bsky.social
An orange-crowned warbler perched in a shrub at the edge of the marsh, trying to ignore the little bundles of chaos that are yellow-rumped warblers that completely take over the shrubs this time of year. #birds
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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lyndyphotos.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #warblers. This is a male yellow warbler striking a cute pose while searching for insects and caterpillars in Miami. They are always on the move, and tiny, making them difficult to photograph. #EastCoastKin #birds
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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paulmwall.bsky.social
I 💛 swamp lemons #birdoftheday #warblers #birds
Prothonotary warbler perched on a diagonal branch. Super bright yellow all over, this bird’s body faces the camera but his head is turn up and to the right for a handsome profile shot. The wings are folded to the sides but are mostly not visible. The undertail is white. The jet black eye and beak set off the yellow and the green which constitutes part of the background. The rest of the background is unfocused gray-brown bark of a tree trunk.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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v-mann.bsky.social
Chiffchaff/Tjiftjaf
Birdnames are often very different between dutch and english. Not for the Chiffchaff/tjiftjaf: the spelling is different but the pronunciation is exactly the same. But then the bird sings its own name of course :-)
#BirdOfTheDay #warbler #bird #vogel
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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hansbucht.bsky.social
Barred Warbler qualifies for both #warblers and #yelloweyes for today’s #BirdOfTheDay I think
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #warblers any member of the warbler family.

Here are my choices. Always difficult to photograph warblers! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #birding
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (singing male), the Mere, Burton Mere Wetlands, 19th April 2023. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (singing male), Marsh Boardwalk, Burton Mere, 2nd July 2025. Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus, Spain, 7th May 2019. Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes, Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve, 2nd Oct 2024. (Record shot).
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM