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Ben
@tarka79.bsky.social
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Pilot, photographer, astronomer, Britpop nostalgist, book reader, swimmer, walker, very amateur Egyptologist & professional number wrangler.

Photos taken by me unless stated otherwise.
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February started with clouds and rain, but made for a suitably moody setting for Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Time’ sculpture at Margate.

#photography #EastCoastKin #sculpture #art
A life sized cast iron sculpture of a man, on a rock in the coast and revealed at low tide.
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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More #clouds for #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #EastCoastKin #sunset #landscapephotography
A sunset illuminating clouds on red and orange over the sea.
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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#clouds with silver linings for this week’s #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #EastCoastKin #nature #skyscape
Low level clouds with the low sun shining behind.
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Definitely at the point of winter when I've had enough of cold, wet days (although it is brighter today).

Reaching into the archive to find somewhere warmer, here's a White-Tailed Tropicbird (and Noddy Tern behind) in the Seychelles!

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #wildlife #Seychelles #flyday
A view large white bird sitting at the base of a tree (to the left) and looking towards the camera. There are black feathers on its wings and a long white tail. A brown/grey tern is standing at the rear of the image
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Yourself but as a cartoon
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Mordor she wrote

#LibraryShelfieDay
Biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien and Angela Lansbury
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Haven’t posted much recently as lots going on irl, but here’s a quick photo of the Newfoundland building at Canary Wharf, London.

Taken after visiting the dentist!

#photography #EastCoastKin #cityscape #London
A slim steel and glass skyscraper, seen edge-on, with bare trees closer to the viewer flanking the image. The sky is clear blue.
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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A lilac-breasted roller at London Zoo

#photography #birds #London #EastCoastKin
A bird, perched on a small diagonally cut tree. It is facing left, has a lilac head and breast, brown pack and wings and tail in shades of blue.
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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The majestic capybara, as seen at London Zoo @zslofficial.bsky.social yesterday!

#photography #capybara #rodent #london #stunday #EastCoastKin
A capybara, sitting facing left, with trunks of small trees on the foreground and foliage behind.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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An unexpected rainbow this morning!

#photography #skyscape #EastCoastKin #rainbow #nature
A rainbow arching from right to left against clouds with some blue patches. Victorian terraced buildings are at the bottom of the image.
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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After a few days of rain we’re back to clear and frosty days!

#photography #EastCoastKin #winter #sunrise #landscapephotography
The low winter sun above trees, with a large detached house on the silhouetted against a clear sky, frosted grass is in the foreground.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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I’ve shared before, but it fits the #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant theme

Blackfriars Bridge in London
A multi-span stone bridge over a river illuminated in pink
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Cloud was quite low this morning!

#photography #EastCoastKin #London #cloud #cityscape
The Shard building in London, with the top third lost in low cloud.
January 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Quick photo of the moon taken on the way to work this morning.

#photography #moon. #EastCoastKin #nature #winter
The waning gibbous moon seen against a blue sky, with bare tree branches on the top and left of the image.
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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We finally had some snow here (for all of 30 mins), but as I was out when it happened I did manage a photo of this tree.

#photography #tree #nature #EastCoastKin
A large bare tree silhouetted against snow- laden clouds.
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Baby ducks and a bonus Capybara
January 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Happy Twelfth Night to you all!

#photography #nature #sunset #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday
Silhouetted bare trees, with the last orange glow of winter twilight in a clear sky behind.
January 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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A recent winter twilight sky for #stunday

#photography #skyscape #EastCoastKin #winter #London #nature
An early twig light sky, with a pinkish glow by the horizon giving way to darker blues. Aircraft vapour trails are lit by the now-set sun. Silhouetted bare trees are along the bottom of the image.
January 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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The New Year’s Day walk included meeting this 🐎

#photography #nature #horse #EastCoastKin
A black horse in a horse coat standing behind a metal gate, holding its head over the gate. It is in a green field with trees on the far side
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Some photos from a New Year’s Eve dusk walk in Greenwich Park.

#photography #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #scape #London #nye
A view of the buildings of the Royal Observatory among bare trees, with the low sun shining in a clear sky. The moon above a Georgian dome of the Old Royal Naval College chapel. The Royal Observatory, seen through bare trees branches against a red sky. The twin domes of the Old Royal Naval College, seen through bare trees in the park. The buildings of central London are just visible in the twilight haze.
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Another photo on the ‘gulls with fishing boats’ theme.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #wildlife #fishing #seabird #nsture
An adult and large juvenile herring gull stood on a red wooden pallet. The adult is facing away from the camera, and the other bird is to the right of it facing left. The juvenile has mottled brown plumage. A harbour is in the background, with buildings to the right and two blue fishing boats moored side by side on the left.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122...
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Another photo from the seaside on Boxing Day!

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin #stunday #wildlife #nature #fishing
A herring gull perched on a metal beam at a fishing harbour. A red fishing boat is moored on the other side of the harbour, facing left.
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A starling perched on a yacht’s boom, seen on a Boxing Day walk yesterday.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #holidays #holiday #nature
A boom, going slightly diagonally upwards from left to right with assorted ropes and fastenings on it. On the end, at the right hand side, a starling is perched facing right. White cloud is behind, with a strip of blue sky along the top.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Beautiful day for a Boxing Day seaside walk

#photography #seascape #skyscape #beach #scape #EastCoastKin
A view past a groyne down a shingle beach with sea to the left. Low winter sun shines through clouds on the left.
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM