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B.R. Crichton
@brcrichton.bsky.social
Child herder, dog walker, cat butler.
Author of 'The Rage Within' and the 'Arise the Darkness' Fantasy series. http://viewAuthor.at/BRCrichton
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January 23, 2026 at 6:41 AM
A Ground Hornbill #walking
#BirdOfTheDay
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #walking ,birds walking. The alternative theme is #birdinabush any bird in a bush. Good luck. I’ve went with a Meadow Pipit on a day trip to the beach, looking for a suitable place to lay his towel. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 23, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I think this Green Woodhoopoe qualifies for #TailsUp .
Just.
I mean, it's past the horizontal.
#BirdOfTheDay
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Good morning

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TailsUp, any bird with its tail raised, and the Alt theme is #ShutEye, Any bird having a rest.

Here's a Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Cetti's Warbler & Wren with their #TailsUp.

I've not had any sleep yet so Good Night

#birds #EastCoastKin @rspb.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 AM
#BirdOfTheDay
A Yellowbellied Sunbird #singing in a Lusaka garden.
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #singing, birds singing or calling. Alt. is birds with their heads #bowed

For this one I have a male Pochard calling in the rain.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #irishbirding #duck #pochard
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Hi folks. Good morning. Have a bug 🥴 which will keep me off here for a couple of days. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #singing ,bird’s singing or calling. The Alt theme is #bowed birds with their heads bowed. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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Good morning all, @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Singing, birds Singing or Calling, the Alt theme is #Bowed, birds with their heads down.

I have a Robin, Song Thrush & Cormorants #Singing and a Mute Swan with it's head #Bowed

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin @rspb.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:36 AM
A Blackshouldered Kite scoffs down this poor rodent, which I am told is (was) a multimammate mouse.
#BirdOfTheDay #FeedingTime
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Good Morning All

It's time for #BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #FeedingTime, any bird eating, and the Alt theme is #Gulls.

Grey Wagtails, Great-crested Grebes, Cygnets & Black-headed Gulls.

I'm away until Friday evening so Replies/Reposts will be sparse.

#birds @rspb.bsky.social #EastCoastKin
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said “ It's time for #BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #FeedingTime, any bird eating, and the Alt theme is #Gulls.” I’m going with a Song Thrush munching berries. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
A Robin singing in the low winter sun this morning, absorbing every therm on offer.
#BirdOfTheDay #Winterlight #WinterRobin
January 19, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A Robin singing in the low winter sun this morning, absorbing every therm on offer.
#BirdOfTheDay #Winterlight #WinterRobin
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Winterlight , any bird highlighted by winter sunlight. The alt theme is #birdsyoulove , birds you love to see and why ( eg endangered, cute, character) #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Bee-eaters for #BirdOfTheDay
Southern Carmine and Whitefronted
#TwoOfAKind
January 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind pairs of the same bird, and the Alt theme is #Paridea any of the Tits, Chickadees & Titmice species.

Here's pair of Red-crowned Parrots, Galah, Gadwalls & Eurasian Teal.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding #BirdLife #wildlife
January 18, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
For the #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme #waterwings how about this Yellowbilled Stork?
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM
This Brown Snake Eagle has found the #perfectperch
#BirdOfTheDay
January 17, 2026 at 9:13 AM
A Longbilled Crombec for #SmallBirdSaturday
#LittleBirds
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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How much chocolate is too much chocolate before it is technically no longer a salad?
January 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Good morning
#SmallBirdSaturday
Let’s see yours on this semi final day 🔴⚫️
#LittleBirds
#birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturephotography
#EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #perfectperch birds perched on a branch. The alt theme is #waterwings birds standing in water. I’m going with a Buzzard/ Hawk again as it best suited the theme. Good luck everyone. Remember I’m not around much on weekends.Ta #birds #photo #EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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The Bushtit is a good candidate for #birdoftheday #shortbeak, I think.

#birds #nature #bushtitoftheday
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM