Elizabeth Manneh
@elizabethmanneh.bsky.social
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Married. Share my time between the UK and The Gambia. I love reading, crafts, wildlife, photography, plant-based food and more.
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Thank you. They are indeed stunning birds. 😍
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Beautiful photo of one of my favourite birds. 😀
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Superb photo Mike. And what a beautiful butterfly!
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Beautiful photo Dennis! 😍
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A male Violet-Backed #starling showing off his stunning plumage.

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A bird is perched on a horizontal branch. It has white underparts and iridescent violet back, tail and head.
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A crowd at the bird bowl, including Lavender Waxbills, red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu, a Little Weaver and. Western Bluebill.

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A group of different small birds are all perched around the rim of a clay bird bowl.
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Today’s #BirdIfTheDay from @robcrank68.bsky.social is ‘Any bird with three or more colours’. Here’s a White-crowned Robinchat demonstrating three colours beautifully. 😉
A medium-sized bird is perched on a fence post. It has a red tail and underparts, a black head and wings and a white crown.
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The theme for #BirdOfTheDay is ‘Any bird having a bath’. Here’s a Western Grey Plantain Eater squeezing into a small bowl for its bath. 🤣

#gambia #birdwatching #birdphotography

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A bird is having a vigorous bath in a small clay bird bowl. It is mostly various shades of grey with a yellow parrot-like bill.
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Totally agree - they are indeed super cute. 😍
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Thank you! 🙏 Great idea. Looking forward to contributing and seeing what others post. 😀
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Sorry! Haven’t quite figured out how the hashtag works yet! 😳
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A pretty little Yellow White-Eye taking a look around.

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A small yellow bird is perched on a fence post. It has a white ring around its eye.
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#birdoftheday theme today is #notabranch. Here’s a male Buff-spotted #woodpecker ready to take a dip in our clay bird bowl.

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A small woodpecker is clinging to the rim of a clay bird bowl. He has olive wings and head, green and white spots on his neck and belly, and a red nape
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She is indeed gorgeous (as long as I can view her from a distance! 😳)
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That’s amazing! What a fabulous visitor. 😍
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A rather beautiful Nile Monitor lizard at our bird pool in The Gambia.

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A large monitor lizard is reaching over into a shallow pool. It has green and yellow mottled marking and its forked tongue is snaking out to drink.
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Just discovered #birdoftheday with @robcrank68.bsky.social

Today’s theme is a bird with yellow on it. I’m offering a Yellow-throated leaflove seen at our bird pool in The Gambia.

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A medium-sized bird is balancing on a horizontal twig. It has brown wing, and grey-brown head and underparts. It has a bright yellow throat patch.