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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BerriesandBeaks Bird–berry interactions, colour contrasts, or seasonal food sources.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #birding
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus in Hawthorn bush after berries, near Hale Hide, Martin Mere, 30th Oct 2025. Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina (adult) eating Azores Laurel Laurus azorica fruit, São Miguel Island, Azores, 12th Oct 2017. Record shot taken in low light. Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus (juvenile) about to eat Hawthorn berries, back garden, 2nd Oct 2023.
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Baby Angel, promo photo.
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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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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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, promo photo.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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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
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Investigating Angel, Golden Time.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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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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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, The monster at the end of this book.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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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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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Saint-like Angel, On the Head of a Pin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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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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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Good God, Y'All!
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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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
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Free to be you and me.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs (any male & female of the same kind).

I’ve chosen #waterfowl.🦆🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #birding
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula pair (displaying male), the Mere, Martin Mere, 17th May 2024. Mute Swan Cygnus olor (pair), stream by Rees Hide, Martin Mere, 25th June 2025. White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (pair), Merja Sidi Boughaba, N Morocco.22nd Feb 2018. Northern Shoveler Spatula (Anas) clypeata (pair), Woodend Marsh, Martin Mere, 2nd April 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Point of No Return.
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdonawire birds on a wire.

Here are my choices, a weird and wonderful bunch! 🪶❤️
bunch! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #world birds #birding
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius (adult), Spain, 2nd May 2019. Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (female, top), and Yellow- browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (juvenile), Sumburgh Head, Shetland, 21st Sept 2015. Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria (juvenile) in garden, Fair Isle, 30th Sept 2015. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius (pair), Auckland, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 24th Oct 2015.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, On the Head of a Pin.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GroundedGulls, that's any Gull not in flight.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #birding
Black-headed Gull pair Chroicocephalus ridibundus (adult, summer plumage), the Mere, Martin Mere, 30th June 2023. Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (adult, summer plumage) in Black-headed Gull colony, the Mere, Martin Mere, 4th May 2022. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis (adult) on rocky shore near hotel, Agaete, Gran Canaria, 22nd Nov 2022. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (adult) on hotel roof, Agadir, Morocco, 3rd March 2018.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, Byzantium.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus in Hawthorn bush after berries, near Hale Hide, Martin Mere, 30th Oct 2025. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (female) on Elephants Ears in border, back garden, 19th Jan 2023. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (1st summer male), on lawn, back garden, 24th Nov 2022. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (juvenile) on patio, back garden, 19th June 2022.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Castiel, In the Beginning. He’s sitting on Dean’s motel bed and has turned to look at him.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I’m going with the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Sparrows today.

My choice is the ubiquitous House Sparrow! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #worldbirds #birding
House Sparrows Passer domesticus (males) sunning, St Helens, 1st Jan 2024. House Sparrow Passer domesticus (male) at nest entrance, Rodrigues Island, one of the Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean, 11th Oct 2014. House Sparrow Passer domesticus (male) near lighthouse, Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 27th Oct 2015.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Goodnight, sweet Angel dreams. ❤️😇😴💤
Beautiful angel, Lazarus Rising.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled birds marked with spots of a different colour.

Here are my choices from the archives. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #birding
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris (juvenile moulting into adult plumage) on fat ball feeder, back garden, 7th Aug 2016). Tame European Robin Erithacus rubecula (juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage) helping me with the garden, 16th Aug 2018. Dunnock Prunella modularis (juvenile), back garden, 9th June 2015.
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM