Pete Preston
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Pete Preston
@ppreston243.bsky.social
All things family...Amateur photographer...into nature...birds especially..music (gigs) ...reading..66 years old...Currently living in West Somerset
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Starting my day with petition to protect baby ganets from being clubbed to death in a yearly barbaric ritual. Scottish Government will rule on this end of January. Link to petition below & campaign by @protectthewild.bsky.social

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January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Mandarin on our estate's attenuation pond...Williton, Somerset #eastcoastkin #wildlifephotography
#birdoftheday #ukbirds #natural
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Love this image
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Burnham lighthouse 'early doors' today.....It's a sunset location really, however I like the sunrise because of the colours that appear in the sky as the sun rises behind you #sunrises #burnhamonsea #nisijetmagpro #canon5dmk4 #somerset
January 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Watchet harbour sunset yesterday ... #sunset #longexposure #westsomerset #canon #nisijetmagpro
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Williton today....Lovely Mandarin duck...on our attenuation pond... #Birdoftheday #canon5dmk4
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yesterday afternoon we went to RSPB Ham Wall to see the Starling murmuration...These images do not do the 'spectacle' real justice...Just awe inspiring what nature does without humans...#starlingmurmuration #thelevels #RSPBhamwall #canon5dmk4
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#birds #LTT Finally got a reasonable ( heavily cropped) image of these exquisite wee birds !
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Clevedon Pier photo 'bimble' this morning
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
First light...Quantock Hills, Somerset.
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#stripes Theme of the day...An oldie from me...Nuthatch striking a pose....
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Couple of weeks ago went for a photo 'bimble' at Dead Woman's ditch with Livethedreamphotography .... Just looked at this again...Not good on a small screen...
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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At the small and imperfectly formed Salut! Folk site, Maggie Holland’s classic and classy compilation Bones is Album of the Month. Please share

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Album of the month: Bones by Maggie Holland - Salut! Folk
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salutfolk.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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"No pairing of hill and lake in Lakeland have a closer partnership than these [Mellbreak and Crummock Water]" ~ Alfred Wainwright
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Autumn gold
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Having a 'mooch' through some old photo's....These images of Robbers Bridge (Exmoor) taken in November 2023 ...
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pool Bridge, Horner. this afternoon...Waterfalls and shrooms...
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Shrooms at Horner Wood yesterday
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Autumn colours at Pool Bridge, Horner earlier today.
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
'Dead Woman's' ditch this morning ... shrooms....
October 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
West Street beach, Watchet...Bit wild this evening ..
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM