YOLOBirder
@yolobirder.bsky.social
Crex, ducks & Rook n’ Roller
Bunty for Girls annual 1967
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bunty for Girls annual 1967
Any budding young naturalists/readers out there who would like 3 @gill-lewis.bsky.social books? I’d love to gift these to someone who would enjoy them. I’ll cover postage :)
August 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Any budding young naturalists/readers out there who would like 3 @gill-lewis.bsky.social books? I’d love to gift these to someone who would enjoy them. I’ll cover postage :)
Thoroughly enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Lea’ by @drmjwarren.bsky.social, exploring England and its past through the places named after the birds that used to be there. It reminds me of the falconers whistle scene in Detectorists, with its ghostly echoes of the past. Lovely stuff.
July 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Thoroughly enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Lea’ by @drmjwarren.bsky.social, exploring England and its past through the places named after the birds that used to be there. It reminds me of the falconers whistle scene in Detectorists, with its ghostly echoes of the past. Lovely stuff.
Handy guide for pipit identification.
April 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Handy guide for pipit identification.
This just resurfaced over on the Bad Place, somehow.
I first posted it in 2015…
Confusing Species ID Tips.
American vs European Robins
I first posted it in 2015…
Confusing Species ID Tips.
American vs European Robins
March 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This just resurfaced over on the Bad Place, somehow.
I first posted it in 2015…
Confusing Species ID Tips.
American vs European Robins
I first posted it in 2015…
Confusing Species ID Tips.
American vs European Robins
Huge thanks to @rivers-disguise.bsky.social for creating this incredible Hendrix inspired ‘album cover’ for this week’s bird!
March 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Huge thanks to @rivers-disguise.bsky.social for creating this incredible Hendrix inspired ‘album cover’ for this week’s bird!
Bird of the week #5
03/03/25
Ring-necked Parakeet
03/03/25
Ring-necked Parakeet
March 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Bird of the week #5
03/03/25
Ring-necked Parakeet
03/03/25
Ring-necked Parakeet
Gull identification guide
February 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Gull identification guide
Amsterdam Straat Museum.
February 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Amsterdam Straat Museum.
In Amsterdam.
Owls representing.
Owls representing.
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In Amsterdam.
Owls representing.
Owls representing.
Coot’s ‘album cover’ based on Dr Dre’s 2001 album. Niche? Me? Never!
February 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Coot’s ‘album cover’ based on Dr Dre’s 2001 album. Niche? Me? Never!
Here is Chiffchaff’s ‘album cover’.
Lovely illustration from @willrose.bsky.social from his animated “What Bird Is That?” series that he kindly let me mess around with!
Lovely illustration from @willrose.bsky.social from his animated “What Bird Is That?” series that he kindly let me mess around with!
February 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here is Chiffchaff’s ‘album cover’.
Lovely illustration from @willrose.bsky.social from his animated “What Bird Is That?” series that he kindly let me mess around with!
Lovely illustration from @willrose.bsky.social from his animated “What Bird Is That?” series that he kindly let me mess around with!
Bird of the Week #4
17/02/25
Chiffchaff
17/02/25
Chiffchaff
February 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bird of the Week #4
17/02/25
Chiffchaff
17/02/25
Chiffchaff
You know that bit at the end of Pinocchio when he becomes “a real boy”? Well, imagine the same happens to Professor Yaffle off Bagpus.
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You know that bit at the end of Pinocchio when he becomes “a real boy”? Well, imagine the same happens to Professor Yaffle off Bagpus.
It’s nearly spring so time to swot up on warbler identification.
February 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s nearly spring so time to swot up on warbler identification.
Hang on… goshawk is no longer an accipiter?!? What?!?
We have planned an ‘Accipiter No Substitute’ T-shirt for years and was finally close to finishing it!! Gah! @willrose.bsky.social
We have planned an ‘Accipiter No Substitute’ T-shirt for years and was finally close to finishing it!! Gah! @willrose.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hang on… goshawk is no longer an accipiter?!? What?!?
We have planned an ‘Accipiter No Substitute’ T-shirt for years and was finally close to finishing it!! Gah! @willrose.bsky.social
We have planned an ‘Accipiter No Substitute’ T-shirt for years and was finally close to finishing it!! Gah! @willrose.bsky.social
Bird of the Week #3
10/02/25
10/02/25
February 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bird of the Week #3
10/02/25
10/02/25
Stumbled upon this from yonks ago.
Owl identification made easy
Owl identification made easy
February 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Stumbled upon this from yonks ago.
Owl identification made easy
Owl identification made easy
Bird of the Week #2
03/02/25
03/02/25
February 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Bird of the Week #2
03/02/25
03/02/25
Bird of the Week #1
27/01/25
27/01/25
January 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Bird of the Week #1
27/01/25
27/01/25
Gutted that pink seagull didn’t stick around until the weekend so I could see it, but at least the White-billed Diver did the decent thing and gave cracking views! What a beak!
January 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gutted that pink seagull didn’t stick around until the weekend so I could see it, but at least the White-billed Diver did the decent thing and gave cracking views! What a beak!
Buying a new bird feeding station. Do I want to attract swallows or hummers? Redstarts or grey wagtails? So much choice!
December 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Buying a new bird feeding station. Do I want to attract swallows or hummers? Redstarts or grey wagtails? So much choice!
Remember when social media was mainly about weasels riding woodpeckers? Happy days.
October 24, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Remember when social media was mainly about weasels riding woodpeckers? Happy days.