Diamond legs
Great egret, RSPB Burton Mere, Cheshire, UK
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A moorhen #SteppingOut. It was actually being chased by a coot.
Taken at “The Secret Lakes”, former reservoirs for calico printing in the middle of Manchester that have become an ad hoc nature reserve now threatened by a housing development #photography #BirdOfTheDay #birds #wildlife #nature #Nikon
The strength of a ring-necked parakeet's bill is extraordinary, making short work of a house extension.
Spring is here and preparations are being made, but I wonder if another bird has been displaced by this member of the growing parakeet population.
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Never really appreciated what a perfect little roundel a ring-necked parakeet’s eye makes until this #SideView snapped in the park this morning
Cringle Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, UK
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Looks like it’s gone big with the Brylcreem! Nice shot.
#FavouriteOfTheMonth in terms of the bird, but definitely not the photo. This guy just wouldn’t move to a clearer part of the tree. It was almost as if he didn’t want the publicity!
Male bullfinch, Highfield Country Park #Levenshulme, Manchester, UK
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Ha, know what you mean!
Thanks…always good to know! I’ve heard, but not seen, them in Macclesfield Forest.
Whereabouts are you looking?
Ah right, thank you!
Ah…a boat-tailed? Such a beautiful sheen showing in that photo!
Is that the one in Speke?
🎶“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart…”🎵
A red, red robin #singing #ynwa
Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, UK
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Scoff
A grey squirrel devouring precious winter fuel
Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, UK
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Lovely
The getaway
A female blackbird raiding a crab apple tree for winter loot
Levenshulme, Manchester, UK
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Lovely....and Willow looking down the valley just adds that something extra
An early candidate for the 2026 Christmas card? The #perfectperch for claiming territory and food, as well as @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay
Robin, Highfield Country Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, UK
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It did!
When you take the campervan to France with no big idea of where to go and then someone mentions there are vultures in the Gorge du Tarn…..🚐💨💨
Griffon vulture, Lozère, France, 2024
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That’s an absolute stunner!
A monogamous gannet in #Solitude on the nest, perhaps waiting for its partner to return with food
RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK June 2025
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Really nice, Mark!
A stunning sky silhouetting a black-headed gull (I think!) at Snettisham, looking across The Wash, back in October
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Beautiful!
Stunning!
Loving that!
You’re not supposed to admit that! 😉
Well caught!
It may not have the bright colours, bordering on gaudy, of the male, but the pattern and feather structure of a female pheasant are just as captivating
Snaizeholme, Yorkshire Dales, UK
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