Vic Brown

The first sighting of Epistrophe eligans, a male, in my S. Cambridgeshire garden this morning.
A beautiful spring hoverfly and hopefully, the first of many.

I was the only person there who wasn't taking a selfie. A quick snap and spent the rest of the time birding away from the crowds.

With good reason, this Crack Willow (Salix × fragilis) is probably the most photographed tree in New Zealand.
Lake Wānaka - 11th February 2026.
#BlueskyMonday

#SideProfile is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay and the alt theme is #Robins

Adult and fledgling European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), in my S. Cambridgeshire garden May 2026.

FT, just a 45-minute match or have the Canaries thrown in the towel?

Australasian Gannet colony at Muriwai, New Zealand, 2nd February 2026.

#SuperSeabirdSunday

Thanks Alan.

Female Scintillant Hummingbird

Male White-throated Mountain Gem

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Photogenic birds.
It's a tricky one, as most birds are photogenic, IMO.

Here's a couple of hummingbirds from my trip to Costa Rica in February 2025.

Female Scintillant Hummingbird and male White-throated Mountain Gem

Orca

Sperm Whale

Dusky Dolphins

Hector's Dolphin

Four cetacean lifers from my trip to New Zealand last month.
It's always a thrill to watch these amazing mammals.

Orca, Sperm Whale, Dusky, and Hector's Dolphins.

Silver Gulls (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae).

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta).

Wandering Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna arcuata).

Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus).

#StandingInWater is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Here's four more photos from my trip to Northern Queensland in October 2024.

Silver Gulls
Little Egret
Wandering Whistling Ducks
Pied Stilt

Thanks, Rob.
I'm really enjoying participating in #BirdOfTheDay , especially on a dull, grey day, like today.

Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus).

Sanderling (Calidris alba).

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris).

Far-eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis).

Today's theme for the #BirdOfTheDay is #SteppingOut

Here's four strolling waders (shorebirds) from my trip to Northern Queensland in October 2023.

Red-capped Plover
Sanderling
Beach Stone-curlew
Far-eastern Curlew

Whatever the taxon, I always include the 3 Ws.
What, Where, and When.

I have posted this one before, but it's the best photo I have for today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay , which is #MixedPairs

Royal Spoonbill and Little Pied Cormorant - Queensland, October 2023.

Fantastic show last night, easily the most uplifting couple of hours I've had for a long time. With what's going on in the world at the moment, I needed it.

My first tachinid of the year and also my first chance to use the excellent new 'A Photographic Guide To Flies Of Britain & Ireland '

a "Dark Broadface", Gonia picea in my S. Cambridgeshire Garden yesterday.

#Flies #Diptera #Tachinidae

Male Yellow Wagtail

Female Yellow Wagtail

#Yellow is the alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Male and female Yellow Wagtails in a bean field at the edge of my S. Cambridgeshire village.

May 2023.

Atlantic Puffin - Orkney 2025.

Beach Stone-curlew, Cairns Esplanade, Queensland 2023.

Pied Stilt, Bowen, Queensland 2023.

Bridled Tern, Lady Musgrave Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland 2023.

#SideView is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Here's four favourites :

Atlantic Puffin - Orkney 2025.
Beach Stone-curlew,
Pied Stilt & Bridled Tern - Queensland 2023.

S. Cambridgeshire 2/3/26

A male Andrena on sugar-sprayed Ivy in my garden this afternoon.

With the orange basal tergites & the genal spine (2nd photo), I think it can only be Andrena trimmerana?

Confirmation or correction is appreciated. Not that common in this part of the country, will iRecord.

The alternative theme for the #BirdOfTheDay is #Finches

Here's a pair of Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton).

Norther Queensland - October 2023.

#FourOrMore is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDsy and #Blue is the alt theme.

The Australasian Gannet colony at Muriwai, New Zealand, definitely had more than four when I visited on 3rd February and the adults eyes were blue.

Thanks Alan.

Half-time pie and chippy after the match, simples.

Summer Tanager

Grey-capped Flycatcher

Red-legged Honeycreeper

#PrimaryColours is the main theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay and the alt theme is #Songbirds

Here's three colourful passerines from my trip to Costa Rica in February last year.

Red - Summer Tanager

Yellow - Grey-capped Flycatcher

Blue - Red-legged Honeycreeper

#BestOfTheMonth is today's theme for the #BirdOfTheDay

A few to choose from, but close encounters with the cheeky Kea, were the birding highlight of my recent trip to New Zealand

South Island - 10th February

I think fans of the entire team are, though, more often with the use of more informal, slang equivalents.

Thanks, surreptitious, but I couldn't resist!

The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #NoBranch , birds perched, but not on a branch.

Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)

Feeding this near-threatened New Zealand endemic by tourists, for the purposes of selfies, is all too common. For a host of reasons, this is horrific behaviour.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen

Australian Pied Cormorant or Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius).

Akaroa, New Zealand - 5th February 2026

Just saw my first Brimstone of the year in my S. Cambs garden.
No photo, it didn't stop.
I'll iRecord it