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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Whimbrel in the water… 📍Miligotini, Lazy Lagoon Island, Tanzania. #Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶

Large, brown shorebird with long, decurved bill. Note bold head stripes. Occurs on mudflats, beaches, and coastal marshes. Often in flocks, sometimes mixed with other large shorebirds like Willet or godwits. Extensive global range, breeding on the Arctic tundra and wintering on coastlines as far south as Tierra del Fuego. Generally uncommon to rare inland.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Malachite Kingfisher - an absolute gem! 📍Bagamoyo, Tanzania. #Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

Small, gem-like wetland kingfisher. Shows geographical variation, with most birds having orange underparts, but birds in some parts of the range have a white belly. Found in almost all habitats with water, including streams, rivers, lakes, rice paddies, and lagoons. Sits motionless for long periods before plunging to the water to snatch prey.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Whimbrel on the wing… 📍Oyster Bay, Masaki, Dar es Salaam. #Tanzania #Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Haha, I think it radiates beauty 👌😊

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It is my friend. That’s why I thought it was Western Reef Heron, but I’ve been informed that I have the ID wrong and here in TZ it’s actually a Dimorphic Egret! I can’t edit the post though… Another image to follow with more detail of that lore.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

So I’ve been informed that I have the ID wrong and that it’s actually a Dimorphic Egret! I can’t edit the post though… Another image to follow with more detail.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Little Bee-eater on a branch. 📍Oyster Bay, Masaki, Dar es Salaam., Tanzania. #Birds #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

A small, mostly grass-green bee-eater with a canary-yellow throat separated from buff underparts by a black line across the throat. Singles and pairs occupy grassy savanna and wetland edges. They often perch lower than 1.5 m above the ground, and dart around hunting flying insects, then returning to the same small twig.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

💯👍 - thanks for sharing 😊

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Very true - I also think we create our own luck sometimes… 😉

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A definite pop of colour for you, especially when photographed in great light, like you do! 😊

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Western Reef Heron watches for movement in the water below… 📍Oyster Bay, Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. #Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

Gangly heron with significant variation in plumage. Distinct dark morph is slate-gray with a white throat, while the palest morph is white with a yellow bill and lores. Pale gray intermediate morphs can also be found. Little Egret can look similar, but it has a darker bill than the white morph of the Western Reef-Heron. Primarily a coastal inhabitant, foraging on shorelines and in estuaries, but can also be found at some inland water bodies.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Stunning Glen - iridescently awesome 👌

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Water Thick-knee on the wing. 📍Oyster Bay, Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. #Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

A tall, dome-headed, plover-like bird with large, yellow eyes. Mostly brownish in color, it has a grayish wing panel that is bordered above with a narrow white bar. This thick-knee never wanders far from permanent water. It is crepuscular and nocturnal; early evenings are often punctuated by its distinctive, high-pitched, piping calls that speed up then slow down.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Thanks Steve, yeah we have a family roosting near our house and hear them late into the evening. To be fair it took me a bit to work which species it was! 😂👍

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Common Sandpiper foraging amongst the rocks. 📍Oyster Bay, Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. #Tanzania #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

Small bicolored sandpiper which often bobs its tail in a distinctively wagtail-like manner. Plain brown with white underparts; distinguished from bulkier and rounder-headed Green Sandpiper by a prominent white spur at the shoulder. Found in a variety of wetland habitats; breeds on stony ground along rivers and lakeshores, with migrants occurring on muddy and rocky substrates from concrete canal banks to channels in tidal mudflats.

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Haha, awesome aren’t they 👌

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