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Ali

@allthingsorca.bsky.social
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Marine life lover. Amateur photographer still learning how to use a camera after 30 years of trying. Whales, dolphins, seals, seabirds, especially puffins.

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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Butler Service #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Razorbill with sandeels for a growing chick @ Farne Islands, 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Starry, Starry Night #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Atlantic puffin with prey looks out over the sparking North Sea on a sunny July day at the Farnes Islands, Northumberland 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In-flight meal service #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Atlantic puffin in flight, returning to the burrow with sandeels for a growing chick. Farne Islands, June 2026
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Overseas delivery #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Atlantic puffin carrying food for a chick flies towards the island over the coastline of Northumberland. June 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Puffin reflections #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Two puffins are reflected on calm seas. Farne Islands, May 2026
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Eider - up, not down #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Male Eider duck takes flight off the Farne Islands. April 2026
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Egg roll #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
European shag rolls an egg in the nest. Inner Farne Island, Northumberland 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Water tight seal #ukwildlife #marinemammal #photography
Grey seal on the rocks at low tide at the Farne Isands. April 2026
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Double up #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Two Atlantic puffins fly low over the puffin meadows. Inner Farne, Northumberland 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
What’s up doc? #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffin floofy cheeks and an open gape. Farne Islands April 2026
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Eye to eye with this puffin yesterday. At close quarters they are astonishingly tiny. #birdoftheday #headshot #ukwildlife
Atlantic puffin with only head and neck visible above the burrow entrance. Farne Islands, UK 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Wow! Stunning 🤩
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Looking razor sharp 😃 @steelyseabirder.bsky.social #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday
A razorbill pair newly returned to their breeding colony for the 2026 season. April. Farne Islands.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Meet n' greet #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffins pair for life, but are only together during the mating season. They renew their bonds by touching beaks. Inner Farne Island, Northumberland. April 1, 2026.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The puffins are back!! #puffins #farnes #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Super Seabird Mothering (& fathering) Sunday #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday@steelyseabirder
Razorbill and chick interacting on a cliff edge. Guillemot and chick marching poses on the cliff ledge. Puffling takes a first view of the world outside the burrow. Closely monitored by a parent. Babysitting! Kittiwake prevents the chick from being swept away on a windy day.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
They really know how to bust a gut 🤣
2 great black backed gulls play tug of war with a fish. Farne Islands 2022.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
That’s why I love to photograph them. Their faces are just so expressive.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Sunset blush #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffin in the late evening sunlight on Staple Island, summer 2023.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Tbh, the R7 went rogue that day. Most of my photos look like I covered the lens with sperm whale snot 🤣
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
L87 Onyx. Handsome, resilient and faithful 😃😍
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It’s all a bit of a blur #seabirds #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Cory’s sheerwater takes off. Pico, Azores 2023
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Everlasting love ❤️ #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #valentines
Puffins “billing” to strengthen their bond. Farne Islands 2023
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You otter have a good reason for being tardy, Mark 🤓
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
They call me mellow yellow #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffin set against the yellow algae on the surrounding rocks. 

Farne Islands, Northumberland 2024.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The great escape #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
3 puffins flee the scene while others are left behind 😁

Brownsman Island, 2025.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
That is so adorable 🥰
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Best paw forward for our polar bear friends this year 😍
Polar bear checks out the weird two-legged creatures in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Manitoba, Canada 2017.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Dashing through the snow #fox #foxoftheday #mammals #wildlife #photography
Red fox hunting at sunset in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Manitoba, Canada. Nov 2017.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ❄️ #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffins in sea spray on a windy day in Northumberland 2025
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Branching out #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Puffin with a stick that’s way too big for the burrow contemplating next moves!

Farne Islands, Northumberland 2025
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Between a rock and a hard place #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Razorbill carefully balances an egg on a cliff ledge on Inner Farne Island 2025.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Give ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffin looks coquettishly over one shoulder with the sea sparkling in the sunlight. Isle of May, Scotland 2023.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Two for the price of one #birdoftheday theme reflections #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Eider duck reflecting in the calm waters of Seahouses harbour on a sunny day in March 2025.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Getting it in the neck #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
A guillemot is grooming its partner with a bill gently poking into the neck. Farne Islands 2019.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Oops I forgot the alt text. Taken in Monterey Bay 2011.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A wonderful thing is a pelican Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge of water #seabird #birds #photography
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Definitely not grumpy #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Through the looking glass #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffin examines a boat hook on the dock. Showing off the mouth structures that hold sandeels in place. 

Farne Islands 2024
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Running up that hill #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffin appears to toil uphill bringing home the catch. 

Northumberland 2019
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I love that the ship’s bow is bottlenose dolphin shaped. Gives me “mother ship” vibes 😀
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Love this!
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thank you. I liked the little water beads in the crop of the crop 😀
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Raindrops keep falling on my head #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Razorbill covered in beads of water after a quick plunge. 

Farne Islands, 2023.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Don’t get ruffled #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffin wings are ruffled on the landing approach on Inner Farne Island, 2025.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Frozen in time #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffin on the way to the burrow to feed a chick appears frozen to the spot, mid stride. 

Northumberland 2024.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Hopelessly devoted #birdoftheday #twosday #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
A pair of Razorbills beak to beak. 

Inner Farne Island 2025
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The haves and the have nots #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
2 puffins with full beaks of sandeels looked at mournfully by another with nothing. 

Isle of May, Scotland 2023.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Wheels up #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Common Guillemot takes off from the North Sea. Farne Islands 2023.
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Everlasting Love #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography
Puffins mate for life. Billing - touching their beaks/bills together reinforces their bond. 

Northumberland 2023.
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