Sign in

Andrea

@andreacarollee.bsky.social
2.3K followers 2.2K following 715 posts

Carpe diem! who am I? .. a dauber (artist/painter), a roamer of wild places and a lover of 'Nature' .. vicarious adventurer, born in Sri Lanka - many years resident in north Hampshire, England (English, Scottish, Irish etc ancestry) Be kind not cruel

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Andrea
David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 15h
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BestOfTheMonth. Due to one thing and another, I've done very little photography this month, but just managed to sneak this one in on the 2nd - a long-tailed tit that I was really pleased to see. #birds #photography
A long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perched on a slim vertical branch.
1789
Reposted by Andrea
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 17h
Window through water and time-sculpted limestone caves to an Irish rainforest beyond.
201047118
Reposted by Andrea
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THIS 👇 IS TRUE.......
279173134354
Reposted by Andrea
Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
713143336284
Reposted by Andrea
Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A little mild grumbling. The big-money investors aren't exactly quaking in their boots. Labour will do nothing to reverse one of the Tories' most disastrous policies! It's time to turn the screw... A Green vote will increase the water pressure!😂 #NationaliseWaterNow @greenparty.org.uk
25919
Reposted by Andrea
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spending time in the presence of one of Ireland's extremely rare ancient trees, like this hulking oak near Bandon with local man Dan Holland, are for me life highlights. But it's always bittersweet, tempered by the knowledge that such stupendous beings were once commonplace. We have lost SO much.
251486194
Reposted by Andrea
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tanager of the Day: Paradise Tanager 📷 Zak Pohlen
Photo of bird perched on a branch, description from ebird: ‘Small, stunningly colorful tanager of Amazonian lowlands. Bright green head contrasts with red, blue, and black body. Sexes alike. Often quite common within its range. Found in the canopy of humid forest, often in mixed-species flocks. Likes to stay high in the canopy, but occasionally moves lower into the midstory, moving quickly between perches as it forages.’
272795
Reposted by Andrea
David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds so here's a puffin from my trip to Lunga in May. #birds #photography
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) amid out-of-focus clifftop vegetation.
2829
Reposted by Andrea
Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
376136033872
Reposted by Andrea
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......
14867102952
Reposted by Andrea
Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
272182215337
Reposted by Andrea
Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
16492472277
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
the waxing gibbous moon this evening in north Hampshire England, marking the start of Autumn
1131
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
amber tears in a September wood .. Oak Bracket fungus
1131
Reposted by Andrea
Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a good one.
433154704333
Reposted by Andrea
David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Scruffy, so here's a scruffy robin. #birds #photography
A European robin (Erithacus rubecula) among green foliage. Its feathers are unkempt, possibly due to moulting.
45310
Reposted by Andrea
Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, The Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves I’m going with a long-tailed tit that I saw in the #woods 🪶 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #ForestFriday #FlyDay #forest #woodlands
A close-up of a young long-tailed tit with its beak wide open, calling from a green bush. The little bird has grey-brown plumage, a distinctive red eye ring and a strikingly long tail.
1326742
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
young buck .. a Roe deer grazing in north Hampshire 16/09/2026
0161
Reposted by Andrea
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
263161124184
Reposted by Andrea
Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a lucky day. This immature red-tailed hawk perched on a low tree branch not far from me. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Immature red-tailed hawk with rust, brown and white feathers perched in a tree. Green leaves in the background.
552122206
Reposted by Andrea
MinimumWageMan @minimumwageman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I can not argue with this.
699127234750
Reposted by Andrea
UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have you ever wanted to pet a living dinosaur? The public is invited to tour the sturgeon passage facility at the Menominee Dam in Menominee, Michigan, on Thursday, Sept. 24. They have a sturgeon elevator to bypass 2 dams and allow them to get upriver. www.nbc26.com/news/local-n... #906Life
nbc26.com
Free tours offer chance to see sturgeon at Menominee Dam
Ever wanted to pet a living dinosaur? The public is invited to tour the sturgeon passage facility at the Menominee Dam in Menominee, Michigan, on Thursday, Sept. 24.
1315
Reposted by Andrea
Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG: any owl, duck or goose. A Canada goose on the riverbank 🪶 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK
A close-up of a Canada goose looking to the right. It has a black head and neck with a distinctive white patch on its throat, a brown-patterned body and a pale belly. The background shows a blurred view of the glistening water of a river
926139
Reposted by Andrea
David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
bbc.co.uk
River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
362
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the long and winding road that leads to your door.. the fab four
061
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Blushing Rosette in a north Hampshire wood .. Abortiporus biennis 15/09/2026
0152
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
dead pheasant or fallen angel? .. in the September wood
061
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Roe deer pair in a north Hampshire September stubble ocean
1132
Reposted by Andrea
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Vote Blue, And Make Your Vote Count.......
13848531732
Reposted by Andrea
Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Herons&Egrets; Alternatively, #Borbs; White on green – A cattle egret searching for food 🪶 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Spain #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK
A white cattle egret walks through a green meadow. The small egret has predominantly white plumage with a slight ochre tinge on its head and neck. It is looking to the right with its yellowish beak.
1023834
Reposted by Andrea
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jennifer Welch Claps Back At Piers Morgan.......
1145168174169
Reposted by Andrea
fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Asan Ginkgo Tree Road, South Korea
16095091244
Reposted by Andrea
glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Pink Beams of light above St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor tonight at sunset.
372786317
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
a dusk deer in the September Sunday stubble .. north Hampshire
1111
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
a Clouded Yellow butterfly met this sunshine September Saturday
0212
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ivy Bee love
070
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
a sunshine September Saturday .. yay!
050
Reposted by Andrea
Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Nice to spend some time at Portland Bill today seeing some lovely Wheatears as well as Gannet, Swallow, Starlings, Clouded Yellows and Hummingbird Hawk-moth. #Birds #UKWildlife
A buff looking Northern Wheatear stood on grass
0131
Reposted by Andrea
Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Also had a good look at RSPB Lodmoor today seeing Greenshank, Dunlins, Mediterranean Gull, Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtails and Migrant Hawker. #Birds #UKWildlife
A Greenshank wading in water with its reflection visible in the water and red vegetation behind
0182
Reposted by Andrea
SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
Fun Fact: If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are just carrying coal, oil and gas.
- Bill McKibben, Climate Activist
259117934316
Reposted by Andrea
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
AOC: Let’s put a data center in each one of Donald Trump’s golf courses. Let’s put one in New Jersey on his golf course. Put one in Mar-a-Lago. The only reason I don’t say put one on the White House lawn is because he’ll be out of there soon. If he loves them so much, he can have them.
17388292241
Reposted by Andrea
Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
17465562135
Reposted by Andrea
Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
227120816803
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I meant #BirdsUpClose
040
Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
garden Blackbird with a beady eye.. cooling down in the heat of June 2026 for #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdUpClose
0151
Reposted by Andrea
David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsUpClose. How close do you want it? Atlantic puffin. #birds #photography
A close-up portrait of an Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
1425
Reposted by Andrea
Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsUpClose Alternative: #BirdNameC – any bird whose common name begins with the letter C! A Crow: Watchful, clever and beautifully detailed. 🐦‍⬛ #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Austria #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #MacroMonday #ECK
A close-up of a crow in profile against a blurred, green-brown background of plants. The focus is on the bird’s head, with its strong, dark beak and wide-open eye.
1938459
Reposted by Andrea
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
612304608889
Reposted by Andrea
Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A burst of colour to enjoy in late summer. Don’t leave me just yet. #PaintbyWords #SenryuSunday #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #photography #Art #ECK #Haiku #bloomscrolling #MacroMonday #FlowersOnSunday #SundayYellow #ColorADay #OrangeSun #thelittlethings #BugSky
A vibrantly coloured peacock butterfly sits with its wings spread wide on white, daisy-like flowers. The upper surfaces of its wings gleam in a rich reddish-brown and feature four large, blue-black eye spots, each surrounded by a yellowish border. The upper right edge of the wing is slightly damaged. In the background, green leaves and further withered, brownish flower buds can be seen.
2346986