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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The results from last night's walk 😁

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The Merlin app has picked up on the Nightjar 😀🐦

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I can hear the churring of a nightjar! 🐦😀 #bird #isleofwight

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Available Light Photography @availablelightp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Tranquility at Bembridge Lifeboat Station. #Photography #IsleofWight

A muted blue, pink and lilac sunset reflected in a flat calm sea. A bright red rowing boat is moored beside an imposing lifeboat station.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Fabulous! I hope @ianprowse.bsky.social will return to Strings on the Isle of Wight one day. Such great memories from that night 🎶

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I spent yesterday evening patiently waiting for the moon to appear, whilst my husband achieved a shot that he's been after for a few years.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It was a lovely walk this afternoon, worth the tingly nettle stung legs and hayfever sneezes 😉

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

We went for a beautiful late evening stroll with the camera last night 😊

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I'm not usually one for fireworks, but it was quite a sight up on the cliff tonight.

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Available Light Photography @availablelightp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A moonlit Needles taken during the full moon from a couple of weeks ago. The moonlight was so strong that it highlighted the textures in the chalk cliffs. #IsleofWight #LandscapePhotography

Night falls over a chalk cliff and rocks. A red and white lighthouse guards the rocks. Moonlight illuminates the scene.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I should like a sofa like that, but I really don't!

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Another Waterboys classic! This band have enchanted me for 40 years and show no signs of stopping. Brilliant, exceeded even my high expectations.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm listening to it on Spotify right now as my vinyl has been delayed. Bloody loving it so far!

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Mary Grand @authormaryg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Start a new series this weekend. A Seaside Murder is FREE on Amazon Prime..or OFFER 99p. ' Re-inventing the cosy' . 'A fascinating whodunnit for the most demanding of amateur sleuths.' T.A. Williams click- www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Castle... #kindle #kindledeals #beach #IsleofWight #booksky #prime

Three book covers, one a snowy scene, the second the sea and cottages and third a village church.

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Available Light Photography @availablelightp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The crescent moon looked incredible last night. Earthshine gave the appearance of the moon being full. It was too dark to capture the Needles in the distance, but it was fun to be out. #IsleofWight #Moon #Photography

A large moon, in an almost dark sky with the illumination of a distant city. Several coastguard cottages are closer in the view, a headland and a lighthouse in the middle space.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I wrote about birds. AGAIN. This week: – the grisly truth about hoopoes – COOT FIGHT – the extraordinary journey of the white arse – hummingbird disguise tactics – stork webcam open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

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The Year of 100 Birds – Week 12

Hoopoe | Coot | Wheatear | Hummingbird | Stork

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I finally ordered the vinyl yesterday. I'm sure I hadn't already done so, but I might end up with 2 copies if my memory is playing tricks on me 😅

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My turntable is ready and waiting for this!

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Happy birthday to you 🥳🎉🌱

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Available Light Photography @availablelightp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Appley Tower in Ryde. Springtime sunshine and daffodils are shifting the winter gloom!

Yellow daffodils in bloom beside a Folly. The building appears like a small fairytale castle, it looks like a turret minus the rest of a castle. The sun has just risen and a burst of light bounces off the tower. A beach sits beyond.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Psychedelic Waves coloured vinyl for me please 😉

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Season finale. Some pictures from the last few weeks of Brighton's starling murmuration. More at open.substack.com/pub/finnhopson/p/season-finale

A starling murmuration next to Brighton's Palace Pier. The photograph was taken in the sea looking towards the illuminated helter skelter and fairground rides. The starlings are forming a dark black conical shape angling away from the pier.

A starling murmuration over the sea in Brighton at sunset. The West Pier can just be seen under the mass of birds in the sky. There is a hint of a reflection of the murmuration in the water beneath.

A starling murmuration over Brighton seafront. The birds are flying very low and close to the camera, almost filling the sky with black silhouettes.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Wow, that was powerful. The vocal is stunning, especially with those dangerously compelling lyrics.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I'm going in now. Looking forward to this one!

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Available Light Photography @availablelightp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Yarmouth Pier in the early Spring sunshine. It was a little tricky photographing it when it was devoid of people 😅 #IsleofWight #LandscapePhotography

A white railed pier, the view leading down to the end with a hut, flag , several benches and ornamental lamposts. The sky is blue with a few white fluffy clouds. The sea is calm but with a few waves rippling alongside the pier.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Some bird resources for the curious. Featherbase, an endlessly browseable photographic database of bird feathers. www.featherbase.info/en/home

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Featherbase

Vogelfedern einheimischer und exotischer Arten sicher bestimmen. Erfahren Sie Wissenswertes über die Vogelwelt und ihre Federn.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I heard you on 6 Music this morning 😊

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Thanks Lev. My husband's the photographer and he's pretty chuffed with it.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It's going to be a very long day 😅

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Most are but some overwinter here. I've seen them here during the winter, but they don't make their distinctive song then. I guess being that enthusiastic is a bit pointless before springtime!

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I shall be encouraging him to do so.

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Sharon Gascoigne @availablelight.bsky.social · 11/03/2025