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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Petition Introduce legislation in England to make it a specific, standalone criminal offence to intentionally or recklessly use, discharge or attempt to discharge a catapult or slingshot at or towards any animal. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

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Petition: Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence

Introduce legislation in England to make it a specific, standalone criminal offence to intentionally or recklessly use, discharge or attempt to discharge a catapult or slingshot at or towards any anim...

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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🪶 Thanks @alan678.bsky.social for #BirdOfTheDay theme: #FlowerPower. Any bird capture with a flower in view. Here’s a Whitethroat amongst the Gorse flowers during late Spring #DERBYSHIRE @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #bird #birding #UKbirds

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Steve Nash @stevenash71.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A disappointing night for migrants in St Mellion, with no obvious new arrivals, however this spectacular Vestal (R. sacraria) aberration made it worth the effort in the torrential rain and thunderstorms. I've never seen anything quite like it. #teammoth

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Worth every scratch and poke" - the reward for an uncomfortable crawl on a cut crop field. 📷Hares © Daryl Peters

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

From last night trapping at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland, 87 of 15 species. A nice Chevron which was a first for me and my thinking of the other pictured, is it possibly Celypha lacunana. #teammoth #ukmothid

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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reed Bunting in a sea of Yellow Rapeseed #BirdOfTheDay #BuntingBirds #Birds

Reed bunting perched on the top of a Rapeseed plant in a field of Rapeseed.

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’m helping save Coul Links. Will you? Coul Links is a beautiful and unique wildlife habitat in the Scottish Highlands. But it is threatened once again with development. Join me in urging Scottish Ministers to say no to this damaging application. action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

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Save Coul Links!

Your voice could help save this precious habitat from a new threat of development.

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linda2.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

More images from my day with a fox family. Remembering the vulnerability of wildlife and the need for protection. Go pick up a camera. Any camera will do! 📸 #UKWildlife #FoxoftheDay #Fox #WorldPhotographyDay #Nature #PhotographersUnited

The same fox retreated to a bush when a car drove by. This fox is peeping through the bushes making sure the coast is clear. I am sat in the other side of the drive when our eyes met.

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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #UnusualPlaces any bird that turns up in a place where you wouldn't normally expect to see it! - Hoopoe on Swansea Seafront - South Wales - a bird that sometimes overshoots land when migrating in Spring and ends up in the UK 😍🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Good morning birders. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BestFootForward- any bird taking a step forward or standing on one leg. #ASplashOfColour- Celebrate vibrant plumage or colourful backgrounds that complement the bird. #birds #photography #ECK

A Little Egret coming in to land on a lush green field, its brilliant white wings fully spread and its long black leg extended forward, with yellow-green feet reaching towards the ground. Its slender black bill points ahead and its alert eye is clearly visible. Sunlight illuminates the delicate wing feathers, while the softly blurred green grass and sparkling highlights in the background add a fresh, vibrant feel to the scene.

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Steve Sanderson @steve-sando1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Nice to see Common snipe back from their northern breeding grounds. Bodmin moor this week. #birds #birding

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Very well done Sainsbury's in Wareham...but the idiots will just buy them elsewhere. Single use BBQs need to be banned outright.

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Two from a week or so back from Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland, thinking 1st one is a Hedya species but really stuck on both. Sorry not the best images #ukmoth #teammoth

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John Malloy @johnmalloy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

19 May 2018 - an obliging Rose-coloured Starling frequenting a garden at North Seaton, Ashington. #NEbirding

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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I never considered myself a photographer, just someone who took snaps on walks, but some lovely comments about my landscape photos has almost convinced me that I am! I am going to actually get some printed and see what they look like. Here are some of my favs!

An autumn scene on the canal with a canal boat and a bridge in the distance and autumn leaves in the foreground

A winter, frosty scene. The view under a bridge with the reeds and trees bathed in sunshine

A lockside house and lock on a canal bathed in orange early morning light

The sun rising through the mist behind the tree

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bobpop13.bsky.social @bobpop13.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is going back to basics with a theme of #Gulls, any Gull will do. Glaucous Gull at Port Seton.

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

went to visit the Merlins a little earlier this evening...beautiful light for these gorgeous birds🥰 #birds

a Merlin on a fence post with one foot raised. The bird is various shades of brown with dark streaks on the chest.

A Merlin taking off from a fence post with the wings raised straight up.

Merlin on a fence post looking toward the camera. It is eating a Dragonfly.

Merlin on a fence post with barbed wire along the bottom of the photo.

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Dundee Birding (stonefaction) @dundeebirding.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Male Marsh Harrier at Loch of Kinnordy, 11/7/26. #UKWildlife #BirdingScotland

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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 14/07/2026

BREAKING: The Church of England makes landmark commitment to... business as usual? 🤔 This comes at the same time that the Church announces new teachings for the "mass extinction crisis". The Church of England can talk the talk, but clearly they can't walk the (nature) walk. #SynodVoteForNature

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another trap from last night in South Ayrshire Scotland, 103 of 34 species. My thinking is No1 is a Cloaked Minor and hoping 2nd is a Powdered Rustic but is probably a Rustic. #ukmoths #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bulrush Wainscot (Nuneaton VC38 23/7/26) Only the 3rd record for the garden & boxfresh too. #teammoth

Bullrush Wainscot (3rd Garden record 1st in 2018 2nd 2024)

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Absolute madness. Kent County Councillors voted 37–31 to approve a plan to extend a quarry. It will destroy at least 41 hectares of Oaken Wood. The existing Gallagher Aggregates quarry site has already resulted in the loss of approximately 31 hectares of ancient woodland." via Protect the Wild

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just take a moment to listen 😍

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Another trapping in Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland, 49 of 21 species including two pictured of which I'm not sure of. Is it possible that 1st is Catoptria falsella but absolutely not idea as to the 2nd. #teammoth #ukmoths

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

From the trap last night at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland, 34 of 15 species. Thinking 1st is Eucosma campoliliana, 2nd Delplanqueia dilutella, both first for me, but stuck on the 3rd. #ukmoths #teammoth

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

'Sad Fairy' called Bubopsis andromache

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

61 of 16 species from last nights trap at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland. Is it possible this is the Apple Ermine, Yponomeuta malinellus. #ukmoths #teammoth

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What a useless, irrelevant shower they are.....

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Barrhead Birder @barrheadbirder.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My first trapping for ages here at Ardmillan South Ayrshire, 34 of 13 species this morning including this Gold Spot. #moths #lepidoptera #ukmoths

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Steve Sanderson @steve-sando1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Female Yellowhammer on Bodmin moor this week. #birds #Birding

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

'Come fly with me' A Swallowtail. This species will forever remain as one of my most favourite butterflies, no matter where I go or what else I see.

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toritori @toritorihkd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

これを隙間と呼んでいいものか…🤔 お祭りに参加したかったのよー‼️🪶 ところでアカゲラが蝶や蛾の成虫を咥えているの珍しい気がする。ずっと嘴からはみ出てた… #キツツキん曜日 #隙間からこんにちはシリーズ #納涼隙間祭り＜7月・8月＞ #隙間とは #nature #photography #wildlife #GreatSpottedWoodpecker #アカゲラ #birds #野鳥 #Japan #BirdsSeenIn2026

A Great Spotted Woodpecker is perched on a tree trunk, holding a brown moth crosswise in its bill. The bird is partially framed by out-of-focus green leaves in the foreground, with soft green and white bokeh filling the background.
木の幹にとまったアカゲラが、茶色いガをくちばしに横向きにくわえている。手前にはぼけた緑の葉が入り、背景は緑と白の柔らかな玉ボケになっている。

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Male Reed Bunting in Alnmouth dunes.

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Steve Sanderson @steve-sando1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Meadow Pipit on Bodmin moor. #birds #birding

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A lovely encounter with this gorgeous Roe Deer buck early the other morning. We stared at each other for quite a while, neither of us moving, and then both went about our days! 🦌 📷 🤎 Wishing you all a happy Wednesday and new month ahead! 🕊️👋 #Mammals #Photography #Nature #UKWildlife #ECK #Deer

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 29/06/2026

I have definitely posted my #BestOfJune26 already, but I do like this roseate spoonbill from a couple weeks back quite a bit. 🙂 #BirdOfTheDay #ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Birds #Spoonbills

A small pink and white spoonbill stands in very shallow water, facing the camera, its head cocked to one side. Its legs and lower body are reflected in the water below.

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Carol Spicuzza @spicuzza-art.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The picture-wing fly. No Photoshopping here...those are its actual eyes. It does a little mating dance like some sort of tiny bird. #MacroMonday #ECK #photography #nature #insects

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Tony Beales @tonybeales.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It's #flyday so I had another go at photographing a barn swallow in flight, exiting a dark shed into sunlight. This is much better than my earlier post - closer for smaller crop, slower shutter & wider aperture for lower ISO, sacrificing depth of field for more detail 📍Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #birds

A barn swallow in flight, wings fully outstretched and curving upwards, tail streamers out behind, photographed from slightly below against a completely black background.

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Andy Howard @andyhowardphoto.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

#Puffin selection from this years trip to #Shetland Which is your favourite? 😎👍🏻

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