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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 16h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks, which gives me an opportunity to share yet another shot of puffins from Lunga in May. #birds #photography

Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) that were knocking thier beaks together.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#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.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name) and the Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the species. I am therefore claiming a twofer with this Great tit, a member of the Paridae. #birds #photography

A great tit (Parus major) feeding on birdseed atop a wooden fence.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. I think this robin meets the brief. #birds #photography

A European robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on a slim branch, preparing for takeoff.

The photo is SOOC - no editing at all, just resized for BS.

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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.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, birds looking plump, and the Alt theme is #Brown, birds with brown in their plumage, so I reckon this robin constitutes a twofer. #birds #photography

A European robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on a fence, looking a bit grumpy.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Was in Asda earlier, they had mince pies. With a 'best before' date of 6th Nov. Just right if your family eats mince pies on Bonfire Night.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 23/09/2026

Of all the books we've been recommended for our #HumanistBookshelf, Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark has been recommended more than any other. It's easy to see why.

‘I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues... when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.’ Carl Sagan. Cosmologist, author, humanist.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors and the Alt is #Corvids. Turns out I got shots of both during a session at Willow Tree Fen, Lincolnshire, back in July. The raptor is a marsh harrier and the corvid, a carrion crow (probably). #birds #photography

A western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) flying low over grassy marshland.

A carrion crow (Corvus corone) in flight against a blue sky.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, any bird with a Red on its head/beak. This oystercatcher has a red beak and a red eye. #birds #photography

A Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) standing on a pebbled shoreline, a small wave breaking in the background.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gerry Gilet brilliant for the reds this afternoon. #LFC

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026

'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The other day I had a 330 mile drive. Google Maps, providing navigation, blatantly lied to me three times during this drive. Twice that the current congestion was due to roadworks (there were no roadworks) and once that another holdup was due to a collision, which was also completely untrue.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, Duck or Goose, so here's a shoveler. #birds #photography

A male northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) swimming from left to right.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #BirdyLongLegs; any bird with legs that look way too long for its body. Here's a black-winged stilt wading through swampy grassland. #birds #photography

A black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) walking through swampy grassland at Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Catalonia, Spain.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Apart from flapping under the ball for their goal, I thought Mamardashvili had an outstanding game tonight. #LFC

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, so here's a mallard couple. #birds #photography

Female and male mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) walking on a riverbank.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just reading about Ronald Araujo and it turns out he was once sent off for Barca in the UCL for fouling Bradley Barcola when Barcola was at PSG. How times change. #LFC www.lfchistory.net/players/2455

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Ronald Araujo - 5 appearances for Liverpool FC - LFChistory.net

Ronald Araujo: 5 appearances for Liverpool FC. Debut 23 August 2026.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #MyBestSide, bird capture in profile. Thus we have a gannet staring into space. #birds #photography

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Typical flat post-UCL Saturday game. Even Klopp's teams struggled in similar games. We go again. Up the Reds. #LFC

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Black&White, so here's a pied wagtail steppin' out. #birds #photography

A pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) walking through short grass on a windy day.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Good win for #LFC. Lots of very good individual performances, but a mention for Rio Ngumoha, who I thought gave a much more mature performance tonight than we have previously seen.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Further to my last post, Looe was looking good earlier.

West Looe and the Looe river, looking upstream from the East Looe harbour wall.

Looe river and entrance to the harbour looking upstream from the Banjo Pier.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bought myself a new polo shirt this afternoon. Stylish and a middle finger to the fascists. #RNLI

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just remembered this one for today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme of #BirdBuddies - a mallard and a little egret. #birds #photography

A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and a little egret (Egretta garzetta) facing each other among verdant grasses. Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Catalonia, Spain, last April.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #BirdsInGreen - any shade of green on a bird's plumage. This is Dave the Duck. I don't normally anthropomorphise birds but this character had taken up residence at a camp site I stayed at a few days ago and honestly he justified having a name. #birds #photography

Closeup head shot of a male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #InFlight, so here's a lesser black-backed gull. (At least I think it is.) #birds #photography

A lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) in flight against a clear blue sky.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Currently trending No.1 (can't be arsed taking a screenshot) - "Newcastle thrash Ipswich". They really shouldn't let AI anywhere near facts.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's official, lads. We're winning everything. #LFC

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Missed Chris Rea, who was supporting Lindisfarne at Leeds Poly. This would have been late 70s and we were at the gig, but had no idea who he was, so we stayed in the bar through his set. 🤷‍♂️ I'm not sharing the Isotope/Gong story, too embarrassing. 😳

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One thing I haven't seen mentioned in discussion of the Netherlands moving tonnes of gold from the US to the Bank of England - the Governor of the BoE before the current incumbent, who surely helped maintain/lift the BoE's reputation? Mark Carney Yes, that Mark Carney.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I suspect that for many Canadians, the feeling is mutual.

Screenshot of Bluesky's 'Trending' widget, one item of which reads 'Republicans view Canada as unfriendly'.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Had to share this one. Been trying to get a half-decent shot of a long-tailed tit for ages. Got this one this afternoon. #birds #photography

A long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus), perched on a near vertical branch.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #BirdsOfAFeather - any capture of a flock of birds, so here's an octet of oystercatchers. #birds #photography

A small flock of Eurasian or European oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight.

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