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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Saturday was a glorious autumn day here in Ceredigion #BirdingWales (shame it didn't last) , the farmer cut the field behind our house which brought out the local buzzards and Red kites #BirdOfTheDay #Blueskies #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth mine is the local Chiffchaff well camouflaged in our unhappy conifer #BirdingWales

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #scruffy this robin, taken in the garden, looking slightly disgruntled at its lack of elegance #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of my favourite garden birds, the unassuming, but very beautiful dunnock. In keeping with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme it has a #mouthful of something's legs #BirdingWales

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Long-tailed tits provided a lovely distraction from gardening this afternoon #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Well, the teasel I planted last year has been a great success. In flower the pollinators loved it and today the goldfinch arrived for the seeds #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lovely to catch the nuthatch in the garden this morning #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

One of the local buzzards circling over the house the other day #BirdingWales #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Well I'm quite pleased with these - even managing to see the Goldcrests is lovely but actually getting a recognisable photo very much a bonus. Also meets today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #ASplashOfColour - taken this morning in my garden #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice this appears to be my last photo (taken last week) of the local Swifts for this year, as there's been a distinct lack of them over the last few days - I miss their screaming already and look forward to their return next year #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This young robin (or possibly robins) has been bobbing round the garden this last week #BirdOfTheDay #ForJanet #BirdingWales #Birds

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

The local herring gulls have taken to using the telegraph pole in the corner of our garden to survey the neighbourhood #BirdOfTheDay #Gulls #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SummerLovin can't think of anything more appropriate than the local swifts, which I have become slightly obsessed with photographing, usually badly. Watching them scream and wheel across the sky is an absolute joy. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

One of the local sparrows thinking about a drink in this hot weather #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The wren continues to serenade me while I garden #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

With my camera (and more importantly my photographic skill, or lack of it) quite pleased to actually capture the local swifts. I have plenty of empty blue sky photos as well 😅 #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The local rookery is now quiet again as the fledglings have left the nests, as have the chimney pot jackdaws, but that just means flocks of corvids wheeling and chattering overhead, which fits the #BirdOfTheDay theme #black #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

More fledglings, blue tits this time, in safer perches and getting fed #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Always a joy to see fledglings in the garden, but they do cause me some angst. Witness this little Robin, resting in the doghouse (we have no dogs, the previous owners left it behind, but there are plenty of neighbourhood felines) and then on the low wall. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

One of this year's House Sparrow fledglings, making lots of 'feed-me' cheeps, without notable success it has to be said #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #FoodInBeaks - taken last autumn as a Brambling feasted on the garden sunflowers #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen and these loved-up woodpigeons in the garden appear to fit the bill #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Today we had newt tug of war in the pond #newts ##amphibians #ponds #ukwildlife

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Always a joy to watch the newts in our pond #newts #amphibians #ponds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I love the sheer range of calls the local rooks seem to have, but at this time of year, what's known in our house as unhappy rook (official definitions are available) is a sure sign that one of the local kites has entered the no-fly zone near the rookery and is duly chased off #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Always enjoy the wrens singing in the garden, but difficult to photo (well for me at any rate). So I was delighted when this one decided that the top of the conifer was a good place to announce its presence. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Mountain Ash is still a favourite singing post for the Robin, just harder to see now it's in full leaf #BirdingWales #Birds Also meets the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #photogenic birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

While Gardening yesterday heard quite a loud tapping noise, to discover the nuthatch after insects in the oak tree. Also, the village swifts are back screaming and flying overhead 😊. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Peek-a-Boo one of the local House Sparrows popping out from the garden conifer #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The seed feeder did get emptied very quickly after the local Rooks came to help - residue of a mouthful rather than an actual mouthful for the alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay #Mouthful #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

When it's gone it's gone - Last Hurrah at the seed feeder. In line with the new advice when it's empty, any minute now with this queue, it'll be coming down for the summer. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Multi-tasking Blackbird - mouth full of food, but stopped on the wire above the house to have a sing #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I surprised the siskin this afternoon, but amazingly it didn't fly off just perched for its photograph #BirdingWales #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Green

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

On the basis that it's not a brilliant flier and has absolutely no sense of caution/danger (hence the close ups) I'm guessing this is an early Chaffinch fledgling #BirdingWales #Birds #BirdOftheDay #ABCD

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Song Thrush has been in glorious song since February, but mostly from a neighbour's tree. Yesterday singing in my garden #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The robin continues to enjoy last year's 'do it yourself feeder' prize from the Village Fair #BirdingWales #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

More swallows over the house today, if not the best photos #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

For once, photos of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, not on my feeder, but on the pole in the field behind the house. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The local rooks and jackdaws have already helped themselves to twigs from my trees to build their nests, yesterday I was slightly surprised to find it was the crows' turn, as they rarely venture into the garden #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is a truly terrible photo of an Eider (probably) - in my defence I was actually photographing the waves - Portsoy, Scotland over the Easter weekend - to my shame it was only when I downloaded the photos that I noticed them at all 😂 #Birds #seascape #landscape

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Mr and Mrs Siskin turned up at the feeder - which was brilliant #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The collared doves often perch in my oak tree, enjoying the sunshine and a bit of mutual preening here. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The local red kites were low over the garden in today's sunshine #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Comedy Collared Dove as #birdoftheday #feeders - the tray of this feeder is big enough for the collared doves to get on and even share with a starling, but this one also decided that resting on the top was a really good idea - both taken through the window so not the best photos #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Woodpecker has been putting in an appearance at the feeder for the last couple of days #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Still very busy nest building at the local rookery and now coming to get smaller twigs from the garden #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Hurrah - Sunshine! Spent several hours in the garden enjoying the local bird life. Along with the usual tits, robins, chaffinches, dunnocks and starlings, the siskin turned up. The blackbird was enjoying the berries on the ivy which covers the trunk of one of our trees. #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This local chimney pot is a regular nesting haunt for the jackdaws, having spent the last month surveying the site they're now in building mode #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There may be trouble ahead - Bluetits and Great Tits both checking out the same nest box 5 minutes apart #BirdingWales #Birds

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gallc.bsky.social @gallc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Meanwhile, the noise levels at the local Rookery have been gradually increasing over the last month and they've now started raiding my trees for nesting material again #BirdingWales #Birds

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