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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 06/08/2026

Thought I'd get in on the hummingbird hawkmoth action this week. They're not at all easy!! #hummingbirdhawkmoth #hawkmoth #pollinators #insects

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 11/02/2026

A lot of rain lately and the floodplain is doing its job. Although it does mean #parkrun and #walks are out of the question just now. #LongrunMeadow #flooding #somerset #eastcoastkin #photography

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 08/01/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShortBeaks I'm going with a Wren, a Stonechat and a juvenile Greater Spotted Woodpecker #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding #BirdLife

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 23/12/2025

The sun popped out from behind the clouds and a female stonechat flitted onto the rushes. #photography #stonechat #rspbgreylake #rspb #greylake #somerset #winterbirds #birds

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 11/12/2025

Great choice. Here's mine from earlier in the year. #Coots&Moorhens #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 03/12/2025

Earlier this week i received this news. Very proud to say the least. #iphotography #winner #valencia #Spain #mirror #mirrors #reflection

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 04/11/2025

Cloud iridescence in Valencia this morning! I've never seen this before. #valencia #clouds #metereology #iridescence #cloudiridescence #photography

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 29/10/2025

Just a quick smartphone shot due to not having space for the camera, but i have to say, Berlin is looking incredible. A big change from when I was there last, early 2000s. #Berlin #photography #reichstag #bundestag

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 24/10/2025

This has been a battle! I took the data (270 x 2s exposures) on the 21st and it has taken until today to battle with Siril and Photoshop to get it acceptable. I'm very pleased with the result! #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #astrophotography #comet #cometlemmon #lemmon

Comet Lemmon streaks through the night sky.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 22/09/2025

Taken on this day in 2020, an electricity pylon from below. #WeekMforMemories #AlphabetChallenge

A pylon taken from below against a grey sky

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 22/09/2025

I rarely do studio work - I much prefer being outdoors, but when a project calls for "something blue", I have to crack out the lights and the lightbox. It's not the best photo, I'm well aware. But it certainly fits the #blueskymonday brief! Have a good week all. #photography

Various semi precious stones of varying shapes and sizes on a black background.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 14/09/2025

Been a busy week, but was delightful to get a break from it at St Mary's Lighthouse near Whitley Bay. For just a few short minutes the light was perfect. #lighthouse #sunset #evening #coast #ukcoast

A white lighthouse stand tall against a blue, pink and orange sky. It is reflected in the rock pools in the foreground

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 07/09/2025

Don't think I'll be seeing the #lunareclipse in Wakefield tonight.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 01/09/2025

And because my previous photo was rather tenuous for the Jet Black link, here's a photo I was rather "choughed" to capture on the Lizard in Cornwall a few years ago. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

A black chough stands on grass. Its red beak is striking.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 01/09/2025

I suppose you can't get much blacker than space, although as this photo shows, there's a heck of a lot of "not black" in our neighbourhood! This is the area around Polaris, the North Star. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

A cloud of orange and blue stars around the large blue star that is Polaris.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 27/08/2025

Very lucky to be at #PorlockMarsh in #Somerset at high tide and sunset on Saturday. The salt marsh floods when the tides are particularly high and sometimes that coincides with sunset or sunrise. Gorgeous. #PorlockMarshes #Exmoor #ExmoorNationalPark #Sunset #photography @exmoornp.bsky.social

A dead tree emerges from water at sunset. The sky is textured with hues of yellow. The reflections are sumptuous.

Dead wood emerges from water and is perfectly reflected. The sky is orange.

A dead tree emerges from water and is perfectly reflected. The sky is peach and blue/grey.

A dead tree and wood emerges from almost silvery water. With yellow and orange in the evening sky.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 26/08/2025

Maybe not internationally renowned or iconic, but this tidal salt marsh on old farmland in Somerset is very iconic in these parts. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIconic #porlock #porlockmarsh #photography #somerset #exmoor #exmoornationalpark

A lone dead tree emerges from the water of a flooded salt marsh. The orange sun sets in the background with moody clouds overhead.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 10/08/2025

Tonight's not quite full moon rising over Canary Wharf, London. Not bad considering that's shot through a dirty window of the Premier Inn! #moon #moonrise #London #canarywharf #moonhour #themoonhour

The orange moon rises over the London skyline

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 05/08/2025

Love this. This is my best so far. I really do need to try again.

The Pleiades shine pale blue in a sea of stars

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 04/08/2025

A black-legged kittiwake against the evening sky. Spotted on the quayside in Newcastle last week. #newcastle #bird #kittiwake #quayside #photography #iphotography

A small, white gull flies across the image. The sky is soft peach and pastel blue.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 25/07/2025

A stunning Echinacea flower spotted in the kitchen gardens at Sculpture by the Lake near #Dorchester #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Nature #Plants #Echinacea

A side on view of an Echinacea flower. The pastel pink petals frame the bottom of the image and the flower head is green with orange spikes. It's all on a delicately green/cream background.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 03/07/2025

Softly swaying, the silvery cygnet slices serenely through shimmering shallows, scattering sunlight as it sails. #iPhotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAliteration #ArtChallenges #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

A young cygnet covered in water droplets swims across the water.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 01/07/2025

A muddle-minded mini moorhen, meekly meandering the mossy margins, most miffed at the mere mention of moisture. #WeekAForAlliteration #AlphabetChallenge

A fluffy black moorhen chick with a red and yellow beak paddles at the margins of a pond contemplating whether or not to go for a swim.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 25/06/2025

Had a nice hour or so after work getting some practise in with my macro lens. #sony #macro #insects #watergateforestpark #newcastle #gateshead #photography

A red/brown beetle crawls over the stamen of a white flower.

A hoverfly sits on a purple thistle flower.

A ladybird is seen searching for aphids on the seed head of a cow parsley plant

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 28/05/2025

Four spotted chaser photographed at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall earlier in the week. The place is full of insects at the moment. #photography #hamwall #rspb #insect #dragon #dragonfly

A yellow and brown dragon fly rests on a beige reed stalk. The background is soft, muted greens.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 27/05/2025

Juvenile male great spotted woodpecker seen at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall yesterday morning. #bird #photography #rspb #hamwall #juvenile #woodpecker

A juvenile greater spotted woodpecker peeks out from behind a dead birch tree. The bird has a striking red patch on its head and is looking right at the camera. The dead tree is gnarly with flaking bark.

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James Palmer @jpcreative.uk · 07/05/2025

Another shot of the egret from #RSPB #Greylake at the weekend. #photography

A white egret leaps into the air in front of brown and green reeds.

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