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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Early signs of #Autumn as these two leaves are slowly curling in on themselves as they wither and dry on the tree. #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome

Image shows two leaves one in front of the other still attached to an out of view branch that are slowly dessicating and drying out with the nearest leaf curling in on itself while the second leaf which is immediately behind the first is just beginning to show signs of curling in on itself. Both clearly show the arteries and veins that give the leaves structure and once circulated sap to provide and move nutrients around the leaves and the tree.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The River Itchen - Winchester in Hampshire. A globally rare chalk stream that has crystal clear water because it has been filtered through layers of chalk before emerging through springs to create the river. #GreenSat #ColorADay #Landscape #Nature

The River Itchen from the College bridge Winchester Hampshire flowing from under some trees towards the bridge revealing patches of water plants and gravel river bed.

The River Itchen from the Pilgrims Trail South of the College Bridge showing the far bank, crystal clear water and water plants.

The River Itchen from the Pilgrims trail South of th e College Bridge showing the crystal clear water and water plants.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ACross Orb Weaver Spider (Araneus diadematus) for #MacroMonday #Macro #<acroPhotography #Spiders #Nature

A Cross Orb Weaver Spider (Araneus diadematus) in the centre of its web in our greenhoiuse. Its camoflage is a wonderful mix of brown, beige, white and some black with a distinctive white cross pattern on its abdomen close to the point where it joins the cephalothorax which is the front part of the spider combining the head and thorax.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A majestic Beech tree dwarfing the buildings behind it in the grounds at Winchester Cathedral #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees

A Beech tree sits between two partially out of view taller trees on the left and right of the image. The Beech tree is just beginning to change colour and has a slight orange tint while still mainly green. The houses which the trees dwarf are mainly an orange brick similar to the tint of the Beech leaves

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A red rose seen through feathery indistinct foliage. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed

A single red rose against a pale out of focus background. The rose is seemn through the out of focus and barely visible foliage and stems of Verbena Bonariensis

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A yellow rose against a blue sky background. #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Roses #RoseWednesday

the stem of a rose eters the image from the bottom left hand corner angled on the diagonal towards the top right corner. Across the middle of the image an open yellow rose bloom sits in the centre surrounded by blue sky with the rose bloom angled on the opposite diagonal i.e. top left to botoom right.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Light and shadow -Winchester Cathedral #ColorADay #BWFri #Architecture #Monochrome #B&W #WinchesterCathedral

Looking up at one of the intricately decorated ceilings in Winchester Cathedral. The ceiling is divided into four sections by beans each section is made up of 32 individual squares in and 8 by four layout and each individual square has the same geometric flower like pattern within it. The walls leading up to the ceiling are a mix of pillars amd arches. The arches on the right hand side of the image are windows letting in light those at the top and bottom of the image lead to other areas of the church and the arch on the left had side shows part of another ceiling in another part of the Cathedral.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A peaceful sunrise across ploughed fields witnessed this morning during an early bimble with the dog. Just cold enough to tingle the nose letting you know that autumn is here. A flock of honking but unseen geese flew by on their way to breakfast. #Stunday #Sunrise #SundayYellow #ColorADay #OrangeSun

Freshly ploughed fields fill the foreground - a mix of brown earth and scattered yellow straw storks from the harvest. A line of distant trees and low hills mark the point where earth meets sky where there is a thin band of orange and yellow which fades into the blue sky which fills the top half of the image filled with wisppy white translucent clouds. The sun is just peeking out over a slight dip in the distant low hills just the the left of centre.My favourite twin Oaks stand out above the horizon towards the right hand edge of the image.It was a fresh slightly chilly start to the day today and I could feel the cold air on my face and hands and in my nostrils early signs of the changing season as Autumn takes hold. A very peaceful and calm morning :)

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Hippy | SCHOOL BONDS SQUIRREL 🎗️🌻🐿 @hippysquirrel.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Good morning to this chipmunk and sparrow duo who bravely foraged despite the rain. Should they start a band? If so, what would it be called? 🤔

A chipmunk and a sparrow on a patchy grass lawn. It appears rainy and the light is a bit overcast. The chipmunk holds a nut.

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mollygagne11-63.bsky.social @mollygagne11-63.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hello=) Gabby @gabbydp.bsky.social 💙Dear Gabby🌸for your simplicity,your authenticity,and that sweet thoughtso true “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference.” Jane Goodall🫶 #Photography #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky

"The Adriatic Sea separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. It covers an area of 138,595 km², extending from the mouth of the Po, the Venetian Lagoon, and the Gulf of Trieste to the Strait of Otranto—which it includes—where it joins the Ionian Sea."

"La mer Adriatique sépare la péninsule italienne de la péninsule des Balkans. Elle couvre une superficie de 138 595 km², s'étendant de l'embouchure du Pô, de la lagune de Venise et du golfe de Trieste jusqu'au détroit d'Otrante qu'elle englobe où elle rejoint la mer Ionienne."

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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongBeak, birds with long beaks set by @robcrank68.bsky.social for @alan678.bsky.social - Have to go with another of the beautiful close-up shots of the Kingfishers recently at Magor Marsh - South Wales 😍 😍🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK

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Ruby Ingle @ringle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Good morning!

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CHRISTINE MARIA @cristingitana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

»In ihrem schönsten Kleide Stehn alle Bäume gelb und rot, Sie sterben einen leichten Tod, Sie wissen nichts von Leide.« Hermann HESSE „Oktober”

Mein Foto zeigt den mittleren Teil eines Baumes in Herbstfärbung. Seine hellbraunen Blätter
leuchten im Sonnenschein.
Ma photo montre la partie médiane d'un arbre aux couleurs d'automne. Ses feuilles brun clair brillent au soleil.

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CHRISTINE MARIA @cristingitana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

»Friede ist nicht Abwesenheit von Krieg. Friede ist eine Tugend, eine Geisteshaltung, eine Neigung zu Güte, Vertrauen und Gerechtigkeit.« BARUCH DE SPINOZA

In Rosa blühende Kakteen, aufgenommen in der freien Natur auf Sizilien.
Des cactus fleurissant en rose, pris en pleine nature en Sicile.

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CHRISTINE MARIA @cristingitana.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wo verbirgt sich die Wahrheit in einer Welt der Täuschungen und Lügen? Où se cache la vérité dans un monde de tromperies et de mensonges?

Ich stehe auf dem erdigen, braunen Uferboden des Luganer Sees ganz nah am Wasser. Im Vordergrund hängen herbstlich bunte Zweige
tief ins Bild herab. Durch sie hindurch gelingt der Blick auf den Monte San Salvatore am gegenüberliegenden Ufer. Ein Glitzern der Herbstsonne liegt ufernah rechts auf dem Wasser. Das Bild strahlt eine friedliche Atmosphäre aus. Ich habe es Ende Oktober 2017 aufgenommen.

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Sonnenschein @lyphshro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Die wichtigen Teile existieren in den Pausen zwischen den Worten. Margaret Atwood

Nahaufnahme einer Rispen-Hortensie mit hellgrünlichen Blüten und kleinen Knospen vor einem dunklen Hintergrund.

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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#SundayYellow #Bees #Gardens 🌱Gentle landings 🍁🐝💛

A zinnia started long ago as a seed in my kitchen continues to thrive in our garden. This flower lines a pathway drawing pollinators to the vegetable patch. A bumble bee rests on a vibrant yellow petal in our October garden

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R. Pangan @rmpangan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They missed the summer party, but showed up anyway.✨️ 👋 #SundayYellow #Stunday #MyGarden #nasturtium #flowers #gardening #edibleflowers #yellowflowers #coloraday #colouraday #ECK #gardenshour 📸 Sept 28 -Oct 1

Four nasturtiums in my garden in vibrant shades of yellow. Each has five soft vibrant yellow petals, with red markings near the centre. Funnel-shaped with a long nectar spur at the back. Long slender stems. Rounded green leaves that attached at the centre.

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Lycoreia @lycoreia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Lycoreia @lycoreia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Lycoreia @lycoreia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

incantation

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Coko @cccoko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On our way to brunch this morning. ⛰️🌲🌳 #Nature #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography

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Guido Bibra @guidobibra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

City Views on Tour #1385 Analog Berlin Wideangle 55 The Edge East Side Tower seen from the Warschauer Straße U-Bahn station. #photography #cityviews #berlin #kreuzberg #cityphotography #streetphotography #analogphotography #filmphotography #minolta #fomapan200 foto.bibra-medien.de...

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Anja Jessen @anjajessen.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

Things are still not right in my world and I’ll be (mostly) gone for another month or so. But I just went for a walk before the mid-day heat and stole some delicious figs from a tree. And the pomegranates are doing well too. #Puglia #StunDay #GoodThings

A pomegranate hanging from a branch, seen at an angle from slightly below its, ahem, equator. Its skin is beginning to switch from green to red. Bright sunshine, more branches with fruit in the back.

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Kevin Miranda @kevinmiranda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Superman by Lee Bermejo

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good Saturday morning Morning moon over sunrise sky Wishing you a peaceful and pleasant day...

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David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this is as close as one could feel the close margins of that day and we had known the heat of prejudice as one sees the sky darken in an oppressive mood or a reasonable storm that passes one could say a city was not a place we sensibly should have visited but one could say so many things #poetry

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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Alan H, via Rob, has said the #BirdOfTheDay, theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage. The Alt theme is #LongBeak, birds with long beaks. #birds #ECK #photography I'm going with the Alternative theme with a Long-billed Dowitcher!

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Skittles @skittlesmom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mammoth Springs at Yellowstone National Park

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Sandra Aamodt @sandra-aamodt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rufous casiornis in the rain at Fazenda Barranco Alto in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for #SmallBirdSaturday #birds

Wet cinnamon flycatcher with a pale belly, standing on a diagonal branch, facing away from the camera with its head turned to the left, against a background of blurred leaves and sticks. Its scientific name is Casiornis rufus.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had to visit the wayback machine to find a good photo for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Black&Red. From 2010 here is a Red-breasted Sapsucker, who brought the family to dine on the birch tree in my yard. 🪶📷

From what I read Northern Red-breasted Sapsuckers don’t have a great difference between male and female? With a redhead and breast, black and white wings and white underbelly this bird appears to have a blue ring around its eye. It is perched on a diagonal branch that is just riddled with holes it has drilled in the bark.

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Andrew Kaizer @andrewkaizer.com · 03/10/2026

A #RedWingedBlackbird perched behind a lovely green backdrop. A smaller nature preserve in my area right by the Fox River affords many great looks and backdrops of greens and browns to help accentuate our birdy friends. June 2026 in St. Charles, IL (Ferson Creek Fen NP) #birds

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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Red-headed Woodpecker Marshlands Conservancy near Rye NY from my archive. #Birdoftheday #Black&Red #Birds

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Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Scarlet-Bellied Mountain Tanager from Wayqecha, Peru for today's #blackandred theme for #birdoftheday. Please excuse the flashes of bright blue tucked away.

A bird with black and red (and some blue tucked away) plumage perched on a branch and looking over its shoulder.

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Jim Phillips @jmnphillips.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The same great blue heron right after it swallowed a fish, Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, MD #birds #herons

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Jim Phillips @jmnphillips.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A great blue heron right the pond that drains into Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, MD #birds #herons

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Greenwings Wildlife Holidays @greenwingstours.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The False Apollo (Archon apollinus). One of Europe’s rarest & most beautiful butterflies. Photos show eggs (laid on Aristolochia), the striking caterpillar, and both sexes of the adult (female top, male bottom). 📸 All taken on our spring holiday in northern Greece. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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✨️ Kateness @starlinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wispytail on decaf 💤🐿 ...

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Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fall kayak ride. Had been 38 degrees F earlier in morning, but warmed up to the 50’s. Blue sky and blue water are unedited joy! #nature #kayaking #lake #minnesota #naturephotography

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