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Mark Duggan

@markduggan.bsky.social
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Nature lover, photographer..losing sleep over climate change and a world influenced by dangerous, self serving egomaniacs! Note: All photographs are my own work unless otherwise stated.

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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - SPEAR-FISHING: #Kingfisher #birds
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - SPEAR-FISHING: 

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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Loving the wet weather in the UK this week! #kingfisher #birds
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Red Fox – (Vulpes vulpes) THE DAWN FOX: This is one of three juveniles that live locally to me and it was a pleasure to observe them play fighting this morning as the sun came up. #fox #foxes #foxoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Into the light. #puffin #skomer #kentphotographer
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) - Rescued and living out life in the UK. #barbarymacaque #macaque #worldphotographyday
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) - Watching me intently in the early morning - Lyndhurst New Forest. #deer #fallowdeer
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) - The UK's smallest tern, its precarious nesting habits and sites coupled with its decline in Europe make it an amber listed species in the UK and very much under threat :( #littletern #terns #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Ringed Plover Chick (Charadrius hiaticula) - So pleased that the Ringed Plovers I had been observing earlier in the year have had a second brood following the loss their first clutch of eggs to predation. #ringedplover #plover #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Hunting silently for field voles in the golden hour at Elmley NNR. #barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Hunting at golden hour. #owl #shortearedeowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Came across this juvenile enjoying lunch on our woodland walk yesterday….simply beautiful to watch! #blackbird #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Hunting silently for field voles in the blue hour. #barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Low-Light Hunter: These remarkable Owls have some extraordinary adaptations to help them hunt at night, such as incredibly sensitive hearing and the ability to spot movement in very low light. #barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - ON THE FENCE: Dawn light at Oare Marshes. #greyheron #heron #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Concealed in its burrow on Skomer Island. #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Close fly-by. #owl #shortearedeowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Little Owl (Athene noctua) - incoming. #owl #littleowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Little Owl (Athene noctua) #owl #littleowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Get off my rock! #northerngannet #rspb #rspb_bemptoncliffs #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It’s unfortunate but true that our world is host to mindless sacks of shit…and these two are prime examples of the type. The fact that they have lacked the moral compass to explain their reprehensible actions, adds further insult to their despicable act of vandalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Men jailed for felling 'irreplaceable' Sycamore Gap tree
One of the men's lawyers says felling the Sycamore Gap tree was an act of
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
European shag (Gulosus aristotelis) off the Pembrokeshire coast at last light. #shag #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) - Mum and juvenile...probing the bark of the tree for insects and larvae - my contribution for #WoodpeckerWednesday #woodpecker #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - The disagreement - I watched these two get into a fight and lock beaks...fascinating to watch! #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - Final Approach! #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - Late afternoon and back to shore....no fish :( #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Portrait...with a seafood lunch on Skomer Island. #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with sandeels in its beak on Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) over Skomer Island…my contribution for #TwosDay - enjoy! #puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography #Duos #Doubles #TwosDay
A pair of puffins in synchronised flight.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Inbound in the late afternoon over Skomer Island. #puffin #rspb #skomer
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Inbound in the late afternoon over Skomer Island.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin portrait - Skomer Island.
High key image of an Atlantic Puffin portrait - taken on Skomer Island.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Photographed on Skomer Island last week. #puffin #rspb #skomer
Atlantic Puffin in flight over Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire Wales.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
rspb.org.uk
Urgent call for licensing of grouse shoots following record high for killed or missing Hen Harriers
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Blue Tit Fledgling (Cyanistes caeruleus) - Trying to cool off in the UK 🥵 (The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year with temperatures passing 30C, as amber heat health alerts are in place across the whole of England).
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - UK Conservation status: Red. According to the BTO, there has been a marked drop in numbers in the UK, with the breeding population suffering a decline of 82% between 1970 and 2022!
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Barn Owl - Close encounter - - Kent. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #shortearedowl #owls #barnowl
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Fallow Deer (plus headgear) - Knole Park #fallowdeer #autumn #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #WildlifePhotography #mammals
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I am a Barbary Macaque - Just so we are clear, I’m consigned to a life of captivity as a result of deforestation, hunting and the illegal pet trade..all this is inflicted on me by humankind…now you know why I look so utterly depressed! #monkey #macaque #barbarymacaque #captivity #peta
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Dunnock (little brown job) - Depressingly another once common bird that is AMBER LISTED on the "UK birds of conservation concern list" #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #dunnock #winterwatch
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Dunlin among the shells - Whilst the Dunlin is the most common small wader found along the UK coastlines, depressingly it's UK conservation status is assessed as red #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #dunlin #winterwatch
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Waders at sunset at my local beach on the Swale Coast. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #knot #winterwatch
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A Robin for Christmas! - Did you know that in Victorian Britain, postmen wore bright red uniforms and were nicknamed "Robins"...subsequently, it became popular to depict robins delivering Christmas cards in their beaks! #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #robin #passerine #christmas #xmas
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
A break from Owls today...spent the day at the beach photographing Knot (Calidris canutus) on the Swale Coast. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #knot
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Short Eared Owls - Kent #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #shortearedowl #owls
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Short Eared Owl giving me the eye! - Light was a little harsh this afternoon but was good to have some sunshine for a change :) - Kent. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #shortearedowl #owls
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Short Eared Owl - Kent. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #shortearedowl #owls
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Barn Owl - Sunset vole hunter - Kent. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #barnowl #owls
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Short Eared Owl - Kent. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #shortearedowl #owls
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Bearded Reedling Female (Panurus biarmicus) preparing to launch - Elmley NNR this afternoon. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #beardedreedling
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Bearded Reedling - Little Muston NR. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #beardedreedling
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bearded Reedling enjoying a good feed! - Oare Marshes Kent #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #beardedreedling
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Spent my morning with these lovelies...hunkered down and sheltering from the high winds brought by Storm Bert! #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology
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