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A final 4 from N Norfolk, UK last week #birds #ukwildlife - Redshank at a very misty Snettisham

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Whooper Swan last week around Welney, UK - now that's a muddy foot! #birds #ukwildlife

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Ok not a bird but thought u guys may like - just a Brown Hare sucking a toe! Last week, nr Choseley Barns, Norfolk #birds #ukwildlife

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Temperature around freezing, cold NE breeze, glorious setting sun light and a Barn Owl - perfection? Last week at RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk #birds #ukwildlife

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While the high tides last week on the Wash were over a metre below that needed for a 'Spectacular', still a decent amount of activity if you were in right place at right time! #birds #ukwildlife

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Early morning Cattle Egret, Titchwell, Norfolk - 4 last week in a roadside (A149) field next to the Briarfields Hotel - very accommodating! @rspbengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social #birds ##ukwildlife

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@6music.bsky.social just made me chuckle - news item about the earthquake in Tibet. A remote and high altitude area ... "about 4 thousand kilometers high"!! Yes 4k km! Does make you wonder how the ISS at around 400km up manages to avoid all these high mountains 🤔🤔

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Just on the slim chance that anyone is aware of anyone magically acquiring a new pair of binoculars or you see them offered for sale .... my Leica Ultravid 10 x 42 binoculars were stolen from a hide at WWT Slimbridge on 11 December. The serial number is 1593393. #BirdingGear

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Returned to the Dyfi estuary with the 600mm lens hoping the Gt Northern Diver (Loon) was still there. It's a juvenile. Out of nowhere a Red-throated appeared - cue mayhem! For some reason @birdguides.bsky.social are not uploading my report, apologies all if you missed this bird #birds #ukwildlife

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Kind of a high key treatment here in camera - almost a Christmas kind of vibe to this, but taken in September and the bird is a bit of a butcher - Red-backed Shrike, Whixall Moss, Shropshire #birds #ukwildlife

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Common as but just a beautiful bird - the markings are sublime - i think this from Slimbridge around this time of year #birds #ukwildlife

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We live in a noisy, cluttered, messy world but can still find real beauty in simplicity - look for and embrace those moments #birds ##ukwildlife

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

take the dog to Aberdyfi beach for a mad hour, just take the RF 24-70 rather than any bigger lens because there's never any birds there and then this is feeding 15 yds off the beach - so this pic at 70mm on the full frame R5. Aaaargh #birds #ukwildlife

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bad hair day - ach who cares #birds ##ukwildlife Minsmere, Suffolk @rspb.bsky.social

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

for those that haven't seen this before .... personally I wouldn't even bother to 'ditto' #grumpy #birds #ukwildlife

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Mark W @markmwphoto.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Just a bit of seasonal snowy stuff for the season - have a nice one all #birds #ukwildlife - none of pics in UK by the way 🤣🤣. 1 Varanger upland summer cottage 2 & 3 (Pine Grosbeak) at Kaamanen, N Finland 4 King Eider on the open fjord at Batsfjord, Norway

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I just love, no probably more than that, a Whooper Swan #birds

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For anyone wondering how to tell the difference between a Whooper and a Bewick's Swan here's a comparison- Whooper has the 'wedge of cheese' and the yellow on a Bewick's beak never goes below the nostrils. Plus the Whooper much bigger but that mean nothing if they're not together #birds

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Personally I wouldn't even bother with 'ditto'! #birds

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Just another one of those Kingfisher thingies #birds Mid-Wales, UK

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Just a Redshank - walking on water #birds

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Not so much now but I used to be regularly asked if there was much difference between a Great and Little Egret - hmm you decide!! #birds

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Damned children, can they not behave themselves? Little Owl, Wiltshire UK #birds

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Great Egret, Welshpool, Mid-Wales #birds

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Ok so this isn't a bird - apols for that. But if you've ever wondered why a horsefly bite hurts so much, zoom in on 3rd pic. This is a Brown Horsefly i believe, we captured in Mid-Wales - for reference the first pic shows it on a standard engineered brick, so u get the size #birds

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Black Guillemot anyone? Stunning little things - on Mousa in Shetland #birds

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In the UK a Slavonian Grebe, in RoW a Horned Grebe ... we HAVE to be different! On the nest in Iceland in June, 2nd pic in UK on migration in October ? #birds

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@masaiz.bsky.social ah hokkaido in winter, one of those dreams I have

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and then this stunning Stellar's Eider, Batsfjord, Norway, -25°C - colour in the water reflections of the buildings behind, fish processing plants etc #birds

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King Eider, glorious morning light, Batsfjord, Norway - -25°C #birds

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Early morning Long-tailed Duck, Batsfjord, Norway - the light was stunning, the temperature a balmy -25°C #birds

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If anyone has ever wondered how to to tell a Redshank apart from a Spotted Redshank, here you go. Spotted is the bird (winter plumage) at the back #birds

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Great Egret, Welshpool, UK - using a 'black water photography' technique i learned about in Shetland. Only works with white birds! #birds

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High key Curlew Sandpiper - I think from @rspb.bsky.social Frampton Marsh in the UK a couple of years back #birds

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