Sign in

Mike Smith

@mikesmithrg8.bsky.social
93 followers 77 following 200 posts

Retired, Living in Purley on Thames, Berkshire with foreys up to Middlesbrough . I have a life long interests in birdwatching and nature photography. Considerable experience in nature related practical conservation work. Hons degree in Applied Biology.

PostsRepliesMedia
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 13h
A day at RSPB LeightonnMoss today with a target photograph in mind, a Male Bearded Reedling straddling 2 Reed stems. Et voila….
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some portrait shots of a male House Sparrow. A bird conspicuous by its absence in my garden, photos taken in a Lake District cottage garden.
181
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Blue Tit in flight
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great Tit in flight
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nuthatch in flight
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Common Wall Lizard portrait
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chaffinch portraits
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Short Toed Treecreeper portraits
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Blue Tit portraits
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great Tit portraits
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nuthatch portraits
011
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Back in the Loire Valley France and a little feeding station I set up. Quite rare in the UK but more widespread in the UK; Crested Tit
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bank vole and Wren
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Spotted Flycatcher
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
More from the BBOWT reserve hide, Juvenile Hawfinch and Willow Amathyst Damsel
100
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hummingbird Hawk Moth on Acanthus flowers, Piedmont Italy
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Honey Buzzard soaring over my holiday apartment, Piedmont Italy
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bank vole and Southern Hawker dragonfly
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A recent session at a nearby Chilterns nature reserve. Hawfinch and Chiffchaff
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Peekaboo .. Fallow Deer
021
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Juvenile Robin reflection shot
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Male Bullfinch reflection shot, sadly this individual is suffering from leg Papillomarvirus. Despite the reserve being a considerable distance from the nearest village
011
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Goldcrest bathing
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Common Tern
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Male Bullfinch
010
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Chiffchaff
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A couple of Grey Squirrel portraits
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Back at the drinking pool hide, Marsh Tit
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Common Tern fishing over the River Colne
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Song Thrush at drinking pool
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Red Kegef Partridge on lane verge
100
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Male and female Blackcaps
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Great tit at drinking pool
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Garden Warblers, our dullest warbler but with the magnificent song
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Blue Tit with Caterpillar
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Female Bullfinch at a drinking pool
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Female Muntjac at a drinking pool
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
One from the archives, backlit male Common Redstart, Elan Valley Wales
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Little Ringed Plovers on some newly formed re-wilding scrapes on an unused farm field. Last year 1 pair this year a second male, perhaps one of last years offspring appeared briefly but quickly seen off.
100
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
One from last Autumn, Redcar seafront boat ramp, Winter plumage Turnstone
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Common Drake Ducks, Wigeon, Tufted and Pintail
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Displaying Goldeneye, WWT Slimbridge, pinioned birds
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Juvenile Spoonbill, WWT Slimbridge,
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Bad feather day, Common Crane WWT Slimbridge, South Lake, Hogarth Hide
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Garden Goldfinch collecting nesting material
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Pipistrelle bats came out early last night so had a bash at photographing them. Not ideal as flying sunset side of me so heavily backlit with no body detail. +3EV exposure compensation……
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dipper on meltwater river, Stubai, Austria
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Some recent garden birds, Redwing, male Blackcap demolishing Ash tree buds, Goldcrest and a most unexpected Firecrest.
000
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Treecreeper on nice moss covered tree
080
Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Male Siskin feeding on Alder Cones above a local stream
000