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Mike Smith

@mikesmithrg8.bsky.social
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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.

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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Snaizeholme Red Squirrel trail near Hawes Yorkshire. Take a bag of Hazelnuts not peanuts or Monkey nuts as they have a high Potassium content which replaces the Calcium in their bones causing Osteoporosis or Rickets in the squirrels. Sadly too many people feed them with the wrong food.
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The “spot the Spotted Redshank amongst Common Redshank” game. Easy when you put the subject centre stage….
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Common Snipe portrait One of this rare occasions when a Snipe leaves the safety of the muddy margins and ventures into open water
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a Wren, considerably different
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ruff portrait. From the Eric Morecombe hide, RSPB Leighton Moss salt marsh lagoons
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Greenshank from the Eric Morecombe hide, RSPB Leighton Moss saltwater lagoons.
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A rare chance to photograph the very secretive Cettis Warbler whilst waiting at the Bearded Tit grit trays at Leighton Moss. Still not perfect but my best effort to date
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nice
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A day at RSPB LeightonnMoss today with a target photograph in mind, a Male Bearded Reedling straddling 2 Reed stems. Et voila….
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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.
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Blue Tit in flight
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great Tit in flight
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nuthatch in flight
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Common Wall Lizard portrait
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chaffinch portraits
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Short Toed Treecreeper portraits
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Blue Tit portraits
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great Tit portraits
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nuthatch portraits
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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
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bank vole and Wren
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Spotted Flycatcher
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Doh!, fat fingers; Red Legged Partridge
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Brain fade, Willow Emerald Damsel….
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
More from the BBOWT reserve hide, Juvenile Hawfinch and Willow Amathyst Damsel
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hummingbird Hawk Moth on Acanthus flowers, Piedmont Italy
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Honey Buzzard soaring over my holiday apartment, Piedmont Italy
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bank vole and Southern Hawker dragonfly
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A recent session at a nearby Chilterns nature reserve. Hawfinch and Chiffchaff
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Peekaboo .. Fallow Deer
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Juvenile Robin reflection shot
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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
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Goldcrest bathing
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Common Tern
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Male Bullfinch
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Chiffchaff
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A couple of Grey Squirrel portraits
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Back at the drinking pool hide, Marsh Tit
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Common Tern fishing over the River Colne
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Song Thrush at drinking pool
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Red Kegef Partridge on lane verge
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Male and female Blackcaps
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Great tit at drinking pool
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Garden Warblers, our dullest warbler but with the magnificent song
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Blue Tit with Caterpillar
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Female Bullfinch at a drinking pool
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Female Muntjac at a drinking pool
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
One from the archives, backlit male Common Redstart, Elan Valley Wales
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Mike Smith @mikesmithrg8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Long distance photos and big crops so record shots only
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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.
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