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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

22:50-23:15 on 26/07/2026 the most astonishing #Noctilucent Clouds #NLC 😍 taken on my mobile from Northallerton !

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Significant heat haze at that sort of temperature, at that distance, I was extremely lucky it was cool for my photo...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'd love to see one, let alone photograph one... I think I need to visit the great metropolis of York...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Still in the same place at 1730

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Good call. If so, that's only my 2nd ever sighting of one 🙄🤪

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Photos as promised, all cropped due to the distance from me. I can't quite work out what the marsh harrier's carrying, looks like a snipe ?

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Marsh harrier, bittern & hobby at #Nosterfield Flask lake 16:00-17:00. Photos to come @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Difficult to prove where I was without including the village in the background. At least 1 bird with leg rings, red with white 2 and white with black 6, possibly others though difficult to see properly

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Very late after photographing, but on 21st Apr I was at #Garlieston and there were about 60 #brent #geese. I added this to @birdtrack.bsky.social which has been queried, so I thought I'd post some photos to confirm they were.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Also chaffinch, robin and blackbird only just managing to pick up the mealworm due to the sultanas already held, clearly to feed a chick already! and a blackcap sculking. Again, OM-1, 1.4TC, 300mm f4 Pro, Adobe ACR, no crops. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just a few snaps at Thorp Perrow yesterday. Nuthatch calling, drake mallard and a couple of his duckling. OM-1, 1.4TC, 300mm f4 Pro, Adobe ACR. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ok, they're not the best images, I wasn't ready of course, and heavily cropped due to the distance. My 1st green sandpiper (i.d.'d by knowledgeable people), and marsh harrier #Flask lake reeds @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social OM-1 & 1.4TC & 300mm f4

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I forgot to post this last night, Monday 9th, there is a superb #starling #murmuration, near #Catterick best feud from w3w.co/shrub.clubbi... ‎54.355285, -1.612894 425256,495597 SE25259559 This of course is the last couple of minutes as they land. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Super happy with these of the #smew at #FountainsAbbeyStudleyRoyal today, only the last image cropped. It really is that close ! #OM1 #300mmf4Pro with #1.4TC, processed with Adobe @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Does that include the GWFG 🤔 I photographed my 1st WFG last week at Nosterfield, so now know what they look like... 👍🏻

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thanks. Is there a way of telling the difference 🤔

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Great white egret, stonechat, semi-leucistic jackdaw which was frustratingly eluding a good photo @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #OM-1 #MZ300mmf4 #birds

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

My first visit to @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #StaveleyNR and I think (correct me if wrong?) I've seen and photographed my first greater white-fronted goose, and lesser redpoll ?! Not my 1st buzzard, red kite - all birds very distant so cropped images from #OM-1 #MZ300mmf4 @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Also 2 cetti's calling, one either side

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Bittern heard booming at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social flasks reedbed hide 13:40, 15:02 & 15:05

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Clear skies so #comet #C/2025 A6 #Lemmon! Wider image to locate the blue green smudge near the TV aerial. The other my best of many, taken 21:39, #OM-1, 300mm f4 Pro, 1.4 TC handheld, against window frame, ISO 6400, f5.6, 6 second single exposure. Processed and de-noised in Adobe Camera Raw.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

And yet again, this proves humanity is the problem...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Don't let those legs get too much sun, there's little UV protection at that sort of elevation... though does it matter when you're nearly old enough to retire 🙃😜🤣👨‍🦳

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

All taken over an hour on 19th, on a small private fishing lake at Jervaulx Abbey. For those that want to know, I used an #OM-1 with #300mm f4 Pro, either with or without the 1.4TC, and 12-100 f4 Pro. Using #ProCapture. #odonata #dragonflies #OMDS #Olympus

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

@nybirdnews.bsky.social a somewhat late report, for no reason other than I forgot, but a pair of cuckoo flew over Jervaulx yesterday morning about 08:00. Of course I didn't have a camera with me 🙄

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Alan, I saw the little egret on Sun Beck upstream of the Applegarth car park yesterday.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Very please with this single image of the #solar disc, taken with the #OM-1, 1.4TC, #300mm f4 Pro and some #Baader solar film. 1/1000 f5.6 ISO200 Processed in #Adobe Camera Raw, 1st one actual size, and 2nd one cropped for detail. That's one enormous #sunspot :o

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

They are, screaming about as they do at 500 feet up, just visible, but no way to photograph them properly...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@nybirdnews.bsky.social No photos as I don't have the camera for it, But I've just seen my first swifts of the year over Romanby, North Yorkshire. This by my Reckoning is a week to 10 days early.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A couple of hours round #ScortonLakes this afternoon produced a few photos from the #OM1 #300mmF4 #TC14 @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A wet Easter Monday afternoon, so I took some focus bracket images of the flowers my niece gave my wife. OM-1, 60mm macro, available light, stacked in Helicon Focus 8, and processed in ACR.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My photos of today's #PartialEclipse from #NorthYorkshire #OM-1, #1.4TC, #300mmf4Pro = 840mm equivalent at 35mm for those who understand. With #BaaderSolarFoil in front of the lens. All edited in #AdobeCameraRaw #ACR.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@northyorksbirds.bsky.social no photo, but 2 sand martin at Sowerby over Cod Beck 16:10

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The video. As you see, there're collars (about a dozen) I've reported to waterbirdcolourmarking.shinyapps.io/sightings2/ which says they're part of an reintroduction program, and regular about the NE. Sorry it's jerky, OM-1 + 1.4TC & 300mm f4 = 840mm equiv, hand-held. About 200Mtrs away.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

@nybirdnews.bsky.social Something like 100 barnacle goose at scorton lakes, North Car park on the two islands in the main lake as per this link maps.app.goo.gl/TqahUXxJYAAB... Can't add a video to this post because it's the wrong format. We'll share later.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Ah, apologies, I misread which feed this is.

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I note the common crane I saw on Feb 17th (that I shared on X but not here - very remiss of me !) aren't listed... or am I missing something ?

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Thanks for sharing here, I've just discovered you're on here. Here're a few more images from that afternoon that I've processed properly on the computer. I'm not sure if the cormorant is a normal UK one, I've just not seen those markings before

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I have managed today to video the #sun with my OM Systems #OM-1 300mm f4 Pro and TC14 and #Baader foil. I used #AutoStakkert! 4, and used the best 150 images to stack the image, then some editing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw to produce this... I'm happy with it, but need more practice I think...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I luckily managed to capture the short burst of #aurora at 17:50 on New Year's Day with my #OM-1 & 12-100 f4 lens, 1s ISO 3200, edited on my #Pixel7 with the #PhotoshopExpress app

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

For fun, I went out round town this morning, with my #OM-1 and 12-100 f4 Pro to do a little focus bracketing, and put some extension tubes on too... then stacked the results in Helicon Focus... all hand held, and am quite happy with the results 🙂 All 28 image stacks

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Looks to be heavily and robustly engineered, I'm suspecting a tool/storage box, with a lifting mechanism so it can be wheeled about... ?

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

This single #solar disk image with #sunspots through the #fog at 13:55 on 26th Dec, #OM-1, 300mm f4 Pro with 1.4x TC (equates to 840mm) 1/32000 @ f14 and then cropped in ACR. I will video the sun using #Baader foil the next time I get clear skies, then I'll use #AutoStakkert! to stack frames...

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I was very fortunate to capture this #KelvinHelmoltz #KH #fluctus #cloud with a bit of #iridescence and #shadow #rays from #sunset on 22nd near #Topcliffe #Yorkshire as with most stunning formations they were gone in 5 minutes !

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Nick @nickw7coc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Liv, are you saying that mold on the outside of cheese is different to the blue mold purposefully there in cheeses like Stilton and Roquefort ?

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