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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 23h

A gull silhouetted by a salmon pink sunrise as I was packing to go birding. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Corvids again! This time at the top of the street at the entrance to the fields. Something had spooked them and there was a swirling mass of black and white feathers. Raven and magpie were additions to yesterdas mob. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A crow on a telephone pole and a gull over the coastal path and what's that over the farmer's fields? Corvids galore! Rooks (snap!), crows and jackdaws all took to the air at the same time. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A gull, probably herring, gliding towards the sea. As it passed the houses a gust of wind buffeted it but it expertly adjusted its wings without a flap and continued on its course. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Snap! We have a mist/sea fret and in the gloom I heard the "caw, caw, caw" of a crow. I looked around and there it was balanced on the electricity cable at the top of the street. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Starlings, lots of them on the telephone wires and wood pole at the bottom of our street. I know the collective noun for a flying group is a murmuration but I think a group like this called a chattering? It's quite apt when you hear the squeaks, whistles and other sounds. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It seems to be surviving. The port has had issues with storm damage but it seems to help the place tick over.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

South Stack/Ynys Lawd, North Stack/Ynys Arw and Holyhead harbour yesterday. #Anglesey

South Stack/Ynys Lawd lighthouse standing on its island surrounded by deep blue sea with a hazy horizon.

The island of North Stack/Ynys Arw in deep blue sea with a Stena Line ferry heading towards Holyhead harbour in the background. To the right of the island is the "fog horn" building which I understand is no longer in use.

Holyhead harbour with the breakwater zigzagging on the left and the Stena Line ferry from photo 2 waiting for vehicles to load.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very atmospheric Moose and that first photo 👌

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The FBOMD was a robin guarding the fat ball feeder from two dunnock. Lots of wings flicking, birds jumping and beaks snapping and stabbing. No harm done but while this was going on a gang of house sparrows dived in and stripped the feeder! #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As if by magic, here are the two pages. I no longer have the original comic either - mice made their bed in my whole collection from Prog 1 to 1982! But I do have the book version (sorry no alt text).

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My favourite 3 panels of Judge Dredd from the Judge Death Lives story - Wagner and Bolland at their best. The panels, the text and the speach lines "GAZE INTO THE FACE OF FEAR!" and "GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD!" have stayed with me since I first saw them in 1981 #DayofDredd

Two panels of Judge Dredd art. Panels 1 shows Judge Dredd being held by a Dark Judge called Judge Fear who says "GAZE INTO THE FACE OF FEAR". The second panels shows Dredd with Fear's hands on either side of his helmet with the text above "FOR A MOMENT THE ICY CHILL OF TERROR COURSES DOWN DREDD'S SPINE. THE SHOCK OF THIS GAZE CAN KILL AN ORDINARY MAN-"

A panels from the Judge Dredd story Judge Death Lives. The text reads "BUT DREDD IS A JUDGE - AND JUDGES ARE NOT ORDINARY MEN!"
Dredd is shown hitting Fear through the open visor and Dredd's fist exiting the back of Fear's helmet. Dredd says "GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD!"

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A pair of dunnock chasing each other around the garden in this sunny and fresh morning. They were in the borders, on the fence and on the lawn flicking their tails at each other. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s #Friday folks! Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be kind. Be gentle. Be true. Be like #bees. And stay away from AI. You don’t need it. It needs you…for the moment. We don’t need to be smarter we need to be kinder. We need to talk. We need to listen. 1/n

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hope you pick up soon Hannah. The crow should know better! The FBOMD was a magpie on the boom of a mini-digger next door. Maggie stood there looking like an emperor surveying all he owns. It then hopped off and dig magpie things on a neighbour's lawn. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lovely start to October here. Two birds to choose from today. A jackdaw popping out of next door's chimney and a young dunnock whistling on our back fence. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No birds in the garden or on the neighbours' houses but I can three silhouetted starlings on a telephone wire at the bottom of the street. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm late due to work. I saw the rear end of a robin darting over the fence as me and Sophie went in the garden first thing. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Snap on the robin and the chilly morning

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The FBOMD was a robin on our back fence. No singing and no ticking, just watching me and Sophie until it had had enough and flew next door. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The FBOMD were a pair of magpies patrolling a neighbour's drive. At the same time I noticed a movement on the sea wall that became an eruption. 50 or so goldfinches took flight. What a sight! #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Back home and I had nice surprise with a robin ticking at me on the garden fence while a dunnock grubs in the border. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At my mum's today and at first light I could hear a robin singing but couldn't see it. On my way to Salford the first bird that registered was a kestrel gliding over from the direction of the RHS Bridgewater site. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hope you feel better soon Hannah 🤞 The FBOMD were a pair of jackdaws preening themselves on next door's roof. #FirstBirdofMyDay

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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It was so wet this morning Sophie ran outside and did an immediate u-turn. I thought the birds had done the same but a movement under the NZ flax caught my eye. 5 house sparrows were taking shelter. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hope you're ok Hannah. This morning I heard some "tchacking" coming from inside my neighbour's chimney. I looked for a first sighting and a calling linnet flew over while a wood pigeon sat on an overhead electricity cable. The jackdaws did eventually pop out. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It sounds like you've had a great time over here. Have a good journey home.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That sounds just like the thing my mum and dad would have said.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The FBOMD were a couple of jackdaws patrolling the bottom end of our street, one on the road and one on the roof of the old chapel. As I've just been typing, I've just seen a oair of house martins fly into a nest on next door's house z they're a bit late for nesting! #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Triple corvid for me and Sophie. A magpie flew off the kitchen roof, a pair of jackdaws flapped their wings on a neighbouring fence and raven flew an oval over the house cronking all the time. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve given it a lot of thought, analysed all the statistics, conducted in-depth research into the human condition, and I’m now ready to share the single piece of guidance that, if only more people could follow it, would make the lives of millions of people – probably billions – immeasurably better.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I hope you feel better soon Hannah. Snap with the jackdaw. Mine glided into a neighbour's garden with legs dangling ready for touchdown. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There was a bit of argy bargy going on at the bottom of the street. It sounded like R2D2 arguing with itself but it turned out to be a couple of starlings having a squabble about who gets to sit on top of a telephone pole. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another chilly start with sunshine to the east and wet looking clouds to the west. A pair of linnets flew towards the sunny side of the bay. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It felt rather autumnal this morning and it was quiet again. I'd just about given up hoping to see any bird when a herring gull glided over the house. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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