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Nick

@rookman.bsky.social
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Cardiff birdwatcher Hobby photographer BTO garden lister. Here to expand my knowledge of birds and connect with like minded people. #FlyDay #SparrowSunday #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🪶

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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 1h
Cracking shot mate👌
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Neil Fermandel @neilfphotography.bsky.social · 12h
It's taken me many years to finally capture a half decent shot of a Jay in flight #birds #birdingwales #wildlife #canon
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 12h
Anytime my friend. I hope you are well💙
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The Wildlife Oculus @thewildlifeoculus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sanderlings feature in my latest blog post. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/10/sand... #birdingwales
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Black tailed Godwit. #WaderWednesDay #birds🪶 #UKbirding #Naturephotography #BirdsOfTheWorld #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A black-tailed godwit stands in shallow water with its long, pinkish bill dipped just below the surface to forage. The bird features mottled brown, warm buff, and grey plumage with dark-striped patterns along its back and flanks.
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BTO East Glamorgan @eastglambto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fancy a winter walk along the East Glamorgan coast counting waders and waterbirds and helping @btobirds.bsky.social to build a more complete picture of their numbers? Of course you do! For more info about how to take part in this important survey 👉 www.bto.org/webs-news 📷 Sarah Kelman (BTO Images)
A Turnstone - a small wading bird with brown, black and white plumage and orange legs - feeding in the foreground on a beach against an out of focus background.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a bird. Cracking shot mate👌
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Crested Lark. #BirdsOfTheWorld #birds🪶 #birdwatching #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
This photo features a crested lark standing on sandy ground in a dry, arid environment. The bird has mottled brown and beige plumage that blends in with its surroundings, a sharp beak, and a distinct, pointed crest of feathers erect on top of its head.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks. I use a Panasonic leica 100/400 with a Panasonic lumix g9 ii body.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A monk parakeet taken in Almeria🇪🇸 #BirdOfTheDay #BlueSkies #birds🪶 @atlanticbirding.bsky.social #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
W monk parakeet  perches on a textured branch set against a vibrant, clear blue sky. The bird features a bright green back and tail, a pale grey chest and forehead, a peach-orange hooked beak, and subtle blue flight feathers visible along its wing edges.
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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🪶 @helenbennett.bsky.social hosts today’s #BirdOfTheDay. The themes are #BestBeaks, striking colours, bold profiles or interesting shaped beaks. Alt theme is #YellowElements, yellow found on any bird. Both covered with this YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN #CostaRica 🇨🇷 2024 #birds#BirdLife #birdphotographyo
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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🪶It’s @alan678.bsky.social turn to host today's #BirdOfTheDay, and his theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage. Scarlet-rumped Tanager from my trip to Sarapiqui, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 in 2024. #birds #birding #NatureIsAmazing #COSTARICA @visitcostarica.bsky.social #wildlifephotography
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Many Goldfinch. Chiffchaf, kingfisher. #birds🪶 #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Goldfinch.Goldfinch.Chiffchaf.Kingfisher.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Grey phalarope. #SuperSeaBirdSunday #birds🪶 #birding #birdwatching #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A small, light-grey and white phalarope floats calmly on rippling greenish water. The bird features a white head and underbelly with soft grey feathers across its back and wings, a dark patch behind its eye, and a slender, dark beak with a hint of orange near the base.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely 👌
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few record shots from lavernock this AM. Flocks of Skylark over head 10 Jay,2 house martin, chiffchaf, a very vocal buzzard, little egret,bull finch, 1 chaffinch,blackcaps, goldcrest,kestrel ect. I have never seen jays in such numbers before it's quite something 👌 #birdingwales #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Little egret.Jay.Buzzard.Blackcap.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Goldfinch. 3/10/26 Lavernock Nature Resuve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #SmallBirdSaturday @janesgallery.bsky.social #birds🪶 #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
A Goldfinch perches alertly on a thorny, leaf-covered branch surrounded by deep red berries. The small bird features a vibrant red patch around its bill, a black-and-white patterned head, a pale brownish chest, and black wing feathers highlighted with bright yellow accents.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A few pics from lavernock in some beautiful weather this evening. Still a few chiffchafs and blackcaps about,plenty of busy jays. Gold finch,green finch, a few Skylark flying over ect. #birdingwales #birds🪶 #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Goldfinch.Chiffchaf.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤣🤣 fair play mate your pics of them are amazing. I have seen a few pics of them drinking. I guess you just have to know the spot👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cheers Mike👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Aren't corvids just the best subjects for #Black&White Here is my favorite. The Rook! #Birdoftheday @atlanticbirding.bsky.social #birds🪶 #corvids #NatureTherapy
This moody close-up photograph captures a Rook perching atop a rough, jagged wooden stump surrounded by bare branches. The bird faces slightly to the right, showing off its sleek, textured dark feathers, sharp beak, and watchful eye set against a desaturated, blurred background.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you 👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Beaky blinders😎 #birds
Rook.Rook.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you 👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The kingfisher. Magor marsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 20/9/2026 #birds🪶 #bestofthemonth #birdwatching #kingfisher #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
A common kingfisher perches motionless on a lichen-covered branch against a softly blurred, natural backdrop.
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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - I've taken some good shots this month but think the Kingfishers at Magor Marsh are my favourites for September like this female 😍 😍🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Super Sharp 😎
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's crazy. I didn't actually look as I stayed at the back but we had some last night 🙌
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A kingfisher 👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks mate. Yes they certainly are stunning,I'm not sure how you get such amazing shots of them mind. Are you a good climber🤣🤣
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks mate👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cheers buddy👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For @naturephotos55.bsky.social I hope you are well my friend 💙 #birds🪶 #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Kingfisher.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great photo of the best bird in town😁😎
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very much looking forward to see these beauties again soon. #BokehBirds #birdoftheday #birds🪶 #Redwing #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A Redwing perches on a thorny branch, caught in the act of tossing a dark red berry into its open beak. The bird features a distinct pale stripe above its eye, a speckled breast, and a flash of reddish-orange along its flank. The bare tree branches around it are dotted with clusters of small red fruit against a softly blurred green and blue bokeh background.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Finally found them on the last day at centre parks longleat. They were so high I could barely see them with the bins. 4 common crossbills and a great life ✅ Well worth the stiff neck😅 #birdsSeenIn2026 #birds #ukbirding #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
Crossbills at the top of a pine tree.Female crossbill.Crossbills at the top of a pine tree.Crossbill at the top of a pine tree.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No mate leaving tomorrow. Iv had flu or something since I got here bloody typical, I never get ill🤯 I did just find 4 crossbills though mate✅🙌
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My favorite fulmar for today's #birdoftheday #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #birds🪶 #AirBourne #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Northen fulmar in flight.
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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🪶 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Here’s a Sanderling on the North Yorkshire coast @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #WaderQuest @waderquest.bsky.social #aquest4waders #birds
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Look forward to seeing them mate. Nothing out of the ordinary here at centre parks. We did have a deer outside the lodge last night which was lovely to see👍
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Beauty mate👌
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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🪶Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social chose today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. Here is a superbly obliging pair of Common Crossbills #Nottinghamshire @nottswildlife.bsky.social @nottsbag.bsky.social #birds #UKbirding @rspb.bsky.social #NatureIsAmazing
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beauty 👌
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Della Lack @blodwyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lovely Juvenile Peregrine along my coastline today, what a joy!!💚 #birdingWales
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A chiffchaff for @janesgallery.bsky.social #SmallbirdSaturday #birds🪶 #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A chiffchaff perches gracefully on a thin, thorny bramble branch on the left side of the frame. Set against a softly blurred background of lush green foliage, the bird appears alert with its pale eye stripe visible as it holds onto a vertical twig. On the upper right, a cluster of ripe black and unripened red blackberries hangs from a branch.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The race to the weekend 🙌 Have a great #FlyDay #birds🪶 #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
5 Canada geese in flight at goldcliff lagoons.
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anytime bud👊
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks Helen 😁
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