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Ryan Edgeway

@ryanedgeway.bsky.social
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Software engineer. Photography enthusiast. Mechanical keyboard tinkerer. Tech lover. Animal advocate. Always curious, always creating. Socials: linktr.ee/ryan.edgeway

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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Coming in hot 🔥 Found a spot where the Puffins flew directly over on the island and managed to capture this frame of one heading straight towards me #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife
An Atlantic Puffin photographed head-on in flight against a clear deep blue sky, wings fully outstretched in a wide arc. The bird’s distinctive black and white face, colourful orange-red bill and orange feet are clearly visible from below as it flies directly towards the camera.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Arctic Tern #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife
An Arctic Tern sits on a bed of lush green coastal moss, facing left in profile. The bird has bright white plumage, a jet black cap, a vivid straight red bill, and a long white tail streamer visible behind. Soft green and pink bokeh fills the background in bright sunlight.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Puffin delivery 🚚 🐟 #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography
An extreme close-up portrait of an Atlantic Puffin in profile against a vivid blue sky background. The puffin has striking black and white plumage, a vivid orange-red and yellow multi-coloured bill packed with several small silver sandeels, water droplets dripping from the fish. The bird’s distinctive red-ringed dark eye is sharply in focus.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Puffin returning from a successful fishing trip with a couple of large sand eels #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #ScottishWildlife #NaturePhotography #IsleOfMay
An Atlantic Puffin in flight against a blue sky with white clouds, carrying a beak full of sand eels. The bird is positioned on the right side of the frame, flying left, with its distinctive black-and-white plumage and colourful orange-red bill clearly visible.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A Great Reed Warbler, this guy took ages to spot among a sea of reeds as they’re really well camouflaged. Luckily they were in fine tune which made it easier to track them down 🎶 #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #EuropeanWildlife #BirdPhotography
A Great Reed Warbler clings to a reed stem mid-song, bill wide open revealing a vivid red mouth. The bird has warm brown upperparts, pale buff-white underparts, a pale supercilium, and dark feet gripping the stem. Golden dried reeds fill the entire background in soft focus.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
White Storks filled the sky over Marchegg #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #EuropeanWildlife #Photography #BirdPhotography
A White Stork soars against a deep clear blue sky, wings fully outstretched showing striking black and white plumage with splayed primary feathers. The bird’s red bill points forward and red legs trail behind. Shot from below in portrait orientation emphasising the full impressive wingspan.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Really proud of this close up portrait of the European Hamster, such a beautiful moment to see them in person 🐹 #ViennaWildlife #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #EuropeanWildlife
An extreme close-up portrait of a European Hamster foraging in grass, facing the camera. The hamster has striking tricolour fur — chestnut-orange on the face and sides, pale cream on the cheeks, and dark black on the underside. It holds food in its front paws with large round dark eyes and pink ears clearly visible. A soft dark green bokeh background frames the animal.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Gratitude pose unlocked 🙏 This European Ground Squirrel in Vienna’s meadows appears to be giving thanks for the dandelions. #ViennaWildlife #NaturePhotography #Photography #WildlifePhotography
A European Ground Squirrel stands upright in a lush green meadow dotted with dandelions, front paws clasped together against its chest in a prayer-like pose, head tilted slightly upward with eyes half closed. Bright sunshine illuminates the surrounding grassland.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Kestrel keeping watch from the headstone Whilst out searching for hamsters, I wasn’t the only one on the lookout for them. This Kestrel was part of a pair looking for their breakfast. #ViennaWildlife #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #NaturePhotography
A Common Kestrel perches on top of a grey stone post against a vivid green bokeh background. The bird has warm orange-brown plumage with dark brown spotting and streaking, a pale cream underside, bright yellow eye ring, and yellow feet. The bird faces right with an alert expression.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Another shot of a European Hamster moving through the grass 🐹 #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #AustrianWildlife #ViennaWildlife #Photography
Close-up of a brown-and-tan hamster with a pink nose and dark eyes, peering between lush green grass blades; small white and yellow wildflowers dot the softly blurred background, emphasizing the hamster as the main subject.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Nesting White Stork in Marchegg, Austria It was amazing to see such beautiful birds healthy and nesting #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #EuropeanWildlife #NaturePhotography
A White Stork stands tall on a large stick nest high in a tree, surrounded by fresh green spring foliage and blue sky. The bird’s vivid red bill, white body and black wing feathers are clearly visible. A research ring is visible on one leg.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Souslik (European Ground Squirrel) is unfortunately another threatened animal that can be found in Vienna I found this one foraging on dandelions after recently coming out of hibernation #ViennaWildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography
A European Ground Squirrel sits upright in a lush green meadow filled with yellow dandelions and white dandelion clocks, holding food in its front paws and eating. The small grey-brown mammal has dark eyes, small rounded ears and a short snout. Bright sunshine illuminates the flower-filled grassland background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Found him! 🐹 A European Hamster peeking through the grass in Vienna. These guys are the main reason I visited. Unfortunately they’re critically endangered with the grasslands around the capital being one of their last strongholds #ViennaWildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
A European Hamster peeks out from dense green grass, partially hidden by the blades. The small mammal has warm brown and russet fur, large rounded pink ears, prominent dark eyes, and long white whiskers. Bright sunlight illuminates the surrounding lush grass.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Eurasian Magpie with the stunning blue in its tail #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Eurasian Magpie perches on a weathered, decaying tree stump against a lush green bokeh background. The bird displays striking black and white plumage with a vivid iridescent blue-green tail and wing panel catching the light. The bird faces left with a direct expression.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Rock Pigeon taking a relaxing bath 🛁 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A pigeon bathing at the edge of a lake next to a weathered wooden jetty with a discarded terracotta drainpipe lying on gravel above. The pigeon’s iridescent purple-pink neck feathers are visible as it sits in the shallow water, eyes closed, fully immersed in its bath.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Common Chaffinch with the remnants of breakfast in it’s beak #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A male Common Chaffinch perches on a branch mid-song, bill open, surrounded by fresh spring leaves and willow catkins. The bird displays rich chestnut-orange underparts, a blue-grey head, dark wings with white wingbars, and a yellow-green wing panel. A soft blue-grey sky fills the background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Heronry season 🪺 Three Grey Herons at their enormous stick nest #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
Three adult Grey Herons at a large stick nest high in a tree canopy. One bird stands upright on the left with ruffled breeding plumage, while two others rest in the nest to the right. All three birds have distinctive yellow bills and yellow eyes. Fresh spring leaves are emerging on the surrounding branches.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This Robin had THINGS TO SAY 📢 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Robin singing on the forest floor amongst twigs, orange-red breast prominent, bill open wide.Closer view of the same Robin mid-song, filling more of the frame.Extreme close-up of the Robin’s open bill, showing vivid orange feathers, dark eye, and the inside of its mouth in sharp detail.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Spring is here! First Chiffchaff of the year 🌸 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Chiffchaff perches on a blossom-covered branch surrounded by white spring flowers and fresh green leaves. The small warbler has warm olive-brown and buff-yellow plumage, a fine pointed bill, and a pale supercilium. Soft green foliage fills the background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This Greylag Goose was absolutely serving for the camera 💅 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
Close-up portrait of a Greylag Goose sitting in grass with daisies, facing left with a stern orange eye and vivid orange bill. City buildings visible in soft focus behind.Wider shot of the same Greylag Goose surrounded by daisy-covered grass against a blue sky and urban backdrop.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Here one second, gone the next 💨 A Meadow Pipit deciding it had somewhere more important to be #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Meadow Pipit perches on the end of a lichen-covered bare branch, looking alert against a soft green and grey bokeh background.The same Meadow Pipit caught mid-takeoff from the branch, wings spread and orange feet outstretched, against the same green background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Swipe to find the tiny menace 👀 A Long-tailed Tit doing absolutely unhinged things in the blossom, yes, that is its tongue out on the last slide 😂 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Long-tailed Tit barely visible amongst a tangle of lichen-covered branches with pink and yellow early blossom buds against a soft green bokeh background.Closer view of the Long-tailed Tit clinging upside down to a branch, fluffy white and black head visible.Extreme close-up of the Long-tailed Tit’s face, tongue extended, clinging to a branch with pink blossom buds.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Dinner is served! This Meadow Pipit found the perfect starter #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Meadow Pipit perches on a bare winter twig holding a small insect and berry in its bill. The bird has heavily streaked brown and buff plumage, a pale supercilium, dark eye, and orange-pink legs. Bare thorny branches frame the bird against a soft green and brown bokeh background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Pigeon ruling the sky #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #UKWildlife
A pigeon photographed head-on in flight against a vivid blue sky, wings fully outstretched in a wide V-shape. The bird’s grey plumage, white neck patch and pink feet are visible from below. Faint wispy clouds streak the otherwise clear blue background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
European Goldfinch #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A European Goldfinch perches on a bare winter twig against a pale blue-grey sky. The bird displays a vivid red face, black and white head markings, warm buff-brown breast, and striking black wings with a bold yellow wing bar. Bare winter branches frame the scene.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Battle scarred Seal Pup 🦭 #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BritishWildlife #Photography
A grey seal pup lies on a shingle and sand beach looking directly into the camera. The pup has pale creamy-grey fur, prominent whiskers, and dark eyes.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Northern Gannet #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birdwatching #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife
A northern gannet sits on a grassy clifftop nest, photographed from the side against a softly blurred deep blue sea background. The bird has white plumage with a warm golden-yellow head, a long pointed grey beak, and a distinctive pale blue eye with black markings. The nest is made of dried grass and twigs on a mossy cliff edge.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Blackfriars Bridge with the modern City in the background #LondonPhotography #UrbanPhotography #SkylinePhotography #ArchitecturePhotography #LondonArchitecture
A wide photograph taken from the South Bank looking north across the River Thames. In the foreground, Blackfriars Bridge spans the river, its ornate Victorian red ironwork and arches clearly visible. Behind it, Blackfriars railway bridge runs parallel. The backdrop is the City of London skyline, dominated by modern glass skyscrapers including 22 Bishopsgate and the Leadenhall Building, set against a clear blue sky. Construction cranes are visible on either side.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Concrete dreams and contrails. ✈️ Visited Southbank over the weekend and spotted this opportunity of a plane between the brutalist towers of the National Theatre #NationalTheatre #Brutalism #BrutalistArchitecture #LondonArchitecture #UrbanPhotography #LondonPhotography #StreetPhotography
A low-angle photograph looking up at the top of the National Theatre in Waterloo, London. The brutalist concrete building features geometric stepped towers against a clear blue sky. A commercial aircraft flies directly above the building, framed between two of the concrete tower forms.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Bar-Tailed Godwit #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography
A Bar-tailed Godwit stands in shallow muddy water in winter plumage. The large wading bird has pale grey-white plumage, a long slightly upturned pink-based bill with a darker tip, long dark legs, and a dark eye. Warm golden light illuminates the bird against a background of dry winter scrub and sandy mud.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Eurasian Coot on construction duty 🏗️ #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Eurasian Coot swims on calm grey water carrying a long reed stem crossways in its white bill. The bird has glossy black plumage with a distinctive white frontal shield and bill, and a vivid red eye. The coot’s reflection is partially visible in the rippled water below.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Blue Tit #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Blue Tit perches on a bare winter branch facing directly into the camera with a characteristically fierce expression. The bird displays a vivid blue cap, white cheeks with a dark eye stripe, yellow breast, blue-green wings, and a short dark bill. Bare winter branches fill the soft bokeh background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Green-winged Teal 🦆 #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A male Eurasian Teal rests at the water’s edge among dry winter grasses. The duck displays a rich chestnut head with an iridescent dark teal eye patch, intricate grey vermiculated body plumage, a pale yellow undertail, and a dark bill. Calm rippled water fills the soft focus background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Grey Wagtail #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Grey Wagtail perches in profile on a moss-covered wooden post against a soft green bokeh background. The bird displays blue-grey upperparts, vivid yellow underparts, a long black and white tail extending behind it, and white facial markings. Pink legs grip the mossy post top.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Clash of the Seals 🦭⚔️ #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography
Two grey seals clash in the breaking surf on a Norfolk beach at golden hour. The larger bull seal rears up with open mouth above a second seal, surrounded by dramatic white foam and crashing waves. The blue sea and warm golden light illuminate the scene.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Captured a Dunnock singing 🎶 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Dunnock perches on a bare winter branch mid-song, bill open wide. The small bird has streaked brown upperparts, a soft grey-blue face and breast, a fine pointed bill, and a reddish eye. Bare twigs frame the bird against a soft blue-grey and green bokeh background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Mallard 🦆 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography
A close-up portrait of a male Mallard duck swimming on calm water. The duck faces right displaying a vivid iridescent green head covered in small water droplets, a yellow-green bill, white neck collar, rich chestnut breast, and grey-brown body plumage. Reed reflections are visible in the soft-focus water background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Great Cormorant #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A close-up portrait of a Great Cormorant facing left against a soft grey-green bokeh background. The bird has dark blue-black plumage with intricate scaly feather patterning on the body, a long hooked grey bill, bright yellow and white facial skin, and a striking vivid turquoise eye.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Grey Seal in action 🦭🌊 #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography
A grey seal surfaces through choppy blue water, head raised with a dramatic water splash in front of its face. The seal has dark wet fur with a warm golden-brown glow from the sunlight, a visible catch light in its eye, and prominent whiskers. The blue sea fills the background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Northern Lapwing #UKWildlife #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography
A Northern Lapwing stands in lush green grass at the edge of a wetland pool in Norfolk. The bird displays a dramatic swept-back black crest, iridescent green and purple wing plumage, a black and white body, and a short dark bill. The calm water and reeds are visible in the soft-focus background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
After taking this photo I learnt that the collective noun for oystercatchers is a parcel 📦 A parcel of oystercatchers captured at RSPB Titchwell Marsh #BirdPhotography #Photography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #AmateurPhotography #NaturePhotography
Four Eurasian Oystercatchers in flight over choppy blue water. Three birds fly low in a loose formation while a fourth soars higher above them. All birds display striking black and white plumage with vivid orange-red bills and legs. One bird has its bill open mid-call.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Meadow Pipit #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography
A Meadow Pipit stands alert on sandy beach ground, facing left with direct eye contact. The bird displays heavily streaked brown and buff plumage with pinkish legs, photographed in warm winter sunlight against a soft sandy bokeh background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Grey Seal Pup 🦭 #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography #Photography
A newborn grey seal pup lies on its side on coastal grassland, looking directly into the camera. The pup has thick fluffy white fur, large dark eyes with long lashes, and prominent whiskers. The background is soft bokeh of brown heathland vegetation.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Sanderling caught mid stride #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #Photography
A Sanderling in winter plumage strides across wet sand mid-step, one foot raised. The bird is white and pale grey with a short black bill, against a warm golden sandy background with a strip of blue water and its reflection visible at the bottom of the frame.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Eurasian Oystercatcher #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #RSPBTitchwell
A Eurasian Oystercatcher walks along a sandy beach shoreline. The bird has striking black and white plumage, a vivid orange-red bill, red eyes, and pink-red legs. Choppy blue-grey waves break in the soft-focus background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Returning from Mount Misen 🗻 #LandscapePhotography #TravelPhotography #Japan #JapanPhotography #Photography
Cable car gondola ascending Mount Misen on Itsukishima (Miyajima), suspended above a densely forested mountainside, framed by autumn leaves and intersecting cables in soft daylight.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Was luck with them? 🧧 #StreetPhotography #NightPhotography #TravelPhotography #Tokyo #UrbanJapan
Person standing at a lit omikuji fortune stall at night in Japan, holding a phone while wearing earmuffs and a jacket, with rows of wooden fortune drawers illuminated against a dark urban background.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🦭👋 #UKWildlife #BritishWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Grey seal pup resting on sandy dunes, partially surrounded by long beach grass, lying on its side with head turned toward the camera in soft natural light.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hidden amongst the grass #BritishWildlife #UKWildlife #CountrysideWildlife #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
A female common pheasant standing alert among dry grass and low vegetation, her mottled brown plumage blending into the countryside.
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Ryan Edgeway @ryanedgeway.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A common guillemot returning with a catch 🐟 #BritishWildlife #UKWildlife #UKSeabirds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
A common guillemot in breeding plumage holding a small fish in its bill, with blurred seabirds forming a soft background.
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