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Simon Tull

@simontull.bsky.social

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Nature and landscape photographer & blogger 📍 East Yorkshire 🇬🇧 📷 www.simontullphotography.com/ ✍🏻 www.ywt.org.uk/blog/simon-tull 🦉OSME Council Member - www.osme.org

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Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 13h

I have watched this at least once a year, every year since (I think) 1979, maybe 1980...

The promotional poster for the film "Casablanca"

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

More and more hints of the coming autumn colours in my local East Yorkshire woodland, with birch and bracken leading the way #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #Oak #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #Woodland

Silver birch tree speckled with golden autumn leaves

Autumnal colours picked out by bracken fronds

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

the cover of the "on the calculation of volume" by solvejy balle, wjoch features a picture of a vase of flowers falling

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the #EastCoastKin threads #ColorADay and #GreenSat, this field pattern, taken in the Wolds of East Yorkshire . #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire

Fields beneath a blue sky; the fields have beautiful sinuous patterns picked out by green and yellow crops

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For the #EastCoastKin themes of #Scape and #ColorADay #BWFri, the magnificent #SpinnakerTower, Portsmouth, UK ##PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #landscapephotography #UrbanPhotography #Architecure #ArchtecturalPhotography

A detail of the sail-like Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth

A detail of the sail-like Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A couple more "nearly autumn" images from the ever lovely East Yorkshire Wolds #Autumn #Fall #Trees #Woodland #Landscape_Photography #EastYorkshire #YorkshireWolds

Vibrantly coloured trees coming into autumn, a mix and greens, yellows and oranges

Vibrantly coloured trees coming into autumn with the spire of a church seen through them

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For the #EastCoastKin threads #scape and #ForestFriday, ferns in my local woodland lit up by the evening sun. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #Oak #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #Woodland

Ferns in a mix of greens, yellows and browns lit up by sun filerting through birch trees

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For the #EastCoastKin threads #scape and #ForestFriday, this beautiful verdant woodland close to my East Yorkshire home, photographed yesterday evening. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #Oak #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #Woodland

A verdant woodland featuring a large oak tree, its dark branches coated with moss. Hints of autumn colours can be seen.

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdsWithBerries, this redwing expertly juggling hawthorn berries #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind

A redwing in a tree top, plucking and eating hawthorn berries

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My favourite umbrella shop …. Would this suit you, do you think ?

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A couple of "nearly autumn" images taken this last day of summer #Autumn #Fall #Trees #Woodland #Landscape_Photography

A rowan tree surrounded by green

early autumn birch trees

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Binky cat conveys a sense of ennui that perfectly sums up her experience of a (very) wet saturday afternoon #caturday #cat #portait #omsystem #mardy

a calico cat (her name is Binky) sat with the backdrop of green

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Is it ? Really ? #InternationalCatsDay ? That’s us ! We’re Binky #Cat and Chaz # Cat 🇬🇧

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A new portrait lens for my camera, yet Binky Cat seems distinctly - not to say inexplicably - unimpressed #caturday #cat #portait #ttartisan #omsystem #mardy

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This guy...common green grasshopper, found while doing my weekly butterfly survey...

A grasshopper clinging to a grass stem

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

For day seven of #ButterflyWeek, a gatekeeper butterfly; as I write it's the butterfly of the moment - they seem to be everywhere in great profuction #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

A gatekeeper butterfly on thistle head

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

For day six of #ButterflyWeek, mr and mrs orange tip with their lovely marbled underwings #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

A male orange tip butterfly

A female orange tip butterfly

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A Common Green Grasshopper, apparently just begging to be photographed, so I had to oblige #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #grasshopper

A grasshopper clinging to a grass stem

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For day five of #ButterflyWeek, marbled white butterflies clustering on field scabious, their favourite food plant #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

marbled white butterflies on field scabious flowers

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

For day four of #ButterflyWeek, two photos taken yesterday at a nearby chalkland nature reserve #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly

A painted lady butterfly on a thistle head

a brown argus butterfly on a grass awn

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For day three of #ButterflyWeek here is a pair of Brimstone butterflies in courtship flight. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #brimstone

A pair of brimstone butterflies in courtship flight

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For day two og #ButterflyWeek here is a nicely posed Common Blue Butterfly. Love that underwing pattern. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #comma

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For #MacroMonday from #EastCoastKin this pair of mating Banded Demoiselle damselflies found at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social fantastic Skerne Wetlands #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #dragonfly #damselfly

A mating pair of banded demoiselle damselflies

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For #ButterflyWeek here is a Comma Butterfly and the little white underwing marking that give it it's common name. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #comma

A comma butterfly at rest on a leaf, showing the white wing marking that gives it it's name

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Small white and green-veined white butterflies "puddling" in mud and cow dung; they do this get get nutrients like sodium which their nectar-based diet otherwise lacks #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies #puddling

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What with this hot weather, the local wood pigeons have taken to cooling their bums in our garden water feature ..... #pigeon #bidet #hot #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsILove #TheArtOfSurvival #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind

A wood pigeon sat on a garden water spout cooling itself

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Ywo very similar and commonly confused butterfly species - small and essex skipper, both found at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social fantastic Kiplingcotes Nature Reserve #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies #skipper

A small skipper butterfly on field scabious

An essex skipper butterfly on greater knapweed

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

For the #EastCoastKin thread #RedWed this amazing field full of poppies. Yorkshire Wolds, England. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #ColorADay ##landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #red #poppy

A poppoy field

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Good morning, for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #TheArtOfSurvival this Collared Pratincole "gaping" to keep cool in the desert heat #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #wader #shorebird #desert

a collared pratincole gaping its bill to keep cool

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Morning All. For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Raptors, one of my local Red Kites, and for the alt this Spanish Sparrow a #Passerine by nature and by name (Passer hispiolensis). #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #raptor

A red kite in a blue sky

A sparrow on a tree branch

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It’s poppy season in my part of the World, and so or the #EastCoastKin thread #RedWed this amazing field full of them. Yorkshire Wolds, England. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #ColorADay ##landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire

A poppy field

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

For the #EastCoastKin thread #MacroMonday these marbled white and large skipper butterflies taken in the past couple of days #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #butterflies

marbled white butterflies on field scabious

marbled white and large skipper butterflies on field scabious

large skipper butterfly pair

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I use both, there are some looks that you really can’t get with a long lens ….

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Some architectural contributions to the #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sharp. #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #architecture #architecturalphotography #London #Reykjavik #Doha

The Shard, London

Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík

National Museum, Doha, Qatar

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #UnexpectedNeighbours, this water buffalo festooned with Jungle Mynahs. They've pooh-ed lightly on their host, but it didn't seem to mind... #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #buffalo #India #Kazinranga

A wild water buffalo with a load of jungle mynahs

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hello all and happy Sunday. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BranchingOut, a red-backed shrike and a lesser grey shrike #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #shrike

a red-backed shrike on a leafy branch

a lesser grey shrike on a dead branch

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Good morning all. For Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LookingAtYou, this Puffin doing exactly that. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #puffin

A puffin stares directly at the viewer

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

a spot-billed pelican

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #LMNOP - A full set - a ( #BadFeatherDay) red-wattled Lapwing, white-throated Munia, european Nightjar, eurasian scops Owl and spot-billed Pelican #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind

a red-wattled lapwing

two white-rumped munias on a stick

a european nightjar

a eurasian scops owl

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hello All. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FirstWingbeat, so here's a puffin paterring across the sea during take-off. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Puffin

A puffin taking off from the sea, splashing over the water as it does so

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hello All, a couple of photos taken yesterday on ther isle of North Uist that fit nicely with today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes of #NegativeSpace and #Solitude. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Bee-Eater

A herring gull posing on a pointed, lichen-clad rock

An oystercatcher calls from the top of a lichen-clad rock

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hello All. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdOnAWire, this Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater with its locust lunch, and for the alt of #T, a Rock Thrush on a rock #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Bee-Eater

a blue-cheeked bee-eater on a telegraph wire, with a locust in its bill

and oramnge and blue rock thrush

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hello All, Happy Sunday. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StaringRightAtYou and for the alt of #Yellow, a 2-for-1 -this inbound Short-Toed Snake Eagle staring at me with its yellow eyes #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Eagle

A short-toed snake eagle in a bright blue sky flying towards th viewer. It has bright yellow eyes

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hello All. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsWideOpen these Little egrets having a bit of a barny #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Egret

Two little egrets chasing each other, wings wide open

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Maybe you could get a discount given the spelling mistake….?

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #ScrollBack, some of my faves from last month's trip to Northumberland, NE England #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #FarneIslands #Seabird #Puffin

Lighthouse and seabird cliffs, Farne Islands, NE England

A puffin in flight

Courting Razorbills

Eider ducks and drakes on a slipway

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

For the #EastCoastKin thread #MacroMondaythis malachite beetle. Taken last year, they havent emerged yet this spring hereabouts #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insect #photography #beetle

A green and red malachite beetle on a bramble leaf

Simon Tull @simontull.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

For the #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Morning, a swan glides across a small lake as the sun rises in western Denmark. #PhotographersOfBluesky #outdoorphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #Sunrise #Denmark

A swan swimming across a tree-lined, mirror calm lake. The scene glows orange with the rising sun