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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography

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📍Northern England 📷 Wildlife & Landscapes

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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Back photographing the kingfishers today. They weren't very cooperative, but I did find this male sparrowhawk sat in the bankside woodland. #sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birdofpreyphotography #raptor
A male sparrowhawk sat in the bankside woodland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Kingfisher... It had just dropped off a fish at the nest, washed in the river and was shaking out water from its feathers. #kingfisher #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
Kingfisher, having just dropped off a fish at the nest, washed in the river and it was shaking out water from its feathers.
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Misty woodland in the Yorkshire Dales #woodland #mist #blackandwhite #mono
Misty woodland in the Yorkshire Dales
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
A snipe taken on the fertile island of Fetlar in Shetland. #snipe #fetlar #shetland
A snipe sat on a fence post on the island of Fetlar, Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Whitby sunset #sunset #whitby
The sun setting behind cliffs at Whitby, North Yorkshire
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
A great skua, known in Shetland as a bonxie, flying off the cliffs at Hermaness. An amazing bird to watch in action.
A great skua, known in Shetland as a bonxie, flying off the cliffs at Hermaness
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Barn owl, Yorkshire Dales
A barn owl in flight, Yorkshire Dales
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Just sea, sand, sky and a small rock... Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire. #abstract #abstractart #abstractphotography #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #waves #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
A stone and waves on a beachA stone and waves on a beach
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby #blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby #blacknab #saltwickbay #whitby #monochromatic #seascape #seascapes #seascapephotography #yorkshire #yorkshirecoast #northyorkshirecoast #northyorkshire
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A female golden plover sounding its alarm call from a rock on the island of Unst in Shetland. #goldenplover #unst #shetland #shetlandwildlife #shetlandbirds #birdsofshetland
A female golden plover sounding its alarm call from a rock on the island of Unst in ShetlandA female golden plover sounding its alarm call from a rock on the island of Unst in Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A young little owl on my local patch last week. With so many trips this year I've neglected my local patch somewhat, so it was good to find this offspring where I normally find adults. #littleowl #owl #bird #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
A young little owlA young little owlA young little owl
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Red throated diver flying over a loch in Shetland. #redthroateddiver #redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Red throated diver in flightRed throated diver in flightRed throated diver in flight
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Puffin looking out from the clifftop at Hermaness Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland. #puffin #unst #hermaness #hermanessnaturereserve #shetland #shetlandwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Puffin looking out from the clifftop at Hermaness Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
Runswick Bay, North YorkshireA fisherman's cottage at Runswick Bay, North YorkshireRunswick Bay, North YorkshireLong exposure of steps into the sea at Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Whitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy evening.
Whitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy eveningWhitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy eveningWhitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy eveningWhitby Piers around sunset on a cloudy evening
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
No words required...
A puffin with a beak-full of grass
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Shetland Trout...
Brown troutBrown trout
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Wide angle whimbrel in flight
Whimbrel in flight
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland
Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland
Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland in black and whiteHerma Ness, Unst, Shetland in colour
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Puffin wide angle and cropped at Hermaness National Nature Reserve. Flying gannets are forming the white bokeh circles over the ocean below.
PuffinPuffin sat alone on the cliffs at Hermaness Nature Reserve
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
More whimbrel images from Unst, Shetland...
A whimbrel in flightWhimbrel with extended wings
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A whimbrel, the smaller relative of a curlew with an unmistakeable call. We encountered them all over Shetland but usually with a rod in hand rather than the camera. This one was circling me as I walked back from the coast - it clearly had a nest or young nearby. #whimbrel #shetland
A whimbrel in flight above a fence
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Shetland wren, a subspecies of the Eurasian wren, distinguished by its darker and more red-brown colouring and it is more heavily barred. The bill is stouter and longer and it has stronger legs. It inhabits cliffs and rocky shores, where this was taken as it flitted about under the rocks.
Shetland wren
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Postcards from Uyeasound, Unst, Shetland. We stayed two nights here at the excellent Gardiesfauld Hostel. #unst #shetland #uyeasound #seascape #jetty #pier #scotland
The little harbour at Uyeasound on the island on Unst, ShetlandThe little harbour at Uyeasound on the island on Unst, ShetlandThe little harbour at Uyeasound on the island on Unst, Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
No trip to Shetland would be complete without calling in at Shetland's most southerly point, Sumburgh Head, to see the puffins. What a place... stunning scenery and sea birds everywhere. #puffin #sumburghhead #sumburgh #shetland
A puffin sat on a cliff at Sumburgh Head in Shetland
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Loch of Tingwall, Shetland, with the famous Manse standing proud overlooking the loch. Taken well after sunset, from a lay-by where we camped on the first night. #lochoftingwall #tingwall #tingwallvalley #tingwallloch #shetland #sunset #sunsetphotography #landscapephotography
Sunset at Loch of Tingwall, Shetland, with the famous Manse standing proud overlooking the loch
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Arctic terns on the island of Yell, Shetland. #yell #shetland #arctictern
Arctic terns interacting in flightArctic terns interacting in flight
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Gordale Scar, Yorkshire Dales National Park. #gordalescar #gordale #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #yorkshiredalesnationalpark #yorkshiredaleslife #yorkshiredaleswalks #yorkshiredalesphotography #landscape #landscapephotography
Gordale Scar in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Common lizard, warming up on the walkway at Malham Tarn last week. #lizard #commonlizard
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Ovipositing damselflies at Malham Tarn last week. #damselflies #ovipositingdamselflies #closeup #malhamtarn #malhamtarnestate #malhamtarnnaturereserve #nationaltrust #nature #yorkshiredales #yorkshiredalesnationalpark
Ovipositing damselflies at Malham Tarn
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A northern marsh orchid, taken at Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales last week, during the hot weather. #northernmarshorchid #dactylorhizapurpurella #flower #flowerphotography #closeup #closeupphotography #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #malhamtarn #malhamtarnestate #nationaltrust
A northern marsh orchid
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A little owl returning to the nest with dinner... taken during my trip to Bulgaria last month. #littleowl
A little owl in flightA little owl in flight
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Grey wagtail next to a Yorkshire dales rivers. As I stood on the little stone bridge over the river this one flew into a nearby tree and started calling continuously. I think it had newly fledged young nearby and was looking out for danger. #greywagtail #wildlifephotography #birds #yorkshiredales
Grey wagtail on a tree branch
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Hoopoe, Bulgaria, May 25 #hoopoe #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
HoopoeHoopoe
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Bickering or blowing kisses... who knows but lovely to watch these beautiful birds interacting in Bulgaria. #beeeater #europeanbeeeater #europeanbeeeaters #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
European bee-eaters
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cuckoo on the lookout. Taken on my recent trip to Bulgaria. #cuckoo #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Cuckoo
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Golden hour at Plover Scar Lighthouse on the Lancashire Coast. #ploverscarlighthouse #ploverscar #lighthouse #seascape #seascapephotography #seascapecaptures #longexposure #sunset #goldenhour
Golden hour at Plover Scar Lighthouse on the Lancashire Coast
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Last of the day's light in the Forest of Bowland. The sun has dropped below the distant hills lighting up the clouds from below. #sunset #sunsetsky #forestofbowland #landscape #landscapephotography
The sun setting below distant hills lighting up the clouds
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
An adult isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) feeding her offspring. Taken on my recent trip to Bulgaria. #wheatear #isabellinewheatear #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
An adult isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) feeding her offspring
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A grizzled skipper butterfly, taken on my recent trip to Bulgaria. #butterfly #grizzledskipper #nature #naturephotography #bulgaria #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A grizzled skipper butterflyA grizzled skipper butterfly
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A European souslik standing tall looking for predators. #souslik #europeansouslik #europeangroundsquirrel #spermophiluscitellus #wildlifephotography
European souslik
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Attitude A little owl strutting across waste ground in Bulgaria looking for grubs. #littleowl
Little owl
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
A family of isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) with mum taking a bow and showing off her amazing tail. Taken on my recent trip to Bulgaria. #wheatear #isabellinewheatear #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
A family of isabelline wheatear
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Hawfinch dropping into a drinking pool in the Bulgarian countryside. The water droplets are from a corn bunting bathing out of shot. #hawfinch #bulgaria #bird #birdinflight #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Hawfinch in flight
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hawfinch in a woodland in Bulgaria. #hawfinch #bulgaria #bird #birdphotography #birdphoto #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Hawfinch in a woodland in BulgariaHawfinch in a woodland in Bulgaria
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A fire salamander by a small stream in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. Cropped and uncropped versions. #salamander #firesalamander #amphibian #amphibians #bulgaria #bulgarianature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A fire salamander by a small stream in the Rhodope Mountains of BulgariaA fire salamander by a small stream in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A crop of the European souslik (European ground squirrel/Spermophilus citellus) I posted yesterday. #souslik #europeansouslik #europeangroundsquirrel #spermophiluscitellus #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
European souslik
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Stuart Minnikin | Landscape & Nature Photography @stuartminnikin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
A European souslik or European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) taken in Bulgaria last week. #souslik #europeansouslik #europeangroundsquirrel #spermophiluscitellus
European souslik
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