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@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #BestOfTheMonth for the #BirdOfTheDay theme. As I've already posted my best two September photos (Dunnock) in the last week, here's a Starling on my chimneypot.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 23h

Male Holly Blue butterfly (29/9/26). 3rd brood individuals are becoming the norm in my S. Cambridgeshire garden with a few seen each autumn in recent years. Yet more evidence of the effects of our warming climate. #Butterflies

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #EFG as #BirdOfTheDay theme; birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). E - Eider Duck G - Gannet F - Fulmer All photographed 22nd June 2025 on the Brough of Birsay, a small island off the NW coast of Mainland, Orkney. (4th Photo).

Brough of Birsay.
You can only reach this small island via the causeway at low tide.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay is #BokehBirds, birds captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Bonus points for bokeh. Dunnock on my garden fence (September 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Seabirds and the Alt is #Airborne Australasian Gannet in flight. Muriwai, N. Island, NZ (Feb 26).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #Pairs as today's #BirdOfTheDsy theme; photos with pairs of the same species. A nesting pair of Ospreys. Queensland - October 2023.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs & the Alt theme is #Brown. I've posted this Weka before, but not this photo. New Zealand (February 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli). Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France (19/9/26). This South African butterfly arrived in Mallorca in the 1980s & is established in S. Europe. They occasionally turn up in the UK on imported plants, but it is thought our winters are too cold for them to establish.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #TheDivers & the Alt theme is #BirdStare. A New Zealand Scaup for a twofer (South Island, NZ - Feb 26).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

European Mantis (Mantis religiosa). Spotted in a bowl of wax apples inside an antique/curio shop in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France, on Saturday (19/9/26). I got some funny looks from other browsers but I couldn't not photograph it

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea). I photographed this massive bee in the centre of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France, on Saturday (19/9/26). Whilst common in southern Europe, they are rare visitors to England, which, while they occasionally breed, are not thought to be established yet.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Raptors. Broad-winged Hawk. San Antonio National Park, Costa Rica (Feb 25).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's # BirdOfTheDay is #Redheads Lineated Woodpecker. Costa Rica (February 2025).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen ytoday's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Paridae. Blue Tit at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall (March 2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ODG, any owl, duck, or goose. Pacific Black Duck (Brisbane 2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's chosen #BirdsWithBerries as the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay. A female Common Blackbird with 4 Mahonia berries in her beak (May 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhouette; any bird in silhouette. A damp Kea on a grey, wet day. Franz Josef, New Zealand (February 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. Tufted Ducks

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's chosen #AngryBirds for today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay. Black Noddy Lady Musgrave Island, Great Barrier Reef (2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #BirdsInAbstract From motion blur, obscure angles, or contrasting textures, anything goes! A young Blackbird cools down during a heatwave.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Butterflies enjoying the Ivy blossom in my Cambridgeshire garden today. Painted Lady Comma Red Admiral Peacock #Butterflies

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful and the Alt theme is #Black A male Common Blackbird eating Mahonia Berries for a twofer.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Iridescence and the Alt theme is #Black&White I'm going for a twofer with Straw-necked Ibises in the Queensland sun (October 23).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My 6th record of Callicera spinolae (Ivy Longhorn Hoverfly) on Ivy in my S. Cambridgeshire garden this autumn and the 3rd male. Unlike the previous 2 males, he wasn't camera-shy, and I got some better photos of this incredibly rare UK BAP Priority Species. #Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Diptera #Flies

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ABCD, any bird name beginning with any of these letters. A Dunnock on my garden fence on Sunday.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #Herons&Egrets for today's #BirdOfTheDay Two closely related herons, once considered the same species Little Heron (Philippines 2020). Green Heron (Costa Rica 2025).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's chosen #Pigeons for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Zebra Dove Bohol, Philippines 2020.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #InFlight White-capped Albatross Kaikōura, South Island, New Zealand (February 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdNaps. Female Common Eider Ducks spend 25-28 days incubating their eggs without leaving the nest. This lady was nesting peacefully on the other side of a wire fence, close to a busy path. Brough of Birsay, Orkney (June 2025).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Female European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) this afternoon. My 5th sighting of this species in my S. Cambridgeshire garden. Previous records : males in August 2025 and in March 2026 and females in April 2026 and July 2026. #Hymenoptera #Wasps

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Contrast. I think I may have posted this one before. Fiery-billed Aracaris at dusk (Drake's Bay, Costa Rica, February 2025).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

At this time of year, I spend an inordinate amount of time watching the flowering Ivy in my Cambridgeshire garden. It's buzzing with pollinators, such as hoverflies, bees, butterflies, and wasps. One of today's highlights was a European Hornet (Vespa crabo) with Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) prey.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #ItsAllWhite, birds whose main colour is White. Little Egret (Queensland 2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's chosen #FlowerPower as the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay This Scaly-breasted Lorikeet munching on Eucalyptus blossom is powered by flowers!

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For the sixth consecutive year, my garden has been graced by this incredibly rare and stunning hoverfly. A female Callicera spinolae (Ivy Longhorn) today. My first August record, and five days earlier than last year, which was the previous earliest record. #Diptera #Syrphidae #Flies #Entomology

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsUpClose. Kea (Arthur's Pass, New Zealand - February 2026).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's Alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Blue Blue-faced Honeyeater (Queensland 2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #BestOfTheMonth as the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay "You don't really need all that bagel, do you?"

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy #FlyDayFriday A male Phasia hemiptera on Devil's Bit Scabious in Gamlingay Wood LNR, S. Cambridgeshire this morning. #Diptera #Tachinidae

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Coastal&River and the Alt theme is #Rocky. A Bridled Tern on a rock for a Twofer. Lady Musgrave Island, Great Barrier Reef (2023).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's Alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #KingfisherQuest Collared Kingfisher Bohol, Philippines (2020)

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's Alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Yellow Yellow Wagtail in a Cambridgeshire bean field.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today: #RecentGardenBirds, most recent capture/s of a bird/s in your garden A young Dunnock

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #ThinPerches. Like Helen, I've gone with a male European Stonechat (Mallorca 2019). I've also gone with a Lesser Violetear (Costa Rica 2025).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Simple; any bird against a simple background. A Willie Wagtail in suburban Brisbane (2033).

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen today's #BirdOfTheDay, #ColourfulCharacters, any bird with colourful plumage. A young European Robin transitioning into adult plumage. It was very tame, hunting for scraps around the cafe at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park yesterday.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'mvery much a fair weather photographer, so I'm going with @alan678.bsky.social's alt theme of #SunnyDayBirds for today's #BirdOfTheDay. House Sparrows on my Cambridgeshire garden.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Bird NameG A female Great-tailed Grackle having a paddle Costa Rica February 2025.

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdInABush Varied Honeyeater in bushes along Cairns Esplanade, Queensland 2023.

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