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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Brownsea Island in Dorset is the last refuge of red squirrels in Southern England. This one seemed much more nervous of me than its grey cousins tend to be. #squirells #ukwildlife #nature #wildlife #UKNature #naturephotography #naturetherapy #animals #climate #biodiversity

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Psycho gannet at #RSPB Bempton Cliffs. It was enaging in the mating ritual, billing, and I definitely snapped it at its least glamorous. #ukwildlife #birds #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #art #photography #wildlife #nature #funny #ocean #animals

A gannet looks upwards, revealing the markings under its beak.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I saw a white tailed eagle, eventually. It was awe inspiring. Read more if you would like to tinyurl.com/vwoolley With thanks to the brilliant photographers credited in the article. tinyurl.com/wtecred #birds #nature #ukwildlife #climate #naturetherapy #eastcoastkin #naturewriting

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This long tailed tit from Langford Lakes in #wiltshire is my #bestofthemonth and in fact my favourite bird. I recently learnt that if a member of a flock is predated during breeding season, other long tailed tits will help feed their young. #birdoftheday #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #nature

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#WaterDroplets on a tufted duck at Langford Lakes, #wiltshire yesterday. Apparently there is a ring necked duck hiding among the tufted ones but I could not find him! #birdoftheday #birds #ukwildlife #nature #naturephotography #naturetherapy #eastcoastkin #ducks #wellbeing #joy

A male tufted duck swims across water, with his golden eye to the camera and water droplets on his back.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Willow catkins about to pop! The softest announcement of spring's arrival. Spotted at Langford Lakes, Wiltshire today. #nature #ukwildlife #naturetherapy #plants #gardening #climate #trees #forests #spring #wellbeing #Wiltshire #wildlifetrusts

A branch of willow catkins, semi open, covered in raindrops

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Hair ice! This incredible ice structure is the result of a fungus affecting the formation of ice crystals. Spotted in Edford Wood Nature Reserve, Somerset on a frosty morning yesterday. #mycology #fungi #nature #winter #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #climate #naturetherapy #wellbeing

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This Great Spotted Woodpecker was #CollectingFood at Edford Meadows Nature reserve in Somerset this morning. There were three of them around, all quite unhappy with each other! #birdoftheday #birds #nature #ukwildlife #eastcoastkin #wellbeing #naturetherapy #naturephotography #somersetbirding

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I saw some mandarin ducks and it felt incredible. Read more if you would like to: tinyurl.com/victoriawool... #birds #eastcoastkin #nature #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #naturewriting #ukbirding #saturday #writing #art Photo credits in article, with eternal thanks.

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Mandarins and Awe

Feeling wonder in the presence of a duck

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

One of #RSPB Lodmoor's many black headed #gullsinwater. An elegant yet badly named gull with a white head in winter and a brown one in summer! #birds #birdoftheday #ukbirding #nature #ukwildlife #photography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #dorsetbirds

A black headed gull in winter plumage swims across a lake in winter sunshine. It is reflected in the water.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The Somerset Levels from Ebbor Gorge, including shining floodwater. It looks so harmless from here. #somerset #nature #photography #climate #naturephotography #uk #weather #flooding #weather #countryside #winter

A drystone wall in the foreground. Pasture fields in the middleground. In the background is the Somerset Levels, including shining patches of floodwater.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

An absolute rabble of house sparrows lives in my Somerset garden. They are so used to me that they hardly move when I appear out of the door. This one is making some rather grumpy #eyecontact #gardenbirds #birdoftheday #birds #eastcoastkin #photography #wildlife #ukwildlife

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The browns and greys of a British winter can seem never ending, luckily they can also be quite beautiful. Read more if you would like to: tinyurl.com/ycyydc9y #birds #nature #naturewriting #naturetherapy #wildlife #outdoors #wellbeing #weather #landscape

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A chaffinch for today's #birdoftheday. He's a well fed chap living at #rspb Ham Wall in Somerset. I am seeing more and more of these; hopefully their numbers are bouncing back. #birds #ukbirding #eastcoastkin #nature #wildlife #winter #photography

A male chaffinch sits on a fencepost eating seed. He has an orangey-red breast and blue-grey cap and throat marking.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A gorgeous teal in its #natural marshland habitat for today's #birdoftheday. Teals are our smallest duck and their winter arrival into the West Country is one of my favourite things. Taken at #rspb Lodmoor, Dorset. #birds #ukbirding #dorset #newyear #winter #wildlife #eastcoastkin #naturetherapy

A male teal swimming across a natural marshland pond, towards a bank of scrubby grass and reeds. He is a small duck with a reddish brown head and green eye patch. The majority of his body is speckled grey - brown.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Great Spotted Woodpecker by the bird feeders at Haldon Forest Park, Devon. I was on my way into the forest in search of Crossbill (which I saw but couldn't get a shot of) and Hawfinch (which are still eluding me.) #birds #wildlife #devonbirds #forestrycommission #devon #eastcoastkin #newyear

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Omaha @omahaill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

While walking under a large yew at St Mary's parish church in Charlcombe, nr Bath something caught my ear and I saw a few goldcrest (I think) feeding. Then one hopped down on the floor and didn't seem to notice me #wildlife #birds #nature #ukbirds @westcountrynature.bsky.social

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Simon Fairweather @fatboyisslim.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

My son found and photographed this Firecrest whilst we were at Ham Wall yesterday. It was on the main track about 100 metres east of the windmill #somersetbirding

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Velvet Shank mushrooms in Edford Woods, Somerset today. Known as the winter mushroom as they last into the colder weather, even surviving a freeze. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #nature #wildlife #UKNature #WinterWildlife #Winter #holidays #frost #Somerset

Tiered, orange mushrooms grow up a tree in a winter woodland.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Sleeping shoveller ducks at #RSPB Ham Wall this weekend. The closest my #ducks have ever been to being in a row! These shovellers gather in numbers on the #Somerset Levels every winter. #SideViews #BirdOfTheDay #birds #sleep #rest #EastCoastKin #winter #BirdSky #wildlife #photography

An image of five Northern Shoveler ducks, four in a diagonal row across the image. All are sleeping with their heads under their wings. Four are male, but the bird in the front is a female. The image is lit with a pale winter light. The water is gently rippled.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I hope you are enjoying the bluer skies this weekend. This blue tit is, in Edford Woods Nature Reserve, Somerset. The flitting acrobatics of blue tits are heartwarming. This one is investigating a swelling bud. #birds #ukbirding #somersetbirding #Wildlifetrusts #somerset #bath #nature

A blue tit sits on the uppermost branches of a bare tree. It is nibbling at a bud which is starting to swell ready for spring. The sky behind it is a weak winter blue.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

A grey heron on a grey day at RSPB Lodmoor in Dorset, for today's #birdoftheday. Easily the most 'dinosaur' of our native birds. #heronsandegrets #birds #dorset #nature #naturewriting #wildlife #britishbirding #weymouth #dorset

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#birdoftheday finches in my back garden in Somerset. The goldfinches often fight to get onto this feeder full of niger seed. I have to sneak it in at night for its clean, so that they are never disappointed! These are the most common finch I see in my patch. #birds

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Ravens visit my work regularly. It turns out that they are not just 'big crows' after all... Feel free to take a read. open.substack.com/pub/victoria... #raven #birds #birdsky #somerset #nature #naturewriting #wildlife #iceland

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The Raven Himself...

Ravens in a Somerset School

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We had so many ladybirds across the West Country this summer. There are still loads to be found tucked away in nooks and crannies for the winter. This pair are hibernating on an elder stick on my allotment. #nature #insects #winter #hibertnate #somerset #wildlife

Two ladybirds hibernating on a licehn covered elder stick which has been used to grow beans up on an allotment

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

In central Bath this evening, hundreds of pied wagtails came into roost on this Christmassy tree. They were illuminated by the lights and looked like living snow. Credit to my sister for taking this video. #birds #birdsky #nature #bath #christmas #ChristmasLights #urbanbirds

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Little egrets in the UK still seem exotic to me, despite having started to arrive in considerable numbers in the 80s. They are so elegant, until their bright yellow feed appear out of the water! #Birds #Birdsky #BirdOfTheDay #sideviews #nature #wildlife #dorset

A little egret walks through water, which is up to its knees. Behind it are reedbeds. Another reed bed is visible in the foreground.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Paying attention in a small Somerset nature reserve inspired this latest piece of reflection. open.substack.com/pub/victoria... #nature #naturewriting #mushrooms #fungi #somerset #rivers #ukwildlife #bath #wellbeing #environment

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It's easy to forget how beautiful our most familiar creatures are. Everyone thinks of a mallard when they hear the word 'duck,' but how often do we stop and look at them? RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth, 8th November. #RSPB #Weymouth #bird #birding #duck #wildlife #nature #Dorset

A male mallard with his green head catching the sunlight.

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West Country Nature @westcountrynature.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Jelly fungus in woodland near Holcombe, Somerset today. Looking like some kind of spillage, this is one of nature's weirder and more fascinating creations. #nature #fungus #somerset #wildlife #outdoors #woodland #forest

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