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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 24/04/2026

Another #Gannet image from last weekend. This one definitely falls into the wildlife portraiture category (the full-size version of this is 6000 px wide with fantastic detail). That killer's eye, that finely-chiselled bill and that streamlined fuselage....yep, I quite like Gannets!

A Northern Gannet close-up of the head and body in flight moving right to left. The rear of the gannet is out of shot.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 22/04/2026

I'm not alone is being a devotee of the Northern Gannet. It pulls me back to Bempton Cliffs, including running workshops for people who end up with the same regard for Gannets. After all, there aren't many large and elegant pelagic birds that you can view from as a little as 5-10m in the UK!

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 20/04/2026

It's World Curlew Day tomorrow, so here are a few images of these fab birds from last week, taken on the moors above Swaledale. @curlewaction.bsky.social

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 13/04/2026

Choices, choices...! Same Gannet from last month, 3 poses. A nicely-detailed classic avian image, an action-orientated gape shot and an aesthetically-pleasing composition. The wildlife photographer in me says 1 or 2, the artist in me says 3. Any preference? #gannets @rspbengland.bsky.social

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 10/04/2026

A few images from an early morning foray up onto Grinton Moor yesterday. Unfortunately, the numbers of ground-nesting birds on the tops in this area seem to have declined in recent years. I'm only seeing a few curlew and lapwing over 2-3 hour walks these days. #yorkshiredales @yorkshiredales.org.uk

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 07/04/2026

I've just been processing a bunch of images from 2 visits to Bempton Cliffs in the past few weeks (recc'ing for this year's workshops). This serene image, imaginatively titled 'Out of the Blue', is from a morning of low, grey cloud with low light. Cool blue seemed to fit! @rspbengland.bsky.social

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 06/04/2026

Another image from last week's Black Grouse lek that's taken a bit of processing, but I wanted to share this duel. Appalling light meant iso16000 and the wings are still blurred! @yorkshiredales.org.uk

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 03/04/2026

I've written a short essay about my local Black Grouse populations here www.andrew-atkins.com/black-grouse... It was motivated by one of my visits to a lek this week and a concurrent and interesting discussion about viewing Black Grouse amongst fellow members of a nature group.

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Black Grouse in North Yorkshire - Andrew Atkins Photography

Photo essay on North Yorkshire's Black Grouse with special reference to lekking sites, seeing Black Grouse in the upper Dales and how to view a lek responsibly.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 03/04/2026

Whoops! Now that my website platform (Format) supports Bluesky social icons and sharing, I've suddenly rediscovered the app. Apologies, folks, for such a naff reason for drifting away. To make up, here's a couple of images of a Black Grouse lek in North Yorkshire this week.

Male Black Grouse faces the camera in a balletic pose during a lek in North Yorkshire.

Two male Black Grouse face-off during a lek at the roadside in North Yorkshire. The left-hand bird has its wings held high while the right hand bird has launched itself upwards off the ground.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 26/07/2025

NEW Small Group Workshops for late 2025 and 2026. It's always exciting to develop something new for clients and I've 3 new specialist photography workshops starting this Autumn. Full day, max 4 people, Yorkshire, £95. If seabirds, upland birds or coastal creativity interest you and you want to impro

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 23/07/2025

It's always exciting to develop something new for clients and I've 3 specialist photography workshops starting this Autumn. Full day, max 4 people, Yorkshire, £95. If seabirds, upland birds or coastal creativity interest you and you want to improve your image-making, details are at andrew-atkins.com

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 03/07/2025

I thought I should give my remaining summer intro workshops some love! Booked through Craft Courses at £75pp, there's an Intro to Bird Photography (15/07), Photography of the Upper Dales (01/08) and Intro to Woodland Photography (20/09). Search Andrew Atkins at craftcourses.com #photographyworkshops

Cow barn or byre image from Arkengarthdale, taken in black and white. The byre nearly fill the frame and is shot from slightly below and with strong shadow on the stonework.

A painterly intentional camera movement image of the sun over the sea on the horizon. There is peripheral dark blue light in the sky and sea and a sunburst of oranges and purples coming from the sun

A close-up image of a Ring Ouzel on moorland above Swaledale. The bird is just coming in to alnd from left to right with its wings outstretched and tail splayed. The white collar is very prominent.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 19/06/2025

Those soft, layered, undulations seem quite rhythmic to me. So far, this is one of my favourite images from last week's unintentionally extended North Uist sessions, as it both abstracts, and suggests, the subject simultaneously (I hope!). #icmphotography #impressionism #nikonz7ii #scottishlandscape

An intentional camera movement image taken on the west coast of North Uist in the Scottish Hebrides. The image has abstract blues, greens and browns in layers that suggest an undulating landscape that has been painted in watercolours.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 18/06/2025

An #icmphotography image I created last week on the Isle of Lewis. This felt like a special time and space - middle of the afternoon with an expansive beach, devoid of people, and approaching dark clouds. Purists might note some intentional compositional tension and resolution! #seascapes

Calm Before the Storm is a colour image of a beach, dunes, sea and hill taken using intentional camera movement techniques to give it a painterly visual quality. The location is the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 03/06/2025

Oh, the Hebrides! One of the best places in the UK to move from 50mph winds and lashing rain to a light breeze and watery sunshine in 5 minutes.... and back again just as quickly. A bit of long exposure #ICMPhotography from one of yesterday's respites on Great Bernera. #elementsmagazine #greatberner

A painterly image of a headland and beach on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides using a long exposure and intentional camera movement.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 23/05/2025

A little series of #Puffin images taken at the weekend on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast in the UK. It's a much bigger colony now than I remember from a decade ago, making it a great place to experience these busy birds during the breeding season. #naturephotography #birds #birdphoto

A close-up image of a Puffin in flight. It's heading right to left with its wings spread out above its body.

A Puffin faces the camera at close distance surrounded by vegetation near its burrow on the Farne Islands.

A pair of standing Puffins on the Farne Islands face-to-face and communicating with open bills.

A Puffin taking off across the sea from left to right with water droplets sprayed behind it.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 12/05/2025

2025 seems to be dominated by preening types that deceive vulnerable and less powerful individuals. I'm talking about the Cuckoo😊. I saw 4 separate Cuckoos over the moors in 30 minutes on Saturday morning - a first - including these 2 that seem to court AND fight! #cuckoos @yorkshiredales.org.uk

2 Cuckoos flying right to left at distance over Grinton Moor in a blue sky.

2 Cuckoos flying towards the viewer with one slightly above and behind the other. The sky is sunny and cloudless. The location is Grinton Moor in the Yorkshire dales.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 08/05/2025

I've just launched a new full-day photography workshop in the upper dales for bird photographers. Think Curlew, Lapwing, Wheatear, Red Grouse, etc. in the stunning scenery of the moors and valleys of Wensleydale & Swaledale. Just search Atkins on craftcourses.com #birdphotography #photoworkshops

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 07/05/2025

'Shimmer'. Iridescent Lapwing. I guess this could be a #WednesdayWader even if it's from last Friday😀. Taken in unseasonably warm weather on Redmire Moor in North Yorkshire. #birds #britishbirds #wadingbirds @yorkshiredales.org.uk @nikoneurope.bsky.social

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 02/05/2025

With the weather cooling but still fine, why not join me and a host of other excellent craftspeople at Tennants Garden Rooms in Leyburn tomorrow. It's their annual Spring Fair and only on for one day! #tennants #craftfairs #leyburn @yorkshiredales.org.uk

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 28/04/2025

If any photographers out there are interested in witnessing a black grouse lek while staying within the conservation guidelines, let me know. Max 3 people with 500mm or longer lenses, my vehicle, pre-dawn meet in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. £60 pp. #blackgrouse #birdphotography #yorkshiredales

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Timothy Keeney @timothykeeneyphotography.com · 27/04/2025

Today I reached 3k followers, something that would be unheard of for me on Facebook. I’ve always been a social media failure and often that has made me question my work. Thank you for the likes, shares, and comments. They mean a lot to me. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography

A waterfall plunges over a ledge under a canopy of yellow and orange fall leaves. The main portion is to the right with two smaller paths at the left. The water is smoothed by a long exposure.

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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

‘All that remains’. Today’s photo is from Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📷 🌊

A vertical-format, black and white photo of sea water pulling back around the few remains of a shipwreck with an island in the background and a dark, cloudy sky. Horizon above centre.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 25/04/2025

#FlyDay A Ring Ouzel from last week's trot across Grinton Moor in the Yorkshire Dales.

A Ring Ouzel close-up. The Ring ouzel is just about to land on heather moorland above Swaledale and is flying left to right with its wings wide open and pointing slightly downwards.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 22/04/2025

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

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linda2.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

What is it with bluebells? A diffent view of this landscape enjoyed by many. #Spring #bluebells #landscape #PhotoHour #Photography #woodland #PhotographersofBluesky #WansteadPark

A landscape view of Wanstead Park Bluebells. Sun shines over the canopy of trees displaying dappled light over the bluebells and the shadows of the trees visible. In the background, rows of trees and a child is riding on a bike with parent walking behind.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 18/04/2025

3 bird-in-flight images from yesterday's wander across Grinton & Redmire Moors (twixt Swaledale and Wensleydale). Ring Ouzel, Golden Plover and Red Grouse. Particularly pleased to get the GPs, as there aren't too many about. #birds #BIF #birdphotography #nikon @yorkshiredales.org.uk

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 16/04/2025

Here's another image of the lekking Black Grouse from a couple of days ago. I was pretty happy with this action shot, as it was 6.15am and pretty murky, with ISO6400 needed for a vaguely acceptable shutter speed! As ever, a distance shot from the car. @yorkshiredales.org.uk #wharfedale #birdphoto

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 16/04/2025

One of my ICM (intentional camera movement) images was chosen for the 2025 edition of Aire Place Studios' Print It! exhibition and book, which was nice (sorry for that fast Show reference!). #icmphotography #seascapes

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 14/04/2025

I've just found out that it's #PuffinDay so here's one. Taken in the Treshnish Isles off the Isle of Mull a couple of years back. @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

A photographic portrait of a puffin sitting on the clifftop on Lunga, an island in the Treshnish Isle off the west coast of Scotland.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 14/04/2025

Took some bird snappers for some more Black Grouse antics early this morning. As per usual, 100m from the lek inside a vehicle and we left after the lek finished. Bitterly cold wind but the grouse aren't bothered! #birds #blackgrouse #yorkshirebirding #birdphotography @yorkshiredales.org.uk

3 Black grouse having a stand-off during a dawn lek on a moorland road above Wharfedale. One of the grouse is standing tall to dominate the other two.

A black grouse nestled down on moorland rough ground in dawn light. The light is showing all the plumage, which is iridescent in the light.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 14/04/2025

It's never a bad hare day when you come across one of these! An early encounter c.6.45am this morning on a moorland road above #Wharfdale. Nikon z8 + z 180-600mm. The hare was unaware of the photographers in the car until it heard the 10 frames a second clicking away! #nikonpro #wildlifephotography

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 13/04/2025

One of last week's Black Grouse images from waaaaay up above Wensleydale. A serious face-off during the dawn lek. #birds #blackgrouse #wildlifephotography #yorkshirewildlife

Two black grouse face each other in battle during an early morning lek above Wensleydale, Yorkshire. We see the tail display feathers of the nearest bird and the open beak and wings of the bird behind it.

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Andy Atkins @wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk · 13/04/2025

It's Andy Atkins here with a new account, as andyatkins.bsky.social started to be more OSINT and current affairs (there's a lot of that right now) than nature photography. This account is for my nature friends and clients!

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Andy Atkins (@andyatkins.bsky.social)

Interested in rational thinking and evidence-based conclusions regardless of where, who, or when they come from. Weird combo of analyst/strategist bod and part-time pro photographer. Trustee at Rural ...

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