Our #birdoftheday #migratory bird is this arctic tern, which we had the pleasure of watching arrive at Inner Farne Island Off the Northumbrian coast. They complete a very long migration from the Antarctic, I’m told, contrary to their name?!

Darenth, Kent in the spring sunshine, with a blossoming magnolia tree #spring #magnolia

Here’s our pick for today’s #birdoftheday alt theme of #pigeons He’s paying his respects at Shoreham, Kent

This is our pick for today’s #birdoftheday theme, #LookingatMe I’m not sure if it’s an emu or ostrich, sorry, but it lives in Hawley, Kent.

#silhouettes&shadows alt theme for todays’s #birdoftheday A seagull at Southwold, Suffolk

Here’s a grey heron at St James Park in London for today’s #birdoftheday theme of #grounded

First Garage store is opening at Bluewater today and there is already a queue…. #garagesrore #garage #bluewater

The #Thames looking beautiful from Lambeth Bridge last night in #London You can see the #Housesofparliament and the #LondonEye

For today’s #birdoftheday #marriedcouples theme, I picked this picture of a swan family I took at Beddington Park

For today’s #birdoftheday #landmeetswater a heron leaving the Tamar river at sunset in Saltash Devon

Some more #birdoftheday #reflections with some adult swans at Thorpeness mere Suffolk

A cygnet in Norfolk for today’s #birdoftheday theme, #reflections

The best #splash photo I could find from our collection …. Thanks Alan H we are really enjoying #birdoftheday Swans taking off at Thorpeness mere

There is some lovely green iridescence on this starling in Northumberland! #birdoftheday #green #northumberland #starling

An Arctic tern chick calling for mum and food on Inner Farne Island. A lovely one for greyday! #birdoftheday #bird #greyday

A duck in Kent, perfectly perched. #Birdoftheday #perfectlyperched #birds

#birdoftheday #corvidae Hanging out…

#birdoftheday side profile but also cheating a bit…! Cuddly puffin toy at Bamburgh beach, still makes me smile.

#birdoftheday side profile of puffin back in June 2025

Beautiful March blossom in Horton Kirby Kent. River Darenth #blossom #spring

Happy pie week! Celebrating with a three bean Mexican pie, mash and red cabbage at The Plough in Stalisfield, Kent #britishpieweek #pie #kent

Black cat helping with wordle! #blackcat #cutie

Chartwell in Kent on a beautiful early Spring

You’re being watched!! #blackcat #cats

Beautiful black cat #blackcat

Two black cats on one lap! #blackcat

Any work experts can advise me what type this is please? At Chelsea Physic Garden #worm

Playing with my phone camera on a close up of this lovely rose. #rose

My daughter sent me this photo she took of a snowdrop #snowdrop #flowerswithfaces

Lyra ‘s bench in Oxford Botanic Garden. With hers, Will’s and Philip Pullman’s daemons in a sculpture behind it. For someone who really loved reading the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy, this brought all the feels. #oxford #lyra

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford market

Black cats watching Pointless on tv

Beautiful carpet of snowdrops at our church in Kent #snowdrops #flowers

Nice flowers in the Old Nelson, Whitstable.

Simple pleasures at Whitstable this week.

Whitstable today!

This morning’s sunrise in Kent. The bird is a wotnot on the windowsill, not outside!!

Hastings pier at sunset

A sunny day in Hastings

Beautiful frost

Fun at the seaside!

The moonrise at Reculver. #fullmoon #kent

It’s a Happy New Year from us!! #blackcat #nye

This little guy has a disproportionately long beak and is not something we normally see in our Kent suburb… but we are closeish to the river and the Thames. Perhaps a bit off course? Anyone any ideas what this is please? Sorry the photo is poor! #namethatbird

My first go on the sound desk for this morning’s service! #newbie #volunteer

#puffins #seabirds #happyChristmas

Sunrise over the river Thames looking towards Gravesend as a pilot boat arrives at Tilbury dock.

Zara butterflies display, Oxford St

Squint and see some barnacle geese! Suffolk Nov 25 #geese #birds