Tansy Beetles enjoyed a brief bit of sun at the bank holiday - before the clouds descended! If you're in York DO get along the Ouse for a look! #bugs #beetles #nature #photography #wildlife @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @jesika5555.bsky.social @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

May 7th - elections for #Holyrood, the #Senedd and #Councils across England. But our apathy is breaking our society. A #cartoon: #England #Scotland #Wales #Cymru #vote #election #pollingbooth #BrokenBritain

Tansy Beetles enjoyed a brief bit of sun at the bank holiday - before the clouds descended! If you're in York DO get along the Ouse for a look! #bugs #beetles #nature #photography #wildlife @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @jesika5555.bsky.social @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

Did anyone manage to snap the Moon over the bank holiday? I hear it was called the "flower moon", and was a micromoon (at apogee from the Earth)... raaaaather cloudy over York, but I did manage a few captures: #flowermoon #micromoon #fullmoon #moon #astrophotography #stormhour #photohour

My family call blackbirds "skulks" because of the way they act... #BirdOfTheDay #Black #birds #photography @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

BIRDS! Spotted at RSPB Fairburn Ings, near Leeds, over the Bank Holiday... Reed Bunting, Robin and Shelduck. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #RSPB #Leeds #Yorkshire @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

My family call blackbirds "skulks" because of the way they act... #BirdOfTheDay #Black #birds #photography @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

BIRDS! Spotted at RSPB Fairburn Ings, near Leeds, over the Bank Holiday... Reed Bunting, Robin and Shelduck. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #RSPB #Leeds #Yorkshire @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

May 7th - elections for #Holyrood, the #Senedd and #Councils across England. But our apathy is breaking our society. A #cartoon: #England #Scotland #Wales #Cymru #vote #election #pollingbooth #BrokenBritain

Did anyone manage to snap the Moon over the bank holiday? I hear it was called the "flower moon", and was a micromoon (at apogee from the Earth)... raaaaather cloudy over York, but I did manage a few captures: #flowermoon #micromoon #fullmoon #moon #astrophotography #stormhour #photohour

A little bird tells me @alan678.bsky.social & Rob's #birdoftheday is #pairs... Got a couple heron chicks for you! #blueskymonday #birds #birdphotography

HUGE respect to all who ran #LondonMarathon @londonmarathon.bsky.social today! Oop North I bagged my fastest half-mara since 2019, at the Blackpool Festival of Running. BUT was that down to training, or to a soft bed at #Travelodge / a cheeky #McDonalds supper? #run #ukrunchat @ukrunchat.bsky.social

The Tory leader is one of several calling for Starmer to step down, claiming the PM misled parliament over the vetting/appointment of Mandelson ( #Mandygate?). Oh how short our memory is, when it comes to prime ministerial responses to scandals! A #cartoon #Mandelson #Starmer #Badenoch #vetting

Ah SPRING! When the sun comes out, the rain falls gently, the ice melts... and the DEER start to bloom in the deer parks! #Manchester #Wildlife #photo #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #deer #nature #NationalTrust #DunhamMassey #stag

I did some #astrophotography from a back garden in York, on #Easter Sunday night... the Moon, Orion, Jupiter (and one of its moons!) but NO sign of #Integrity at all... was #Artemis2 heavily camouflaged, or already beyond the Moon by that point? 😉

Did I mention I quite like gannets? Someone told me "They're just the magpies of the sea" - well, I quite like magpies too! 😉📸 #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #coast #seascape #Yorkshire #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

And then, there's Tansy Beetles - ONLY found in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and HERE, on the River Ouse in York! Beautiful creatures 🙂 @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social @jesika5555.bsky.social @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

And then, there's Tansy Beetles - ONLY found in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and HERE, on the River Ouse in York! Beautiful creatures 🙂 @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social @jesika5555.bsky.social @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

Did I mention I quite like gannets? Someone told me "They're just the magpies of the sea" - well, I quite like magpies too! 😉📸 #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #coast #seascape #Yorkshire #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

I did some #astrophotography from a back garden in York, on #Easter Sunday night... the Moon, Orion, Jupiter (and one of its moons!) but NO sign of #Integrity at all... was #Artemis2 heavily camouflaged, or already beyond the Moon by that point? 😉

Gannet: self-identifying as a hummingbird or practicing kung-fu? You decide! "BUZZ": hummingbird "HWAAAA": kung-fu @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #bird #gannet #photography #birdoftheday #birdphotogrpahy #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #Yorkshire

A little bird (!) tells me #Snacks and #attitude are the themes for #BirdOfTheDay? These gulls had plenty of both, muscling in on the bread-throwers. Who still hadn't learnt that giving bread to birds is v v bad... 😟 #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay (thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social) is #BestOfTheMonth... coal tit, female chaffinch and great tit... and squirrel! All taken in Whinlatter Forest, when waiting for the Red Squirrels to come out and play!

Anyone know if there is an official list of who attended Archbishop Sarah’s installation?

I hear the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdultsWithChicks? Just swanning around here... #birds #photography #ukbirding #BirdLife