The Queen's Joust at Leeds Castle Nice day for it - quite glad I didn't go in full armour this year.

Off to photograph the jousting later. Just glad I won't be the one wearing the suit of armour.

I sold a video of my hand. Maybe I should do some more.

A jackdaw with low self-esteem

It's going to be TOO HOT tomorrow!

Happy World Bee Day everyone (no bathroom jokes please)

More jackdaw therapy

Oh, the starlings have fledged - the next few weeks are going to be a bit Hitchcock

Apparently not content with what was readily available on the patio

Until one sold today I'd completely forgotten about the mouse videos I shot in the back garden when I had a back garden.

The calendar seems to think it's the middle of May.

Today's choice: a) Go to London to photograph a crowd of single-brain-celled knuckledragging "patriots" who think St George was English, or b) Stay here to photograph a bunch of foreigners - who serve this country every day and risk their lives to defend us.

I tried a brief return to Twitter. Regretted it. I think I'll give it another day or three.

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Look, I've told you before, this lens doesn't focus that close, you need to move back. It just can't fo,.. and stop trying to eat the lens hood!

Been out for by morning Jackdaw Therapy session - got a bit damp (it didn't stay that sunny). @leedscastle.bsky.social

This morning I have sold a pic of Wes Streeting and one of the door of 10 Downing Street. Have I missed something?

I'd forgotten what proper rain looked like. I have now been reminded.

Had a rare trip to LarryLand, as did half the world's media, but he didn't show up. However I did see @kayamar.bsky.social for the first time in a while, and finally discovered what they keep in that mystery box on the left. (It's the gardeners' lawnmower).

Off to Westminster tomorrow I think. I'll almost certainly get there too late but I can always go to the zoo instead if I miss all the fun and games.

My original prediction that the first of the new Farage Party councillors would start disappearing on Tuesday morning now seems woefully inaccurate. There may not be any left by this time tomorrow.

Someone needs to explain to this Coot parent the important grammatical difference between 'feed' and 'eat'.

I avoided Twitter during the local elections as it was just unbearable. I was hoping things might improved once it was all over. They haven't.

This is just brilliant - their best yet:

A spider I found dead by my front door. I suspect it died of terminal dandruff.

I see BBC1 has replaced Pointless with Election 26. I wonder if anyone will notice the difference.

I'm really not good at recognising identifying birds by their song but after stalking this one all afternoon I think I might recognise one the next time I hear it. (Sound on)

Sweepstake: place you bets now on how soon the first new Reform councillor will be thrown out / forced to resign / arrested for something they say / do / have said / have done. I think Tuesday morning, but it may be sooner.

One of my Desert Island Discs and my all-time favourite music video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyz...

Almost there...

There's a bunny on the lawn munching grass and a nuthatch on the windowsill. I quite like living here.

Sound on, then try Google Translate

Having cobbled together a 2 1/2 RMP motor Great Uncle Heath would have been proud of, to do the focus shifting for me, the trickiest thing is still the lighting (apart from getting the microscopic dust particles off insects, which are a LOT hairier than you'd think) Common Wasp

Here they come,...

He's not impressed with the buffet

My latest avian house guest. He's a messy eater but very friendly.

Early March / late April. As my grandparents would have said, "Ohh! haven't they grown!"

The neighbour's son - who is still at school and passed his test about three weeks ago - has just driven off in his dad's Mercedes convertible.

Filming a new friend in London (Hawaiian Goose) I got a glimpse of the extremely rare Blurred Moorhen (Gallina oculorum)

First swallow of the year (Kent)

I'm no great fan of the monarchy and certainly not a supporter of any kind of hereditary political power, but it has to be said that Charles is probably the most astute politician we have at the moment. His mum was quite good at it as well.

Today I have sold photos of the Prime Minister, a former prince and a lump of rock. The lump of rock earned 30x as much as the other two put together.

Sometimes things just happen

I'm really not a sports fan, I don't support any teams and never really care who wins, but I'm happy watching any sport at the very highest level and watching Ronnie O'Sullivan playing snooker at his best is like listening to one of Beethoven's better symphonies.

I really enjoy the traffic reports on German local radio: Be careful on the A5 near Frankfurt, there is a family of ducks on the right carriageway. Or my regular favourite: 'Attention drivers on the B147 between Diez and Limburg, there is a CYCLIST on the road'.

Just sold another video of myself playing the piano. It's a funny old business.

Having my annual dose of TV snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan is just amazing.

Aarrgh - those child-proof bottle tops get me every time

I heard cuckoo this morning! Very nearby. Not only the first one this year but the first for a very long time.

Oh, it's you again. Yes, hello,...