Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StaringRightAtYou. This tree swallow flew right at me before making a quick turn and flying away. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Another diving red kite with rather different feather #texture effects for Alan's theme for #BirdOfTheDay 📍Laurieston, Galloway on my recent trip to Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

"Just got to get this last little bit..." #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Crow #Texture #Determination #Photography

For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Determination, this wren that I watched for quite a while the other day. Every few minutes it would return to its nest in the bank of a small river with its beak full of insects. #Texture is quite good too. #Birds #Photography

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Texture, a stock dove whose plumage looked almost black at a distance, and a greylag goose for the texture of its neck plumage and its "teeth". #Birds #Photography

Great thread that takes Blair's mad screed apart. The question still needs to be asked about why the man whomled.the UK into a massive strategic and political failure with the Iraq War still gets taken seriously. #LabourParty #Blair

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay, #Anatidae. Bufflehead winter each year in the ponds behind my house. I never tire of taking their picture. #birds

My #BirdOfTheDay is this #Anatidae (hooded merganser) which was out on the water during a rainy afternoon. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife

fluffed up & ready for a nap! #birds #rockpigeon #ukbirding #photography #birdphotography #birdwatching #canon #pigeonsky

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Anatidae any of the Species will do. The Alt Theme is #K, any bird name beginning with the letter K. Here's a male Hooded Merganser showcasing his raised crest #Ducks #HoodedMerganser #WetlandBirds

#birdoftheday a pair of hooded mergansers at dawn #Anatidae #birding

The Killdeer call as she flies across the fields. #Killdeer #K #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

A male and female wood duck wading around, also saw this morning a bunch of wood duck ducklings! Very exciting 🐥 #anatidae #birdoftheday #woodduck #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

No luck with the Black-crowned night heron or Mediterranean gull today 🫤 But at least I have some appropriate photo for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Anatidae An Indian Spot-billed Duck from Keoladeo National Park☺️ #Birds #Photography #ECK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #SonyAlpha #Nature #BirdLife

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #K — any bird name beginning with the letter K - so kestrels it is.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Anatidae some swans and cygnets and geese and goslings from this morning. (I was looking for otter, but I was much less successful with them.) #Birds #Photography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdOnAWire, any bird on a wire and this bevy of #TreeSwallow were enjoying a brief respite on this wire! May 2026 in Illinois (Burnidge FP) #birds

#BirdOfTheDay #Gull #HerringGull #Seagull #Birds #ColourfulCaptures #Wildlife #IEngland #Nature #NorthEastCoast #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdOnAWire, here's a meadow pipit. #Birds #Photography

Morning #bird A Great Horned Owl, a little too interested in me. Portal Arizona. #birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #StaringRightAtYou

Jackdaw for #BirdOfTheDay theme #StaringRightAtYou #nature #birds #wildlife #photography

An American white pelican wades in a pond at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #BirdsSeenln2026 #pelican #pelicans

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Yellow, so the legs and beak tip of this moorhen should count. #Birds #Photography

For #BirdOfTheDay #StaringRightAtYou a reed bunting, a blue tit, a willow tit, and a dunnock. #Birds #Photography

Awesome, hilarious documentary and free! “On Jan. 1, 2024, two brothers hopped in their 2010 Kia Sedona minivan and left their Collinsville home to track birds in every region of the U.S” - STLPR (NPR)

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #EFGH so here's a greylag gosling from yesterday being very cute. #Birds #Photography

#BirdOfTheDay theme #SingForYourSupper shows why I need a bigger lens - two heavily cropped shots of a skylark from yesterday and a yellowhammer from last week. #Birds #Photography #NeedABiggerLens

Let it be said and let it be known, pigeons are unduly underrated. Have you ever looked at a pigeon? #BirdOfTheDay #headshots #UKWildlife #Pigeon #Birds #Columbidae #Photography

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" #BirdOfTheDay theme headshots #photography #naturephotography #birds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots so here is a sparrow #macro #birds #ECK

A white backed vulture offers in imposing profile for #Headshots, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. #Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, #KZN, #SouthAfrica #Birds #BirdPhotography

#BirdOfTheDay is a #BrownPelican giving a #headshot #birds #pelican #dock #seaside

House wren #birdoftheday #headshots #birds

I forgot about this one! A late entry to the #BirdofTheDay #Headshots The wonderful Crested Guineafowl! This pic was taken in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) #birds #africanwildlife #birdphotography #wildlife

#BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #Birds #Nature #Photography

For #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Headshots a greylag goose popping its head up from the canal this morning. #Birds #Photography

Falling immigration numbers offer chance to reset debate and ask how and why people coming to the UK and leaving it changes all our lives. Scream at me all you want but I refuse to ignore the facts in favour of anyone’s divisive fiction and will keep speaking up for a better way forward for all.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen, any bird with it's wings open wide, the Alt Theme is #Laridae, any of the species. So, being a bit lazy, here's a couple of shots that cover both. #Birds #Photography

Austerity is the problem, not immigrants

#Eurovision we haven't got zero!

#Eurovision top three Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania

Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.

This recent - and deeply flawed - study on the effect of 'arts engagement' on 'aging' may seem like harmless 'fun'. But it's not. There are serious consequences. 1/6 🧵

@pollymackenzie.bsky.social's pieces are generally excellent on the importance of thinking about policy and how to implement it. This one is no different and the opening paragraph is brilliant. open.substack.com/pub/howtorun...

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Corvidae here's one that coudl also be good for #Photogenic. #birds #photography

Thanks to being retired 😁I've been out bird watching all day - so here's the winner of today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Photogenic from my shots today. #birds #photography

Wow! Not heard a cuckoo round here for ages. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Yellow so here's a Speke's weaver from a small colony that was nesting in the trees by the gate of my hotel in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2025 #birds #photography

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #InMotion, a bird showing any motion except flight. So, a robin from a couple of weeks ago, in mid-shake. #birds #photography