Wood Warbler (Phyloscopus sibilatrix) pic taken 01/05/2017 Heatherlea wood , Brinscall ,Chorley #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #birdsofbluesky #woodwarbler

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) Another one from November 2024 and one of the many American warblers that pass through , this one was in a large and very mobile group , I missed a few lifers while trying to get this pic #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) pic taken/ Ainsdale ,West lancs 18/11/2018 Skulking little bird that is difficult to photograph #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #duskywarbler

European bee-eater (Merops apiastor) pic taken in Dobrich , Bulgaria 06/07/2016 Nikon P900 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #beeeater

Malachite kingfisher (Corvthornis cristatus) The Gambia Dec 2016 , hopefully going back this November if the world has not gone to shit #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #malachitekingfisher

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Estonia , 8th Jan 2026 Canon R6 M3 RF 400MM F2.8 lens f4 1/320 iso 25600 #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) Horsbere reserve , Gloucester 16/01/2016 Nikon coolpix P900 ,A great twitch #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #pendulinetit

A magnificent Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) Pirang , the gambia from way back in 2016 , definitely time for a return trip #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #longcrestedeagle

My best ever pic of the rather elusive and skulking Cettis warbler (Cettis cetti), often heard more than seen , Leighton moss #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #cettiswarbler

Picture of a Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) from last year , before another visit at the end of the month #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Dumfries and Galloway , after a bit more work through chatgpt , amazing difference #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #kingfisher

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Dumfries and Galloway #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #kingfisher

Great-grey shrike in Lincolnshire ,grey bird on a grey day #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #greatgreyshrike

Took another look at editing on this on 28th March 2024 Blue-backed manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) Tobago #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #bluebackedmanakin #birdsofbluesky

Added a few lifers on my Carribean cruise , loved adding Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) to the list just need Blue-footed for the set #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #maskedbooby

Any of my American friends on bluesky give me an ID on this , my guess is Zone-tailed hawk #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #birdsofbluesky #raptorsofbluesky

First Hummer of the trip , Black-throated mango on Bottlebrush , Barbados #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdsofbluesky #blackthroatedmango

The enigmatic Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) , A bird synonymous with Scotland , here in the UK it is extremely difficult to photograph, but in Estonia ,no problems #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #crestedtit

Been watching eagle in Estonia today , thought this image was quite comical , Think the Great tit is saying " yeah ,just try it" I will accept any better suggestions, go on , you know you want to #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #goldeneagle #raptorsofbluesky

A beautiful Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) from a visit to Costa rica #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #tennesseewarbler #costarica

The art of the dive , Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) ,Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #kingfisher

www.facebook.com/share/p/17vy... A link to a page on my Facebook featuring all of the Kingfishers seen on my travels #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kingfishers

Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) from last years trip to Costa rica #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #blackphoebe #costarica

Last year's trip to Tobago gave me a few lifers including this Red-footed booby tree on Little Tobago #birds #birding ##birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #redfootedbooby #tobago

Steppe grey shrike (Lanius excubitor pallidirostris) picture taken in north east Scotland outside Edinburgh last year #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #steppegreyshrike

Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) An old picture from Gambia 2016 #birds #birdphotography #raptorsofbluesky #lannerfalcon

Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) from a few years ago in the Kruger national park #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #tawnyeagle

The wonders of the Isle of Skye in North West Scotland , Mealt falls and Kilt rock #nature #naturephotography #Scotland #isleofskye #mealtfalls #wondersofnature #drone

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) off the coast of Dunbeath in Caithness #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #northerngannet

Osprey (Pandeon haliaetus) from our visit to Trossachs in Callander #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #osprey #raptorsofbluesky

A few more pictures from Ringford , Galloway before we moved up to the Trossachs last month #birds #birding #birdphotography ##nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

While in Galloway last week we paid a visit to the Red kite feeding station at Laurieston Red kite ( Milvus milvus) #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #redkite

After our views of the Pine marten a male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)graced us with it's presence #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #raptorsofbluesky #sparrowhawk

Been absent from here for a while , spent over 2 weeks on a wildlife photography quest, so will be posting pics more regularly now, starting off in south-west scotland , Pine marten (Martes martes) on a rare daytime visit #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #mammals #pinemarten

Golden eagle , when the feathers fly #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

A few more images from our recent trip to the Golden eagle in Dumfries and Galloway #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Another picture frome yesterday's trip to Dumfries and Galloway for the Golden eagle , looking into the eyes of an apex predator #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #eagle #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in Dumfries and Galloway today #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Western-yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) One of our most colourful summer breeding birds , arriving from Africa in may #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #yellowwagtail

Nothing looks more relaxed than a Border collie , except 2 Border collies #bordercollie #bluemerle #boatlife

Osprey (Pandeon haliaetus) coming straight down the barrel #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #raptorsofbluesky #Osprey

Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) One of my better shots #birding #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #manxshearwater

Long-eared owl after a successful vole hunt #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #longearedowl

Long-eared owl #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #owls #longearedowl

From a recent trip to the Isle of Mull last month , my best images (so far) of Golden eagle #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #raptorsofbluesky #goldeneagle

Long-eared owl #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #owls #longearedowl

Had a mini twitch over to see the visiting Woodchat shrike which stayed around for 15 minutes before disappearing for most of the day #birds #birding ##birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #woodchatshrike

White-tailed eagle from my week on the Isle of Mull #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #mull #Whitetailedeagle

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) with a successful dive , double catch #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kingfisher

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Every time I check through my Kingfisher images I find a new favourite #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #kingfisher