Hullo #poetry. This for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social micro poem #fragmentsfriday

This week's #PoemsAbout poem is for all poets currently dwelling in or on #CheapMotels ... @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #SunriseSunset. Here's a Barn Owl hunting at sunset. #wildlifephotography #splphoto #birds 🪶 #barnowl @rspb.bsky.social

"Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection . Alt #SunriseSunset bird captures taken during either." For the Alt I’m going with a great crested grebe during the #goldenhour ☀️🪶 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #sunset #scape

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection any bird paused in thought. Alt #SunriseSunset bird captures taken during either. A Wood Sandpiper in a quiet moment #birds #photography #ECK @rspb.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #Nikon #Sigma

Alan H‬ @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #SunriseSunset and here's an old shot of a Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on the tidal flat lit by sunset, Rio del Mar Beach, Aptos, California #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Good morning folks, i will get round to yesterday's notifications at some point today. @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection any bird paused in thought. Alt #SunriseSunset bird captures taken during either. #birds #photography #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #BirdLife

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #QuietReflection with thanks to Alan, a quiet moment on the roof #birds #ukwildlife

Good morning folks. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection any bird paused in thought. Alt #SunriseSunset bird captures taken during either. Good luck! #birds #photography #ECK

Time for a Puffin #TwosDay from the Farne Islands, it may only be a small island but it packs a punch with the Arctic Terns & Puffins, plus other seabirds too. #birds #ECK #photography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #PuffinLife #naturephotography #wildlife #BirdLife

Thank you so much to Mick Jenkinson, @carolynthomas.bsky.social @davidbirch.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social and @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for their so lovely, generous responses to my poems on The Starbeck Orion. I would reply there, but somehow I can't 🙃

My co host Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said: “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a Red beak, Feet or Eyes Not Feathers. The Alt Theme is #Paridae, any of the species will do.” Common Redshank #birds #photography #ECK

So pleased and proud to be part of this wonderful Summer Feast from the amazing poet and poetry supporter, Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a Red beak, Feet or Eyes Not Feathers. The Alt Theme is #Paridae, any of the species will do. #birds #ECK #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #photography #BirdLife

Good morning. Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social will be hosting BOTD later today, with more great themes. Join in, it’s fun. Hope you all have a lovely day. Got up to catch a sunrise, 🌧️🌧️🌧️🙄😁. Here’s a winter throwback. Undervalued and unloved. The Starling. #birds #photography #ECK

Here's a set of captures for @alan678.bsky.social Alt theme of #LivingLandscapes. Here's a family of Canada Geese walking, Reed Warbler in the Reeds, a trio of Puffins on the cliffs and some Long-tailed Tit fledglings on a branch. #birds @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #photography #ECK #ukbirding

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay#LivingLandscapes #Birds a cold morning on lunt meadows

#BirdOfTheDay Alternative theme is #LivingLandscapes #Birds #BirdPhotography Herring gulls Peregrine Barn owl Curlew

This #heron seemed to be enduring the heatwave we’ve been having in the UK which has had an impact on the local wetlands landscape too… #BirdOfTheDay #TheArtOfSurvival #LivingLandscapes #birds #photography #ECK #photography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival Birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young. Alt #LivingLandscapes Where the environment is as important as the bird. Good luck. Small bird in a big world. #birds #photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #ECK

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #LivingLandscapes with thanks to Alan. Or maybe it's #TheArtofSurvival? It's really birds living in the modern world.

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said that: “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, whatever bird capture you deem your best from the month of June.” Rob told me he likes unedited captures so in honour of his day. Straight out of the camera. Just border added. #birds #photography #ECK

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BestOfJune26 with thanks to Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social - a moment of calm in an overheated month.

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, whatever bird capture you deem your best from the month of June. Captured at the Farne Islands and @tophilllow.bsky.social #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #BirdLife

Delighted to be featured in today's #SixtyOddPoets. Many thanks Mike O'Brien @zoomburst.substack.com for including me in this fabulous labour of love open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd...

Time for a set of #SuperSeabirdSunday #Portraits from the Farne Islands just over a week ago. So here's a Puffin, Herring Gull, Arctic Tern & Puffin with Sand Eels. #birds #photography #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #birdphotography #BirdLife #PhotographyIsArt #naturephotography

Good morning friends. It's @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay themes today which are #LifeInBalance, celebrating birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. Alt is #LightAsAFeather, backlit feathers. #birds #CanonR5mkii #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #naturephotography #BirdLife

@alan678.bsky.social ##BirdOfTheDay #LifeInTheBalance #Birds bearded tit

This puffin is not looking where it's going... #LifelnTheBalance, Alan's theme for #BirdOfTheDay 📍 Farne Islands #UKwildlife #birds

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #LifeInTheBalance with thanks to Alan - a reminder of cooler times... ☺️ #birds #ukwildlife

Morning #BirdOfTheDay family. Lovely to see you all, ummm, fix your bed hair though. The words hedge and backwards come to mind. 🙄🥴😂 Main #LifelnTheBalance, Celebrating birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. Alt is #LightAsAFeather, backlit feathers. #birds #photography #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #BlueSkies birds where you can see Blue Skies. @robcrank68.bsky.social Sneaking a #raptor in #Birds #Birdphotography #Nature #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #BlueSkies, birds were you can see Blue Skies. #birds #ECK #photography #wildlife @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #nature #BirdLife Buzzard looking into the blue yonder

I’m back with those tigers! My poem On a Tiger’s Back recently published in Heron Clan XIII thanks to Doug Stuber. Such a great anthology 🐯

🪶 Rob has chosen #Rotund as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Alt. is #Blueskies I have a twofer with this fledgling Meadow Pipit perched on a rusty barbed wire in the sunshine; waiting for breakfast #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #smallbirdSaturday

Mostly Alt's for me today but a 'twofer' to finish. Buzzard getting more Raven attention than he'd like, Stonechat falling off his perch, Puffin incoming, Starling family. Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Rotund Alt theme is #BlueSkies #birds #ECK #photography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social

It's still too hot here. #BlueSkies Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says for today's #BirdOfTheDay - too much? 😁

Rob has said: “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rotund, birds looking rather plump, the Alt theme is #BlueSkies, birds were you can see Blue Skies.” “ Hello, I think you’ll find that I’m pleasantly plump.” 🙄 #birds #photography #ECK

Here's a set of Puffins from last week's Farne Islands trip for #FlyDay, some with Sand Eels for their Puffling in their burrows. #birds #ECK #BirdLife #photography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #Puffins #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #PuffinLife #wildlifephotography

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rotund, birds looking rather plump, the Alt theme is #BlueSkies, birds were you can see Blue Skies. #birds #ECK #photography #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #naturetherapy #PhotographyIsArt #naturephotography #BirdLife

My poem Night Walk from Forest Girl 🙂🌳 (Signed copies on my website, special bundle for two. www.jumpingjulespoetry.com/book-shop)

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #GreyDay so many wonderful pics of herons already posted following Alan's example, so... I've gone with a Marabou Stork instead...

Good morning, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay any bird with grey in its plumage and the alt, suggested by Simone, @simonecannon.bsky.social is #ShowingOff, any bird, who in your opinion, is doing exactly that. Good luck. Took this yesterday. #Heron #birds #photography #ECK

It's #PoemsAbout day, it's too hot, and we need a great poem. Roger that! 👍👏😁

For #PoemsAbout #TheLook @thebrokenspine.co.uk I had a poem ready, but this morning the heat got to me and I wrote this one...

When #ThursJay comes around it means that the #Corvids get time to shine, whether it's the colours of the Jay, the beauty of a Crow, the Silver head of the Jackdaw or the iridescence from a Magpies plumage. #birds #ECK #naturetherapy @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #photography #BirdLife

Good morning, Rob has said that “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds (a request from @hlkfotos.com), birds with mainly brown plumage, the Alt theme is #Food, any bird with food in it’s beak or feet.” Meadow Pipit with a mountain to climb…ummm, steep slope? #birds #photography #ECK

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Food with thanks to Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social - self-service/takeaway/theft 😁 #birds #ukwildlife

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds (a request from @hlkfotos.com), birds with mainly brown plumage, the Alt theme is #Food, any bird with food in it's beak or feet. #birds #photography #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #BirdLife #naturephotography

It's @alan678.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay and his themes are #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. The alt is #Birds&Bokeh, bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. #birds #photography #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #BirdLife #ForJanet