Nature Nouveau - ink and #watercolour on paper 🤩 I’m really chuffed with how this has come out. #inkonpaper #originalart

Sometimes Slowtimes Soundtimes - tuning into nature www.dougshawart.com/blog/sometimes-slowtimes-soundtimes #photography #bird #nature

I Wander and I Wonder - 400km of walking this month - much of it recording nature in various ways. #nature #photography #videography www.dougshawart.com/blog/i-wande...

Hi folks - first day back for a while - delighted to see a #blue theme for #BirdOfTheDay I’m going for a hat trick of Wandle kingfishers. #birds #photography #nature

I've chosen a Blue Tit and a Kingfisher for today's #BirdOFTheDay #Blue 🪶

This is lovely, a video for @dannythechamp.bsky.social remarkable new song 'Before September'. Filmed locally by @dougshawart.bsky.social and featuring the guitar I painted, it's very much a 'Carshalton' product too! youtu.be/Gm8ksPyqcT4?...

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As a resident and community worker in this fab Borough, I’m standing for election in May. I know that people deserve to be treated with respect, honesty and integrity. I commit to talking with you, listening to you, and taking action on what matters to you. #GetGreensElected 💚

I always felt unemployed at the end of freelance projects. Probably because I was. I never really got comfortable with that feeling so the goal was always to move seamlessly from one project to the next, which never happened.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you, three Magpies having a fight on the way home from the pub! #birds #photography #nature

Focusing on #Robins and #Sideviews for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #nature

For the #Photogenic #BirdOfTheDay theme may I present an Egret staring at its own reflection, and a stunning kingfisher. #photography #birds #nature

For the Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LightAndShade I offer you this late afternoon partially sunlit Kestrel - hovering over Beddington Farmlands a few weeks back. #bird #photography #nature

Hey folks! It’s ’National Book Day’ and we’re thrilled to say that we have a fantastic selection of music, cinema, horror, sci-Fi and cult books here at ‘Looking For The Magic’….We also have racks and racks of truly amazing records…So come on over and get digging..Open till 7pm…See ya here!! 📚🎞️👻🚀😎🎷

Let’s play spot the frog!! #nature #photography #frogs

Several #SideView photos for today's #BirdOfTheDay - all taken on a cold Feb 2026 visit to @wwtworldwide.bsky.social in Barnes. #photography #nature #birds

Five Sanderlings whizzing by - perfect for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #FourOrMore 😀 #birds #photography #nature

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My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said “ today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, your bird captures you like best from February, the Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves.” Guardian Of The Dark Riverbank. February 8th. #classicmono #photography #birds #EastCoastKin

The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #PigeonsAndDoves - I was in London this week - wandered through Spa Fields for the first time and spotted these. #photography #urbannature #birds

An upside down Siskin near Beddington Farmlands. My first Siskin of 2026 so I'm choosing this as my #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #photography #nature #bird - off to admire some other choices now.

Hoping this puffed up wren fits the #Borb brief for #BirdOfTheDay 😀 #photography #bird #nature

Heather is an excellent writer - but don’t take my word for it, read on.

Late to the #BirdOfTheDay party with this #RuffledFeathers kestrel taken at Beddington Farmlands recently. #photography #nature #bird

The Wandle Telegraph - an attempt to turn a bird sighting list into something more akin to a story. Curious to know what you think? :) #photography #bird #wren #nature www.dougshawart.com/blog/the-wan...

Surrounded by ghosts There’s something wonderful about being in the presence of long tailed tits. They flit among the branches, ghostlike. You know they’re there, visible as tiny corner of the eye movements, quietly but definitely audible too. #BirdOfTheDay #cute #photography #nature

The tree this heron is on is in the middle of Carshalton Ponds - so I reckon this photo qualifies for #WingsOverWater today's #BirdOfTheDay #photography #heron #nature #bird

#BirdOfTheDay is #Robins - plenty of that going on around here! #Photography #nature #birds

I was recently allowed to get up close with this #PeacefulSolitude kestrel, on Beddington Farmlands. I was within 3 metres before it took flight. #BirdOfTheDay #nature #photography #bird

Going with a #Grey Wagtail for #BirdOfTheDay #photography #nature

Did someone say #BirdButts ?? Young gull facing away from the camera down by the harbour in Vigo, October 2025 - superb plumage eh. #birdoftheday #photography #nature

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Here’s my #BirdOfTheDay on the theme of #Portrait - good for Valentines’s Day too, a canoodling pair of gannets. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #Gannet #Valentine #Seabird

Lovely - I've yet to see one in the wild.

The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsBeingBirds - here we have a robin singing on a fence post, and three magpies arguing on the way home from the pub! #birds #nature #photography

Posing perfectly for its #Portrait a kingfisher for #BirdOfTheDay I spent several minutes in the presence of this beauty last summer. #photography #bird #nature

A lovely set of #DivingForFood photos!!

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Great Crested Grebe and Kingfisher - both seen @wwtworldwide.bsky.social in Barnes, West London earlier this week. Poor light conditions but these have come out OK - I think?! #BirdOfTheDay #DivingForFood #nature #photography #birds

Lovely.

How about this - a skylark not even a metre away from me! #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsAndBugs I turned a corner and there it was. I retreated slowly, turned away and off it went 💚 #photography #bird #nature

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Out walking dog folks. Back shortly to have a peek at BOTD. Be good. 😊 #BirdOfTheDay #EverydayBirds

The hedge on the neighbouring farm tracks is full of today’s #BirdOfTheDay #EverydayBirds - delightful House Sparrows!! #photography #nature #birds

I see that #Blue is the alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay - I saw this kingfisher @wwtworldwide.bsky.social in Barnes yesterday. ¢nature #bird #photography #kingfisher

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #WaterBirds theme - I'm going with this Snipe I spotted yesterday. I still can't quite believe I managed to see it hiding there in plain sight!! #nature #birds #photography

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples , two different birds in one capture, the alt is #Urban , birds in an urban environment. Good luck and have a great day. 😊 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Sanderling up above, gull down below - #BirdOfTheDay #OddCouples 😀 #nature #photography #birds

Another one for the #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown theme - a male sparrow hawk glaring at me in a local park last Spring! #birds #nature #photography

I spotted a Little Egret in Morden Hall Park yesterday - this pic definitely fits the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StareDown 😀 #photography #nature