Ho Ho Ho - yes please!

Fern #scapes for #BlueSky Friday #scape day 🌿 #Ferns are an example of #fractals in #nature, showing self-similarity, where the overall structure is repeated in smaller scales. 🪴 #photography #BlueskyNature #PhotographersofBluesky #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #BlueskyPhotography #PhotoHour

Remembering that time we gate crashed the annual Gatekeepers Ball. Fortunately they were all too busy having a great time dancing to even notice us. Gatekeepers on Ragwort - Epping Forest. #butterflies #nature #photography

A very young me sitting on the car roof. Shortly after this was taken, Mum drove off, and I rolled down the hill where I spent the next seven years being raised by a family of benevolent seagulls. #photography #family #trueorfalse

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Good mooning everyone :) Just taken this shot - point and click, no tripod. The lighting in the sky was perfect for about 90 seconds. Steady hands make light work #moon #nature #photography

This is obscene. That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face. We are the 99.999%. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Kingfisher. Wilderness Island, Carshalton. #BirdOfTheDay #photography #bird #birds #nature

What a fun idea 😀

Baby We’re Really In Love This original artwork, lovingly drawn by yours truly onto vintage Hank Williams songbook paper, is available to admire and purchase from the wonderful @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social in Carshalton. 🤩 Huge thanks to Danny for his support of the local creative community 🙏🏼

This + the comments = an interesting read.

Chuck in a four box model too, and you’re home and dry. Sigh…

The light is poor today - nonetheless I love the shapes of magpies in flight. This one is moving low across the grass - coming into land. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Social media is full of all this “love yourself” life coach stuff these days. I’d like to see a bit more “like yourself, but also be sure to regularly take the piss out of yourself, and don’t be such a fucking bighead.”

Female Sparrowhawk : Wellfield Plantation, Carshalton. We spent several minutes in each other’s company. #bird #burds #photography #nature

Kestrel - Wilderness Island - Carshalton. #photography #bird #birds #nature

The Moon - taken on Tuesday here on the outer fringes of South London. #moon #photography #blackandwhite

‘Ladies and Gentlemen we are now arriving into Mordor. If you look closely, to the right you can see Sauron’s place.’ #lotr #photography #london

Female House Sparrow - shortly after sunup. Telegraph Track - Carshalton. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Ladies and Gentlemen - I present to you, the acrobat. Nuthatch in Oaks Park, Carshalton. #bird #birds #photography #nature

“Hey Kevin!! Keep away from my fat balls yeah!!” Robin on Telegraph Track #bird #birds #photography #nature

Floof Alert!! Long Tailed Tit - Oaks Park Wooded Path. #bird #birds #nature #photography

Kingfisher in Beddington Park 💚 #bird #birds #photography #nature #kingfisher

Great Spotted Woodpecker in the late afternoon sun ☀️ Wilderness Island #bird #birds #photography #nature

A short walk across a big sky A red kite uses the breeze to cover huge distances in seconds, escaping the mobbing crows A heron glides lazily by, until it too is chased away A green woodpecker laughs as it undulates briefly into view Nature on Your Doorstep #photography #sky #nature

Made the Spanish equivalent of a Bon Voyage card for our daughter as she heads off to work abroad for a few months. An adventurous, kind soul, Vigo is lucky to have her ♥️ #illustrator #graphicdesign #bonvoyage

'So you want a photo eh? Well I'm not here to make life easy for you pal!' #bird #birds #photograph #nature

And what a debut - for me this is when they were at their best.

Jeepers!!

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If anybody is at a loose end I have a stall upstairs at the cafe in Crystal Palace park this weekend.

Wren - Carshalton. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Sparrowhawk - Queen Mary's Park, Carshalton. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Rainy day at the bird feeder. Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Great Tit. Cwmdu - Wales. #bird #birds #nature #photography

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cwmdu, Wales. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Great Spotted Woodpecker - one of my favourite birds 💚 #bird #birds #photography #nature

Wren in Queen Mary’s Park, Carshalton. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Treasure - all found in 2025. Five Jay feathers, a swift feather, and a swallow feather. 🤩 #bird #birds #photography #nature #feathers

Egret - in stealth mode, moving so slowly through the water. Vigo - Galicia. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Greater Scaup - London Wetland Centre. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Brief Encounters. Blending photography with poetry. www.dougshawart.com/blog/brief-encounters #bird #birds #photography #poetry

By the time they’d agreed on the definition of key terms the problem had grown into a completely different shape and that shape brought with it a new language that required they take the time required to agree on the definition of key terms.

Shoreline Sanderlings - Vigo, Galicia. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Common Sandpiper flying along the shoreline. Vigo, Galicia. #bird #birds #photography #nature

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Crag Martins darting around the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. Very tricky to photograph - they move so fast! #bird #birds #photography #nature

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I met a Chinese Lacquer Tree in Churchill Gardens today - believed to be the only one in London 😮 #nature #tree #trees

I already have one of these beauties - good luck folks ♥️

Kestrel. #bird #birds #nature #photography