A male and a female linnet for #BirdOfTheDay, #shortbeaks .

More snow coming down this morning. Messed up my morning plans (partly because I just didn’t leave early enough, partly because of rail service disruptions), but nothing too serious. Was going to go the aquarium in time for the feeding of the crocodiles, will just try again on Saturday.

yikes. My camera battery really didn't like the cold, I guess. Didn't notice it while shooting at the park, but when I tried turning the camera on today, it was down to 0. Not even enough juice to check the camera display for a second. At least it (temporarily) died for a good cause. #birds

#BlackAndWhite seems to be the perfect theme to bring out this picture of my (so far) only sighting of a pied flycatcher. #birdoftheday

-10°C maximum(!) temperature forecast for early next week. Remind me to bring an extra pair of comfy socks and the warm cardigan to the office. Unfortunately looks like it'll only stay that way for a few days, guess it won't be enough for lakes to freeze enough to walk/skate

#SpahnUntersuchungsausschuss sofort Der dubiose #Maskendeal muss dringend aufgearbeitet werden,

I booked a hotel in London for <130 Euro. City centre. Good reviews, but I'm kind of convinced it'll be somewhat awful 😂 Tbh, it can't really be worse than the one where the room was so small and badly designed that the bathroom door didn't fully open because it hit the nightstand.

Things I never cooked before: stuffed cabbage. Doing a veggie variation with walnuts

#BirdOfTheDay #Snowy #birds #nature #photography

Another #snowy bird from this morning, for #BirdOfTheDay. This blackbird found the holy grail in the current wintery conditions (about 10-15cm of snow covering the ground): a tree with a lot of fruit left.

No matter how many other #birds I see or don’t see on my walks, a robin posing for a picture always makes it a successful day

Good morning. Up early-ish today to go to Ohlsdorf cemetery, and hopefully see a bird or two. Got the winter gear out - long underwear, waterproof outerwear, thermal mat - let’s see how long I can manage. Currently it’s minus 6, with everything covered in ice and snow

One more for #caughtinmotion, just because I shot this only today, and had to laugh at my perfect timing of not quite getting any of those three in focus on their twigs. #BirdoftheDay

Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.

Die sich heute über einen Bruch des Völkerrechts freuen, weil es doch einen Richtigen getroffen habe, können sich morgen nicht beklagen, wenn's bei ihnen selbst einschlägt.

Man muss ja derzeit echt ganz genau hinhören, um das Schweigen von Merz zu Venezuela von seinem Schweigen zu den Hate-Aid-Sanktionen auseinanderhalten zu können.

Ich bitte euch, diese Petition zu unterzeichnen! 🙏🏼 Es darf nicht sein, dass die AfD, die diese Menschen verfolgen wird, sobald sie dazu nötige Mehrheiten hat, die konkrete Verfolgungsmöglichkeit von Nichtbinären und Transpersonen schon jetzt durch die CDU und eine "weinende" SPD serviert bekommt.

Went out as soon as the snowfall stopped, and before the masses entered the parks. Beautiful 😍

A common gull approaching V1 on the runway… #BirdOfTheDay #caughtinmotion

I’m guessing this year winter will take place in the first week of January. ❄️🌨️

Hier kann man einfach Gutes tun ... UND sich aktiv an Demokratie beteiligen! LET'S GO!

I haven't had #GoodLight for about 3 months... but here's an oyster catcher in sunlight from 2024. #BirdoftheDay

Holiday. Slightly awake at 7:20, crawled out of bed, shuffled towards the shower. Looked out of the window, and… 😳 That was unexpected. Am awake now (and thankfully not responsible for winter duties/clearing the pavement this week)

Happy New Year everyone! 🎆 My neighbours are still doing their very best to set the neighbourhood on fire, so I guess I’ll just put the headphones back on and start active movie 🤷‍♀️

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, is #Reflections, here's a great white egret coming in to land. #birds

Nur noch 16 Tage. Es sind gerade mal knapp unter 7000 Unterschriften für die Petition gegen ein Register von Trans- und nichtbinären Personen. Das Quorum liegt bei 30.000. Bitte unterschreibt. Bitte Rehpost🦌💌! #trans #queer #register epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

Holiday until January 11th, hooray. 🎉

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/so...

It's not Christmas until you've nailed a giant gingerbread man to a wall alive.

Post Christmas shopping: picked up some of the really good stuff (Lindt almonds and macadamias in chocolate, and Niederegger marzipan) half price 🤤

My #mostrecent for #BirdOfTheDay : the common gull I already posted yesterday (not under the botd tag)

Greetings from the sea. #birds #gull

Long tailed tits decided to make up for the lack of birds on yesterday’s hike. Why spend 3 hours in marshland when you can just camp out near the feeder in mum’s garden?

Morning walk, 3 hours through marshland. Lovely weather for it, but very few birds. Not even one mallard. A few cranes 🙌 (though at a distance where every picture is more „proof of sighting“ than anything to show off), greylag geese, and chaffinches, that was about it.

Leute, es gibt ein NEUES VIDEO - Zwölf Minuten 🎄Weihnachtsspecial🎄 der HNO-WG, einfach so. In der Episode stecken fast drei Monate Arbeit, daher bitte ich euch: teilt den Youtube-Link, damit ich so aufwändige Sachen weiterhin produzieren kann. Danke!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Wm...

Dang, almost made it to Christmas without getting Whammed. Almost. ⬇️

This Yellowhammer had a blast picking up as much feed as possible in a horse paddock. #grounded #birdoftheday

The sunshine promised for today is still hiding behind some/a lot of haze this morning. But at least a #HolidayRobin has been showing itself. #birds ❤️

Wordle 1.644 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good morning. Got up early to get to work before my usual time, and leave early this afternoon. Guess DB decided that I shouldn’t, because I’m now stuck on a train that hasn’t moved for the last 10 minutes. 2 trains that left the station after us have ahead passed us. 😡

A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!! uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?

Guten Morgen!

PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you. Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings: For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages. For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody

Software is (partly) running again, but still can’t access scanned documents. Which rules out 80% of my work. So, will do my phone service shift from home this afternoon, and before that just go on a long lunch break.

Looks like this weekend’s software update broke a few things. Work is split into 2 teams right now: team 1, can log in, but server reaction time can be measured in minutes, and team 2, can’t even start the software, gets „server not available“ error 🙄

Wordle 1.639 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Okay, that was cool 😳

Did make it to the park on a long lunch break today, and to everyone's surprise (actually overheard joggers talking about it) the sun came out for a bit, too. Some birds there, but my favourite today was this adorable squirrel working hard to get to the bird feed.

Apparently the sun is shining this morning. At least that’s what the weather app is claiming. Must be hidden behind the fog that won’t lift. 🙄

Weather is looking good for the weekend. Of course that means that other responsibilities will take up at least part of my time, so again no full-time birding (or hiking). Hopefully will be able to manage a morning at Ohlsdorf park cemetery at least.

Here’s an American Robin for #HolidayRobin. #birds