Only 5 days to go to the #LondonMarathon. It’s definitely getting scary now. If you would like to help me raise a few quid for @breastcancernow.bsky.social you can sponsor me here www.justgiving.com/page/barry-h... 🏃‍➡️

Excerpts from Saturday morning‘s ringing session! 😊🪶 #oxford #birdringing #ukbirds #birding

Disappointing news from Sutton Park 💔 Stonechat pairs dropped from 6 to just 1 in 5 years largely due to increased dog disturbance. These birds nest on the ground & are easily disturbed. 🐾 Please keep dogs on leads 🚶 Stick to paths Small actions = big impact for wildlife😞

Ringed my first bird today!! A female blackcap - no photo unfortunately… here’s a male from later on in the day 😊 #birdringing #ukbirding #birds #oxford

Anyone looking for a good reasonable priced DLSR, or know someone who wants to get started with photography? 😁

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LeafandLight, as set by @alan678.bsky.social 😊 I'm sharing this peacock that was cosied up beneath an evergreen at Oxford University's Harcourt Arboretum a few weeks ago. #eck #birds #photography #oxford

A goldfinch posing nicely in the sunshine for me at RSPB Otmoor ☀️ #ukbirding #birdphotography #otmoor #eck @rspbotmoor.bsky.social

Scraggly & slightly sodden blue tit at 📍 #RSPB Otmoor on Sunday 🫶 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm #birds #ukbirding #birding #ukwildlife #oxonbirding #oxfordshire #eastcoastkin

Hastings Diesel Limited Bath & Cranmore DEMU railtour, April 11th. We caught it passing Cholsey in the morning & evening, this shot is from the latter. 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm #trains #uktrains #railphotography #britishrail #oxfordshire #eck

Today‘s #Birdoftheday theme is #Reflections, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social. I have a little egret to share 🌤️ :) 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm📍 #RSPB Pagham Harbour #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #nikon #eastcoastkin 🪶

The #BOU2026 gallery is out! 📸 What a fantastic conference from start to finish, with such an incredible variety of speakers & presentations 💚 Flickr album here ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHBqjCQ2vs #eventphotography #ornithology #photography @bou.org.uk

🔊 WE'RE RECRUITING Would you like to play a central role in delivering our journal IBIS and engaging with the #ornithology community? Join us as our Journal and Engagement Manager! ⏰ Apply by 14 April bou.org.uk/vacancy-j...#ornithology 🪶

"Stop rocking it!" - Two blue tits struggling over the suet fat balls at 📍RSPB Pulborough Brooks. 📸Nikon z6iii + 180-600mm #birding #ukbirding #rspb #wildlife #ukwildlife #naturereserve #photography #birdphotography #westsussex #eastcoastkin 🪶

Class 69 GBRf passing 📍Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station I was in Notts for a conference this week & had a brief stop here when travelling home 😄 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 24-70mm 🚅 #trains #uktrains #trainspotting #uktrainspotting #rail #ukrail #railways #britishrailways #railfan #nikon #photography

Today's #BRNostalgia. No, you're not seeing things, it is a pair of Class 87s at St Pancras! In October 1991 WCML services were being diverted due to engineering work. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/e... #railways #photography #nostalgia

Up late processing the photos from #BOU2026! The culling sweep is done, bringing us from 1,272 raw photos to a *drumroll pls* working set of 488 😊 Now for the fun, *actually* going through and processing... If all goes well they'll be ready for release on Monday or Tuesday..! #photography

Exciting to finally experience my personal equivalent of ‘is there a doctor on the plane?’ 🕊️

#BOU2026 MJE 3/6 I have seen this first-hand, studying breeding success wader of declining wader species in the Peak District in support of a Natural England project that demonstrated the contribution of medium-sized mammalian predators to nest losses.

Star trails over the Oregon Coast

Today’s #BirdoftheDay theme is #PerfectLighting! I‘ve chosen this robin that was entirely perplexed by the twig in front of it. 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-609mm 📍RSPB Pulborough Brooks #eastcoastkin @alan678.bsky.social #birds #birding #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #rspb #photography #nikon

Hamburg U-Bahn, October 2023. 📸 Nikon D3300 #hamburg #ubahn #metro #subway #trains #trainspotting #photography #urban #eastcoastkin #germany

Today‘s #BirdoftheDay theme is #FourOrMore. Some blue & great tits scrambling over a bird feeder at RSPB Pulborough Brooks 🪱🐦‍⬛ 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm #eastcoastkin #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #rspb #photography #westsussex #nikon #gardenbirds @robcrank68.bsky.social

Influence of Overhead Vegetation and Economic impact on Nest Success of Ground-Nesting Birds in Chinese Grasslands: A Case Study From Inner Mongolia | Rangeland Ecology & Management | doi.org/10.1016/j.ra... | #ornithology #nesting 🪶

Happy #BWFri #ColorADay RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL - NYC 📸 Nikon D3300 #photography #bnw #monochrome #nikon #newyork #nyc

my cotton carrier g3 harness arrived today..! i'm super excited to use it.. perfect excuse to go birding this weekend..!!

I saw an adder today! :)

I miss working offshore 🙁 I hope I can get back to it this summer.

In a world where the 24-hour news cycle can feel like a relentless barrage of crisis and conflict, art serves as an emotional sanctuary. On Thursdays, make the world a better place by sharing your #urbanphotography and #streetphotography and tag them with #UrbanGaze. #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge

Fun drinking game: go through the replies/quotes of this post and take a shot everytime an American falsely assumes the post is talking about the US Bonus, take a shot everytime someone has to clarify the post is about the UK ;) 🍻

Class 37 - forever my favourite <3 #trains #uktrains #trainspotting #railsky

Happy #SuperbOwlSunday! Here’s a lovely limestone plaque carved with the face of an owl!🦉😍 From Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC. Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 📷 by me #Archaeology

Chronic stress raises baseline circulating corticosterone and reduces vocal plasticity in male budgerigars, an avian model for adult vocal learning | Hormones and Behavior | doi.org/10.1016/j.yh... | #ornithology #animalbehaviour #parrots

happy #smallbirdsaturday 🎊 today‘s #birdoftheday alt theme is #blurred, so i‘m choosing to share this long-tailed tit i saw last year :) 💙 📸 nikon z6iii + 180-600mm 📍 rspb pulborough brooks #eastcoastkin #birds #birding #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #rspb #photography #nikon 🪶

the #birdoftheday theme is #pigeons&doves :) here's a pair of collared doves from lyndhurst, new forest. 📸 nikon z6iii + 180-600mm #birds #ukbirds #birding #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography #nikon #newforest #hampshire #eastcoastkin

2 weeks before the first COVID lockdown (March 2020), I saw The Flying Scotsman. Been feeling down lately, and looking back through old photos isn't helping. I find myself yearning for a time I can't return to. #trains #uktrains #railtours #theflyingscotsman #photography #nikon #eastcoastkin

A bullfinch! Not a wildly impressive shot by any means, but one of my favourites of 2025. 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm📍 RSPB Pulborough Brooks #birds #ukbirds #birding #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #photography #nikon #eastcoastkin #westsussex

Many people have wondered why the Chien-Shiung Wu never won the Nobel Prize for Physics. New findings from the Nobel archives, exclusively revealed in Physics World, show she was nominated 23 times by 18 different physicists - and yet was still left empty-handed. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/twenty-thr...

Reposting my Marsh Tit from 2025 for today's #BirdoftheDay theme #openbeak 🪶 📍RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk #birds #birding #marshtit #rspb #photography #wildlife #ukbirding #ukwildlife #eastcoastkin

Happy #MountainMonday ⛰️ I hope we all have a fantastic week ahead of us. 📸Nikon D3300📍A835, Scotland #EastCoastKin #Photography #Highlands #Scotland #Mountains #Scape #Landscape #ClassicMono #BNW

Enter the “Serenza”: @LNER has released the first interior images of its ten new 10-car tri-mode CAF Class 897s which are due to enter service in 2028. It has also christened the trains “Serenza” and LNER says they will be the first new trains introduced as part of GBR and will be branded as such

A tiny fluffy ball with a long tail in my Somerset garden this week.... 😁😍🐦 My birding blog here; ko-fi.com/carlbovis 🐦

Dinner tonight :) 📍 Yukchinhon, Portsea #food #japan #portsmouth

A model-based decision support framework for siting communication tower infrastructure to reduce adverse effects on a sagebrush-obligate species | Global Ecology and Conservation | doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... | #ornithology #conservation 🪶

happy #flyday 🦅 📸 nikon z6iii + 180-600mm #redkite #oxfordshire #birds #birding #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #nikon

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay theme is #EyeContact. This red kite was keeping a watchful eye on me... 🦅🪶 📸 Nikon Z6iii + 180-600mm📍Oxfordshire, UK #redkite #birds #birding #oxonbirding #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #classicmono #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #nikon

Today‘s #BirdoftheDay theme is #Iridescent. I‘m sharing these two pigeons who I saw sitting on a wall in MG, Brazil 🇧🇷 @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #birding #travel #urban #photography #nikon

Happy #MountainMonday folks 🖤 📍Pico do Itacolomi, Ouro Preto 🇧🇷 📸 Nikon D3300 + 70-200mm #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #BlackandWhite #BNW #Brazil #Travel #Landscape #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Nikon #Photography

Going through some old pictures earlier, here's a picture of the Gosport Ferry outside the Houses Of Parliament in 2017!

For @alan678.bsky.social‘s #BirdoftheDay, the theme is #poise. I‘m posting this bird I saw in Ouro Preto, July 2024 🇧🇷🐦‍⬛ Anyone know what it could be? I thought it was a tufted antshrike, but I‘m not so sure… #BirdID #birds #birding #brazil #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #nikon

Locomotive D1015 „Western Champion“ (Class 52) hauling The South Devon Explorer in spring last year, May 10th 2025. Beautiful day, beautiful weather, ideal for a railtour! 🚅 📸 Nikon Z6III #class52 #trains #uktrains #trainspotting #railways #ukrailways #railfan #railtour #oxfordshire #photography