Christ Church College Oxford in winter sunshine. And no, that's not a lake in the foreground, but Christ Church Meadow doing what it's meant to do and acting as a #FloodPlain for the River Thames. #NaturalWaterManagement #landscape

Stunning new Tom Denny window (Sept 2025) in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford with the theme of The Prodigal Son. This is in a north-facing window, but as you might expect the colours and apparent lighting are fabulous! Worth a click! #StainedGlass #ContemporaryArt @cathylowe.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CollectingFood, birds with food in their beaks, the Alt theme is #Grey. This Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with an unlucky fish fits both themes. 😃 [may need a click] #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #nature #photography @robcrank68.bsky.social

I'm going with the Alt theme of #Corvids for my #BirdOfThDay, with this slightly grubby looking Rook (Corvus frugilegus). #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #nature #photography @alan678.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #portrait, a pair of Gannets (Morus bassanus) showing some affection. Happy #ValentinesDay #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #birds #nature #photography

For @javajanegallery.co.uk's #SmallBirdSaturday, I have a Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) taking a short break from hunting insects in the Lye Valley in Oxford. #birds #UKWildlife #nature #photography

For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #wood, I've chosen these lichen covered trees in a damp woodland in northern Spain. To me it looks a little like an Impressionist painting 😀 (May need a click).

For today's #scape, here's a photo at dusk in Cervera de Pisuerga, northern Spain. We stayed there a number of times, but this only happened once! #Skyscape #Landscape #sunset #reflection #EastCoastKin #Palencia @rina2012.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DivingForFood, birds that dive under water for food. Here's a Gannet (Morus bassanus). Amber listed in the UK, they only breed in numbers in a few places. This one is from @rspb.bsky.social's Bempton Cliffs. #EastCoastKin #UKWildlife #birds @robcrank68.bsky.social

Delighted to spot our first Scarlet Elf cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) fungi of the season in the fen this morning. Here's two of around a dozen we found. #FungiFriends #OxfordshireFens #OX3 @judywebb.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WaterBirds I have a Pintail (Anas acuta). Don't think I've posted this before, but they are beautiful birds! (Needs a click) #birds #UKWildlife #photography #Slimbridge #WWT #EastCoastKin @robcrank68.bsky.social

For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddCouples, two different birds in one capture, I present a pair of mating Griffon Vultures with a Red-rumped Swallow flying past. Perhaps more like "Two's company, three's a crowd". 😊 #Monfragüe #Extremadura #EastCoastKin #birds #photography

For @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StareDown, birds looking right at you, I have a Little Owl (Athene noctua) on the Plains Torrecillas de la Tiesa, #Extremadura. #birds #EastCoastKin #wildlife #photography

Another Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from me for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #posted, any bird on a fence or post. Unlike the photo yesterday which was #blurred, this one is rather clearer! #birds #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin #Alcollarín #Extremadura

I'm going for the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #blurred today. @alan678.bsky.social's #nemesis, a Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) flying over an Otter. 😉 #birds #mammals #EastCoastKin #wildlife #photography #Alcollarín #Extremadura

For #SmallBirdSaturday here's a female House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), one of many that live in our back garden. @javajanegallery.co.uk #birds #UKWildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin

A #landscape view of winter #sunlight over Oxford's Lye Valley fen for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme. (Or if anybody's lost a star, I've got it! 😀) @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BackyardBirds, I have a Blackbird (Turdus merula) eating Ivy berries. Always brightens my day hearing their song... #birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin

For #WaterfallWednesday I have the Cascada del Caozo in Piornal, Valle del Jerte, #Extremadura, SW Spain. It's 30 metres (almost 100 feet) in height, and very noisy! The viewing platform is perfectly safe as long as you're not afraid of heights! 😀 #EastCoastKin

For @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Reflections, here's a Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) looking for insects. #birds #UKWildlife #photography #EastCoastKin #LyeValley #Oxford @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #OpenBeak, I have a singing Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) perched on a thistle. #EastCoastKin #Birds #Wildlife #Photography #Extremadura

Happy #Imbolc to those who celebrate! We've reached the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Here, a profusion of snowdrops and aconites at St Botolph's Churchyard in Swyncombe, in the #Chilterns, UK. #WildFlowerHour [archive 📷]

I've shared this photo before, but it seems like a perfect candidate for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. Sunset over Oxford's Lye Valley with #altocumulus #clouds. A #SSSI, it's a 14,000-year-old internationally rare habitat, a tufa-forming valley-head alkaline spring fen. #Landscape #EastCoastKin

My first offering for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Clouds. Sunrise over the Sierra Brava reservoir in #Extremadura, SW Spain. One of the first photos I ever took when I got a DSLR camera. Amazingly, I still like it! #EastCoastKin #Landscape

A very late entry for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #EyeContact. A watchful goose. I think it spotted me! #birds #Wildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin Hope you're feeling better @alan678.bsky.social!

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Paddling, birds standing in water, I've got a Squacco Heron | Garcilla cangrejera (Ardeola ralloides) complete with head plumes for your delectation. 😊 #birds #EastCoastKin #Arrocampo #Extremadura #Wildlife #Photography @everyheron.bsky.social

A Stonechat | Tarabilla europea (Saxicola rubicola) for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of birds showing #poise. I think he is, but I'll let you decide! #birds #EastCoastKin #Extremadura #wildlife #photography

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #cold, here's Keble College Oxford, seen from University Parks after heavy snowfall. #EastCoastKin

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #swans I have a pair of Bewick's Swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii), the smallest of the UK's swans. Pictured here at WWT Slimbridge. #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography #reflections @robcrank68.bsky.social

For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #walking I've chosen this Little Bittern | Avetorillo común (Botaurus minutus) stepping stealthily through the reedbeds at #Arrocampo in #Extremadura, SW Spain. 😊 #birds #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography

The Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita). A locally common dragonfly in #FreshWater habitats in southern Spain. Pictured here in the obelisk position, to minimise exposure to the sun. As their name suggests, they spend most of their time on or close to the ground! #InsectThursday #Odonata 📷

Magpie (Pica pica) displaying its fantastically colourful tail feathers for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #TailsUp. And to think many people think of Magpies as just being black and white! #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #LyeValley #WildlifePhotography

It's #RedSquirrelAppreciationDay! Here's one I met at Alverstone Mead on the Isle of Wight a couple of years ago. 😍 #UKWildlife #Mammals #WildlifePhotography #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin

A Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) #Singing is my choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay. (At least I suppose its vocalisation counts as singing!) #birds #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography #Extremadura @alan678.bsky.social

Not for the faint hearted... Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeedingTime, any bird eating, so here's a Short-toed Eagle | Culebrera europea (Circaetus gallicus) aka Snake Eagle actually eating a snake in flight. 😊 #birds #Extremadura Spain. #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotograpy @robcrank68.bsky.social

Here's a #WinterRobin #ForJanet. Sending condolences @oldmanrambling.bsky.social. #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin

For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today I have a Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on an old log pile in low #WinterLight in Oxford's #LyeValley. Such restless birds! #birds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #TwoOfAKind, I've chosen this male + female pair of Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna). Amber listed in the UK, the small number of resident breeding birds is massively boosted by birds overwintering here. #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #one, let me introduce The Tree that Stands Alone. Literally the only tree growing for miles around on the plains outside #Trujillo, #Extremadura, SW Spain. #photography #mono #B&W #clouds

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #raptor, here's another Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) from Oxford's Lye Valley. #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

Another freezing cold start for our volunteers today. Spot the scyther in the mist! 🌍 🌰 #OxfordshireFens #FenRestoration #OX3 @judywebb.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #natural, any bird in its natural habitat. What could be more natural than a Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) sitting on a rock? 😍 #birds #Monfragüe, #Extremadura, SW Spain. #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography

For @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme #MoodyFaces, here's a rather twiggy Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) from Oxford's #LyeValley. #birds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

A very late entry for Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Feathers&Form. A back view of a Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis). We're talking serious orange here! #birds #Slimbridge #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin @alann6.bsky.social

First post for #InsectThursday, and dreaming of warmer days, what I think is a Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), though correction welcome. This one is from Alcollarín, #Extremadura in SW Spain. #inverts #macro #dragonfly #WildlifePhotography

#ShortBeaks is the #BirdOfTheDay theme, so rather than posting another Long-tailed Tit, I've chosen a Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) that obligingly landed a few metres away from me a couple of years ago. Talk about a lucky shot! #birds #EastCoastKin #Extremadura #WildlifePhotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #FoodFinds. This European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) got lucky. It had just caught one of the UK's largest Crane flies, Tipula maxima. Quite appropriate for a bird that belongs to the family of Old World flycatchers! #birds #UKWidllife #EastCoastKin @alan678.bsky.social

Before our Friends group took over management of the Lye Valley, the City Council (as landowner) used horses to drag mechanically cut reed offsite. Now, most of the reed is cut by hand, and moved by volunteers! Date of photos uncertain but we think late 1990s early 2000s. #OxfordshireFens #SSSI 🌍🌰

For Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of (mostly) #BlackAndWhite birds, I've chosen a Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) and an Eider (Somateria mollissima). Little and large if you like. 🙃 #birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography #ducks @robcrank68.bsky.social @ianparsons.bsky.social

A Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #snowy bird captures. I remember waiting around for ages to get this photo. I was absolutely frozen! #birds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social