Small canal-side walk

Blurry photos of goldfinches in flight by the Oxford Canal #UKBirding

Pied wagtails, Oxfordshire #UKBirding

Mallard, Oxford Canal, 13 November 2025

Oxford Canal Reflections

Birds of the Oxford Canal, 13 November 2025 #UKBirding

A dog in a bobble hat recruits local yoot to help him solve a missing persons case

Upton House and Gardens @nationaltrust.org.uk near Banbury today - often looked like summer and felt like winter!! 2/2. With @richard013.bsky.social

Upton House and Gardens @nationaltrust.org.uk near Banbury today - often looked like summer and felt like winter!! 1/2. With @richard013.bsky.social

View from my office (and one view of my office!) .... not such a bad place to work, really, Somerville College! @somervillecollege.bsky.social

There haven't been too many sunny days to appreciate them this October, but today the trees in Somerville College @somervillecollege.bsky.social are looking lovely.

Have you ever wished that YOU could be the person who got to drive #BookyMcBookface around #Orkney, delivering books? Well, YOU could be. 👇 myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...

A bit of an off day due to grumbles and rumbles overnight. So here's a post of the northern beach on #Shapinsay #Orkney while I ease into the morning and hope my temperamental system starts cooperating! Have a wonderful Wednesday 😊

Hello everyone ☕️🩷🌿 I thought I’d share this common carder bee on lesser knapweed for today’s Insect Thursday. I really love the vibrant colour of the knapweed. Have a great Thursday everyone! #InsectThursday #SaveOurBees #Wildlife #NaturePhotography

What a treat to ride along with Booky! We were there this past summer and loved every moment ❤️

While visiting Orkney this summer with my partner Richard @richard013.bsky.social I was so excited to be on the Hoy ferry with the @orkneylibrary.bsky.social van which I think is called "Booky McBookface"! I love to follow Orkney Library on social media so to see this superstar was a real treat!

Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."

Another shot of an avocet in a rainbow, @rspb.bsky.social RSPB Titchwell Marsh @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social , Norfolk, Saturday 13th September. With @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Avocet in a rainbow, @rspb.bsky.social RSPB Titchwell Marsh @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social , Norfolk, Saturday 13th September. With @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Back garden, Sunday

Fly on a dahlia, on our walk round Rousham gardens, Oxfordshire today - with @richard013.bsky.social 3/3

Water lily, on our walk round Rousham gardens, Oxfordshire today - with @richard013.bsky.social 2/3

Beautiful colours on our walk round Rousham gardens, Oxfordshire today - with @richard013.bsky.social 1/3

Very VERY late flowering orange/yellow dahlia! It's had one tiny closed bud on it since July! Seems it was waiting for September?!

Raindrops on dahlia #3

Raindrops on dahlia #2

Raindrops on dahlia #1

Fulmar, Orkney Islands, July 2025 #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social #UKBirding

Dahlia emerging in the garden! 2 flowers unfurling and several more buds on it.

Beautiful fulmars on the Orkney Islands last week, on holiday with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

About a month ago I had to say goodbye to my best friend Buddy. Ever since his passing I wanted to give him a little tribute and say thanks for spending so many days by my side. 🤍

Sand Martin in flight, Blenheim Palace Park @blenheimpalace.bsky.social today, 20th July, with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Common tern, Blenheim Palace Park @blenheimpalace.bsky.social today, 20th July, with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Common tern, Blenheim Palace Park @blenheimpalace.bsky.social today, 20th July, with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Common tern, Blenheim Palace Park @blenheimpalace.bsky.social today, 20th July, with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

A few more from @blenheimpalace.bsky.social today with @richard013.bsky.social

Gorgeous day with Richard at Blenheim Palace - poured it down at one point which was cool to see but also then freshened everything up to leave a proper summer's day, not the humid 32 degree yuk-fest we have so far been having down here!! With @richard013.bsky.social

PERO PERO 😍😍😍

Ladybird on sun umbrella

Beautiful though very hot day at Radley Lake near Abingdon, Oxfordshire 2/2 with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Beautiful though very hot day at Radley Lake near Abingdon, Oxfordshire 1/2 with @richard013.bsky.social #UKBirding

Good when a Skylark comes out of hiding every once in a while #UKBirding

If I live to be 100, I doubt I'll ever top the time I threw my socks and pants into the toilet instead of the washing basket.

Black headed gulls by the Thames, Port Meadow, Oxford, Sunday 8th June #UKBirding

Wagtails: pied and grey, by the Thames, Port Meadow, Oxford, Sunday 8th June. #UKBirding

Some photos from the Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham, Berkshire, Sunday 1st June #UKBirding

Grey wagtail by the Thames, Port Meadow, Oxford, Sunday 8th June. #UKBirding

A Fulmar on the Isle of May for #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds #Birds