@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen, so here's a Sedge Warbler in song flight in a #Bluesky at @rspb.bsky.social Hollesley Marsh #Suffolk recently. #birds #birding #ECK #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #ScrollBack; recent favourite bird photos. I really liked this one of a fledgling Long-tailed Tit being fed. Common Swift in flight is still work in progress for me but these aren't too bad. All taken in past few days. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

I'm going to start with the alt theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay; #unloved, birds you feel are under appreciated. Took this yesterday. Common Starling is stunning in good light. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #commonbirds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksInTheAir. A male Goosander at takeoff in South #Lincolnshire #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme for Saturday is #ruffled. This preening Lesser Black-backed Gull is a first year ringed in the UK in 2025. 📷 taken in Rabat #Morocco in December. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2025 #urbanBirding #CRBirding

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeathersInFoliage any bird pictured in or near foliage. I recently managed to snatch photos of Cetti's Warbler, which fit the bill. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WadersOuttaWater, any Wader that is out of water. The Alt Theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in it's plumage. I’ll go with Alt with a repost of a painted bunting I saw last week. #birds #birdphotography

Killdeer attempting to entice me and my truck away from its nesting site beside a dirt road above the Columbia River…McNary National Wildlife Refuge #BirdoftheDay #WadersOuttaWater #birds #BeautyinBrown #birdlife #birdphotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW #grounded #WestCoastPhotography

More #WadersOutOfWater (today's #birdoftheday theme). This Common Sandpiper with quite bright yellow legs on #GranCanaria in January invited closer scrutiny. Spotted Sandpiper would have plain tertials and a shorter tail though. #birds #birding #Spain #CanaryIslands #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Getting carried away with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #WadersOuttaWater. Northern Lapwing in flight near my home. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #localBirding #patchBirding #birdsofbluesky

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WadersOuttaWater, any Wader that is out of water. A high spring tide at #Krabi in #Thailand in March meant nowhere for these Terek Sandpipers to roost other than the branches of the flooded mangroves. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 @robcrank68.bsky.social

#BirdoftheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #FeatheredFemmes This ♀️ Fire-tailed Sunbird was a #lifer for me at the summit of the 2nd highest peak in #Thailand Doi Pha Hom Pok (2,285 metres, 7,497 ft). #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp, 3 or more birds in a line. I may have posted this before but Mandarins are cool, especially in their native range. These by the Wenyu River, #Beijing in early February. #China #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LockedOn, any bird with an intense gaze. I'm choosing Mrs and Mr Common Reed Bunting again. Very intense couple. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #commonbirds #localBirding #patchBirding @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors. A few I've not yet posted from #Thailand in March. From Khao Yai: Mountain Hawk-eagle, Chinese Sparrowhaw & Rufous-winged Buzzard (in near darkness, just caught a bat from millions leaving a cave). From Krabi: Osprey with fish. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

An E and a few Gs for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFGH, birds that have any of these letters at the beginning of any part of their name: Garden Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Red-necked Grebe & Black-tailed Godwit. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Thanks to @alan678.bsky.social for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. The camera just loves some subjects like this #photogenic Great Crested Grebe that posed for me at #RSPBLakenheath @rspb.bsky.social reserve recently. #birds #birding #ECK #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

A splash of #yellow for #birdoftheday alt theme. Another species that deserves a more dramatic English name. Grey Wagtail is a beautiful and very widespread bird; I've seen them from Western Canary Islands to easternmost Asia. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #InMotion, a bird showing any motion except flight. I got lucky when this Slaty-legged Crake dashed out in front of me in Rot Fai park #Bangkok in March. Not my first but rare here. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SeaBirds, birds that spend most of their time at Sea. The Alt Theme is #Black so I'm going for the double with European Shag from the Bosphorus #Istanbul in February. #birds #birding #Turkey #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Checking #birdsSeenIn2026 for #Malaysia I found some not yet on the list that I photographed in March. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker & Fiery Minivet in #CameronHighlands, Tiger Shrike (immature) at #BukitTinggi Japanese Garden. #birds #birding #ECK

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Dappled and the alt is #LowFlying. Two wader species to cover both from me. Spotted Redshanks on the River Deben at Melton #Suffolk #UK, and Terek Sandpipers from the coast near #Krabi #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme today: #Pairs, for which I'm offering this intimate moment between two Ring-necked Parakeets in St Pancras Gardens #London in early February. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme today is #mouthful any bird with a mouthful of food. At Bukit Tinggi near #KualaLumpur in March caught this very brief large emergence of ants/termites and the feeding frenzy of many birds including this Javan Myna #Malaysia #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #RockSolid any bird captured, perched on or standing by rocks or on a rocky surface. Slaty-backed Forktail was reliable along the river at Parit Falls, #CameronHighlands #Malaysia in March, but skittish and hard to photograph well. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Brief clip of a Ring-necked Parakeet in Taman Dusun Bandar park, #KualaLumpur from March for #birdsSeenIn2026 #Malaysia #birds #birding #urbanBirding

@robcrank68.bsky.social set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #stretched. Greater Coucal and White-breasted Waterhen both having a stretch at Benchakitti Park #Bangkok back in February. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Indian Cuckoo at Tanah Rata, #CameronHighlands #Malaysia for #birdsSeenIn2026 Distinguished from similar #cuckoos by the tail pattern and breast barring. #birds #birding

Grey-faced Buzzards, a remarkable kettle of 6 together over Tanah Rata in #CameronHighlands #Malaysia on 5 March for #birdsSeenIn2026 #birds #birding

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Parenthood any capture of parents and young. Thanks @alan678.bsky.social Canada Geese and goslings on the River Deben at Melton #Suffolk #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Rob's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfTheMonth. Whittled it down to four. Red-necked Grebe at #Rutland Water & Red Kite in #Lincolnshire for #UKBirding. Siberian Thrush ( #lifer ) and Indian Pond-heron (Thai tick) at Benchakitti Park #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #BeautyInBrown. This recent posing Dunnock fits the bill I reckon. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #commonbirds #localBirding #patchBirding

#StreetArt in #KualaLumpur #Malaysia for #TagTuesday #StreetPhotography #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WellTimed. This Painted Stork at Taman Tasik Permaisuri gardens in #KualaLumpur #Malaysia was drinking quite close to me and I really wanted a shot of the water dripping from the bill. These were the result. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

More scenes from the River Deben #estuary at #Melton #Suffolk. This time from January for #TidesOutTuesday. #landscape #photography #ECK #BlueTuesday #ColorADay

A tranquil River Deben at Melton #Suffolk today for #BlueskyMonday. #kayaks at a high tide. #photography #ECK

For #macroMonday, a Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) with tiny biting midges in attendance, possibly in the genus Forcipomya. Taken recently in #Hampshire #wildlife #coleoptera #diptera #UKwildlife #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #PassportPhoto a photograph of a bird that could be it’s passport picture. Mrs & Mr Common Reed Bunting posing for theirs yesterday. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #commonbirds #localBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongNecks. I'm going back to mid-January for these distant #fenland Common Cranes. Must go back for better shots sometime. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #CamoOrContrast, birds that blend in or stand out in their surroundings. I'm a Golden Babbler and I can wow you or just melt away into yellowy-green foliage. #CameronHighlands #Malaysia #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #smallBirdSaturday

Plenty of Dingy Skipper #butterflies at Twyford Wood this afternoon. #wildlife #LincsWildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheSongFactor. This male Eurasian Blackbird sings in the morning from the top of Saint John the Baptist church in #Colsterworth #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Yesterday's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme was #RestingBeakFace: any unimpressed or grumpy bird shots. Juv Chestnut-crowned Warbler in Tanah Rata #CameronHighlands #Malaysia. Spotted Owlet from Benchakitti Park #Bangkok #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for #birdoftheday is #InsectLovers. I've recently moved to South #Lincolnshire and the density of Willow Warblers is the highest I've found anywhere. Also found my first Northern Wheatear of the year today. #birds #birding #UKBirding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SplashingAround. Thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for the excuse to repost this bathing Red-knobbed Coot from El Hondo, #Spain in November 2025. #birds #birding #ECK #CostaBlancaBirding

Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) feeding on primrose #flowers at Twyford Wood in South #Lincolnshire yesterday. Love seeing these in spring. Excellent bee #mimic but a true fly - #Diptera #wildlife #wildflowers #ukwildlife #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches and I've chosen this Hair-crested Drongo sipping nectar from Malay Apple Tree flowers last month near Khao Yai National Park #Thailand. More in alt text. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ComeEatWithMe, birds who have food in their beaks. Some of my favourites recently: Black-thighed Falconet, Barred Eagle-owl (both #Malaysia) & Asian Green Bee-eater ( #Thailand); all in towns/cities. #birds #birding #ECK #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social says #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, starting letter for any part of its name. Do I get extra points for both parts? Coppersmith Barbet is a common bird in #parks; this one in Benchakitti Park #Bangkok last month. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

It's the alt theme for me today for #birdoftheday; any #Finch. Two from #GranCanaria in January: #CanaryIslands Chaffinch and Common Waxbill. More in Alt text. #birds #birding #Spain #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social