Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #BestOfTheMonth, your best capture(s) of May - so here's one of the many baby blue tits currently squeaking up the garden. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #ukwildlife

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen. I've not really mastered taking pics of birds in flight but managed to get this of a Red Kite above the garden. They're very common around here, it's rare I can't see one out the window. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets. Took this last weekend, it's baby starling's first bath (maybe) with Dad. Or Mum. I can't tell. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeathersInFoliage, so here's a super cute Blue Tit by the Fatsia Japonica. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, so here's a female Sparrowhawk in the sun, taken last summer. Needless to say, there weren't many other birds around at the time! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds Trying the #BirdOfTheDay theme of birds lined up - the feral pigeon parade. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds A starling showing off its colours while a sparrow takes a sneaky drink in the bird bath. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#BirdOfTheDay theme #AboutTheKids A Great Tit fledging shouting for food, from the summer. #ukbirding #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number... er... 9. I missed out number 9! A raven, usually hard to see but easy to hear with its "gronk gronk" noise. So still 32 species photographed, 2 more seen this year (crow and Chiffchaff) #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds A slightly better picture of the treecreeper, but I really need to stake out the top of the garden and get a bit closer. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds Glancing idly out the window when this one flew in and perched on the branch where the hanging feeders are. Probably enticed by the doves, but in no way fast enough to catch anything. Hello Buzzard! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 32. A terrible picture at long range (800mm equivalent) taken through a dirty window as quickly as I could, but it counts - Treecreeper! Only the second time I've seen one. 32 species photographed, 2 more seen this year. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 31. A dull windy day and a Buzzard appears - quite rare to see perching, they can be seen in the air quite often, though not as often as the Red Kites. So... 31 species photographed this year. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , so close, if only I'd been framing slightly differently when the Red Kite took off... and a faster shutter speed. I'm a total amateur at this! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 30. Finally a Red Kite graced the top of our tree and spent long enough calling for me to notice and grab my camera. This is at 800mm zoom equivalent (OM-1 so 400mm lens). Note the #bluesky behind too! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

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#GardenBirds , This is why we leave the thistles to go to seed - the Goldfinches love them. We've got flocks of Goldfinches around the area this year. #goldfinch #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , One hot Blackbird! They do like to sunbathe. #blackbird #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , Bought a squirrel feeder box to reduce them taking stuff from bird feeders. Jackdaws' are taking revenge. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

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#GardenBirds , Percy loves sultanas. All male blackbirds are called Percy apparently, unless they have significant distinguishing features - we've had Dippy, Patch (x2), Lopez and Tubby as well. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , another new addition... Great Tit fledgling! Here shouting to get fed. They've got the hang of the fat ball feeder now so aren't quite as noisy. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

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#GardenBirds , a very new addition... Blue Tit fledgling! Super cute. Seems to have got the hang of the peanut feeder too. Few of them around, tweet tweeting away. Not the only baby tits either... #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , no 29. Last of the pictures I've got so far - the chaffinch. Always around but hard to get a reasonable photo. Visitors seen in the past year but still to get a picture of - Crow, Raven, Buzzard, Red Kite. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

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#GardenBirds , no 28. I'm getting to the end of my species list - these have all been seen in the garden since January. Not a great picture, but here's a male greenfinch. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , our local killer in the sun last week. Starlings hide in the Honeysuckle, #SparrowHawk gets frustrated and sits around looking haughty. I think it's a female from what I've read. So it's Mrs Sparrowhawk to be formal. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathtime

#GardenBirds , it's not rained here for weeks so the bird bath is getting busier. Here's Patch, a male blackbird with a white patch, getting his scrub on. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathtime

#GardenBirds , no 27. Finally! A Goldfinch. They're often around but don't really hang about in our garden. Had a pair of them the past few days and managed to get close enough for a decent pic. Pretty colours but a bit odd looking for me. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , not a new species but a cute post-bath Blue Tit I watched yesterday, having a serious preen. Gotta look your best in the Spring! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 26. Bit of a rarer one this, and the @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Merlin app was the key. Saw a Firecrest come up for a few days running so after some human sound location managed to find it in the conifers! Very happy. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 25. The Pheasant. Does this count? It's a bird and was in the garden, but not exactly "wild". We do get them coming in on occasion, but definitely not a regular. It mooched around for an hour then flapped off. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 24, the puffball/lollipop/ewok... the long tailed tit! Occasional visitors, very lucky to be watching when this one arrived. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 23, another corvid - a pair of magpies. Surprisingly nervous, it's taken an age to get a reasonable pic as they tend to be in and out quite quickly. I think I've got 3 more species photographed, then it's going to tricky. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 22, corvid time - the Rook. Not the most pretty bird with the grey/white area around the beak, and they win the prize for having the noisiest fledglings! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 21, and it's the one trying to reduce the numbers of others... the Sparrowhawk. Spent a while in the tree yesterday but no catch in the garden. One footed perching being demonstrated here. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds and #SparrowSaturday , taking a dive off the bird bath. Obviously confused, he should have been diving into the water, not away from it. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 20, the last of the dove-pigeon crew, the Stock Dove. Stunning colouring on the neck. For a while my partner thought they were baby wood pidgies but they never seemed to grow up... so we did our research! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 19, the Nuthatch. First time I saw one in the garden I'd never even heard of them, let alone seen one. Very regular visitors, but so hard to get a picture when they aren't on the feeders. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , a better woodpecker picture, a male on the peanut feeder. Nice to see a woody back again! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , number 18, third member of the pidgie crew - the collared doves. Loads of these around, I've counted over 30 in the big tree. Favourite food of the sparrowhawks though. #bandits #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds , Blue Tits have got fed up with the squirrels nicking their seeds, so have started stealing peanuts from the squirrel feeders. See how one keeps watch while the other steals! #bandits #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 17, another of the pigie crew - the feral pigeon/evolved from Rock Dove. We get a few, not large numbers compared to the others. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 16, the Great Tit. It's taken a while to get a decent picture, they are always around but at the end of the garden, away from my bedroom window watching spot! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 15, the Great Spotted Woodpecker. We've had times where they are pretty frequent and had 2 or 3 at once but not seen much of them this winter. Was very lucky to catch this yesterday - keep your camera by the window! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 14, a pair of Wood Pigeons. We have 4 members of the pidgie tribe who visit, though getting decent pictures of a couple of the species is proving tricky as they tend to fly off at the sight of a camera in the window. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 13, the little Dunnock. Often seen hopping around on the ground, cleaning up the bits of food dropped by the others. This one's taking a voyage of discovery and trying out a tree. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 12, one of our winter visitors - the Blackcap (or browncap in this case as it's a female). We've males and females, not sure how many. So hard to get a decent pick as they don't tend to perch in the open. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife

#GardenBirds number 11... Jay! One of my favourites, we have seen four at once this winter. They love the peanuts, record is 16 in one visit then flying off with three more in their beak. #birds #birdphotography #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife