Once again, for those in the back, our native pollinators love dandelions and thistles. There was an abundance of these butterflies out today. #LifeHack get rid of your weeds by calling them flowers. 👍 #butterflies #pollinators #nature #insects #Ireland

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1 December 1901 – 7 February 1979) was a major visual influence on my childhood. House Sparrows feeding on wheat, a story about abundance, about a pest, which became a beloved bird (for many people) which became scarce.

4.00 am anchor watch. The petrels have left their burrows for another day at sea and the world is calm and peaceful Fair phone 5 #Sunrise #sea #Scotland #travel #EastCoastKin

#Scotland July 6th 2025 our #journey took us to North Rhona famous for it's Auk colonies The sea birds are all resplendent in their breeding plumage The Guillemot shakes off after landing. 📷 Canon R5 500m f/8 1/1000s ISO 500 #Birds #ukbirding #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #sensoryart

The sky may be grey and the rain may be coming down #sideways at times but the Hebridean islands are still beautiful even when windswept 📷 Fair phone 5 unedited #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Scotland #sea #Scape #ArtYear #landscape #travel

Sule Stack July 2025 What an amazing place the islands north of Scotland are. Our #journey is taking us through rough seas and calm but always full of awe #birds #ukbirding #travel #nsture #sensoryart #artyear

NC500 slowly traveling up to Scrabster - what a day blue sky and wind - a beautiful day to get outside 💚 Fair phone 5 unedited #BlueSkyArtShow #Scotland #Travel #sea #Artyear #JuneSea

Bonne soirée les Blueskies 🌠🌠

I know it's hot, but please don't let your dog swim if you have treated it with a spot-on flea treatment in the last 28 days www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/v...

Bempton Cliffs 2025 "Get out of it - there's no room to land here!" when they're packed in this closely the gannets just have to #AgreeToDisagree CanonR5 343mm f7.1 1/2500s ISO250 -1EV #birds #ukbirding #smArtist #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #alphabetchallenge #weekZforZoology #wildlife #ArtYear

The garden was still full of dandelion heads this week until yesterdays rain (at last, rain!) and wind dispersed them all Here's an even closer view and in colour of one of nature's most beautiful creations 🥰 105mm f6.3 1/500s ISO800 #Macromonday #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling #ArtYear #nature

Well that's Christmas sorted for all the rellie's #Sheffield #yorkshire

I 🥰 marine gastropods & todays #JuneSea #Critters has made me remember just how many there were on the reef in Sulawesi. This Pale Headshield Slug was one of my (many) favourites. So clean and white 😂 CanonS95 f3.2 1/60s #Marinelife #nudibranch #sea #travel #ArtYear #smArtist #diving #EastCoastKin

Sulawesi 2019 - Don't mess with a Mantis Packing a punch of up to 50mph & strong enough to break the front element of a camera no prey is #safe & it can even cause an unwary photographer #pain CanonS95 f4 1/500s #JuneSea #critter #LLJP #colour #EastCoastKin #sensoryart #travel #diving #marinelife

'Insekten' #fotovorschlag #bnw

Dandelions are so special they choose to bloom twice, mutating from glorious gold to sparkling silver Is there anything more delicate, more beautiful, more intricate, more fleeting, awaiting that breath of wind...or a child #macromonday #classicmono #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #Artyear #smArtist

The time invested. The aroma infested. The knowledge ingested. The wisdom attested.‪ #2WordPrompt (Slow & Know) #Poetry #Library #CardCatalog #Research #Knowledge #Wisdom #Learning #Verse #WritingCommunity Inspired by @cumberlandjc.bsky.social‬

#SriLanka 2023 Koggala harbour was truly stunning - the sheer number of boats so brightly painted and the colour reflecting off the water just seemed to celebrate life 🧡 CanonR5 100mm f5.6 1/6400s #Stunday #JuneSea #celebrate #smArtist #ArtYear #travel #EastCoastKin

Digging for gold at the end of the rainbow 🥰 Happy Pride - It gives me joy to stand with all my LBGQT friends 🥰 And unbridled happiness to play with my grandkids in the sandpit 😍 #BlueskyArtShow #joy #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #smArtist #Pride #rainbow

--enhance the deception. The false eyes even have false catch-lights in them! Look closely, and you can see the caterpillar's front legs tucked in, and the caterpillar's actual head where the snake's "chin" is. Here's a wider shot--

Hello Beautiful World Been mostly confined to home for the last 4 weeks but finally mobile enough to make it over the #SnakePass again..... Everywhere is SO GREEN! 💚💚💚 So Beautiful 💚💚 📷 Fairphone 5 #Scape #landscape #yorkshire #peakdistrict #Sheffield #nature #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

In celebration of #WorldOceansDay Red Sea 2015 The Anthias may be common but they are spectacular in schools. If the male dies the dominant female transforms to become the harem's new male. Cannon S95 f/4 1/250s #BlueSkyMonday #SensoryArt #Junesea #scubadiving #marinelife #fish #EastCoastKin

#Brazil Buraco das Araras "This is MY branch" The Red and Green Macaws were so #vibrant they glowed They squabbled like #family noisily fighting and pushing each other off perches Cannon R5 270mm f7.1 1/1600s ISO4K #birds #nature #travel #BlueSkyArtShow #smArtist #sensoryart #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

The beautiful dance of a couple in love - Sicalis flaveola / Saffron Finch #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #beauty #NaturalBeauty #birdportrait #urbanwildlife #birdnerd #wildlifephotography

#SriLanka 2023 wherever we go on holiday I always love the harbours and fish market. Bathed in #sunshine the vibrant colours of the boats matched the busy working of the market behind Canon R5 500mm F7.1 1?1250s ISO 800 #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #JuneSea #Travel #ArtYear #SMArtist #marinelife

Remembering the pain of searching Index Medicus 😂😖 #medicalhistory

"They went that way" Hassop station PeakDistrict Yorkshire Jan 24. Despite being so early in the year the day glowed with the promise of spring I've never seen so many Waxwing in one place Canon R5 500mm #birds #ukbirds #nature #blueskymonday #sensoryart #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #SMartist #sheffield

Was looking at some photos I took years ago and didn't remember what this was. I assume it's a White-Legged Damselfly, but the colours seem to vary a lot on images I searched for and often there's more white on the legs. Can anyone confirm the ID? #macro #photography #nature #insects

#SriLanka was a mixture of blue skies and thunderclouds. When it was sunny it was beautiful, when it rained boy did it rain 😆 ☔ 📷 Samsung S10 phone panorama - needs a click to view. #Stunday #Stormhour #travel #sea #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

#Sheffield Rivlin Valley Mar 2025 As the sun set the water darkened and swirled like flowing molton lead, it's true nature hidden by strange visual texture. Canon R5 30mm f6.3 1/60s ISO2000 #BlueSkyArtShow #LightandShadow #sensoryart #Nature #Yorkshire #TheOutdoorCity #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #water

#Gibraltar 2018 Window in the Moorish Castle The Tower of Homage was rebuilt around 1333AD and survived many assaults and sieges since.....helped by the thickness of the walls Canon 5Dmk4 24mm f/4 1/125s ISO500 #BlueSkyArtShow #LightandShadow #Travel #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #Architecture #history

#SriLanka 2023 Historically it was the responsibility of the King to provide water by overseeing the creation of Water Tanks, Sri Lankan engineers built some of the most impressive irrigation systems in the world. Canon R5 100mm f7.1 1/2500s ISO 800 #scape #landscape #travel #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

Feeling sorry for myself after breaking my leg last week - no new photos for a while so a throwback to late winter when the Redwings were really enjoying the hawthorn in the sun. CanonR5 500mm #birds #ukbirding #nature #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #Artyear #sheffield #yorkshire #peakdistrict

Cloudy evening in Ireland. #Clouds #Ireland #Landscape #Sky #Photography

Kidwelly #Wales 2025 ..... Feed the kids, go to the shops, feed the kids, go to the shops...... #birds #ukbirding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #ukwildlife #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

#Brazil 2019 We ended our trip in the Cerrado. The birding is quite different to the #Pantanal basin and the views just stunning. 📷 Canon 5D mk4 #WaterfallWednesday #scape #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #Nature #travel #ArtYear #Waterfall

A bit calmer than the last time we were here. Glad I wasn't on my bike then! 📷 Canon R5 24mm f/9 1/500s ISO400 #motorbike #Wales #sea #sun #StormHour #scape #landscapephotography #travel #EastCoastKin #biking #BMW

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Brecon Beacons - motorbiking round #Wales this week - the views from the Black Mountain Pass were glorious😍🌞 📷 Fair Phone 5 unedited. No idea how I got the effect on the foreground trees - but I like it 😂 #BlueSkyMonday #landscape #scape #artyear #SMartist #motorbikes #travel #nature

😮 Cropping the photo of the orange tip butterfly eggs has revealed a new egg AND look at those tiny ?mites on the flowers 😍 Dear insect friends - is the brown egg also an orange tip and what are those beautiful little insects? #entomology #lepidoptera #insects #butterflies #stunday #EastCoastKin

And we have new eggs on this years Garlic Mustard! 3! on 3 different stems ..and...cropping the photos for this post Ive noticed a 4th egg on the 3rd picture this is so exciting it gets its own post😂 canonR5 500mm f/9 #wildflowerhour #butterflies #lepidoptera #entomology #nature #ukwildlife #macro

#Brazil Panatanal 2019 Cuiaba river As the bank slowly erodes the roots become a tangled labyrinth still drinking in the evening sun. #BlueSkyArtshow #lines #nature #travel #eastcoastkin #artyear #SMartist

“Dancing in the Dark” turns 41 today. 🎂 The iconic video: * filmed in St. Paul, Minnesota * directed by Brian DePalma * recorded in two takes * won Bruce his first Grammy 🎸 @brucespringsteen.net

#stundaySunday #landscape #tree #post #photography #womensartofBlueSky Playing in post. Michigan. 2024.

Beautiful day at #RSPB Bempton Cliffs last week. The Gannets were very single minded in their quest for nesting material and the Red Campion flowers were stunning. 📷 Cannon R5 363mm f/9 1/3200s ISO640 -1.0EV #birds #ukbirding #BlueSkyMonday #nature #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

Red Campion - Silene dionica - in the garden this week. Putting a smile on even a tired face with its stunning beauty. 💖 nature #stunday #wildflowerhour #nature #bloomscrolling #Sheffield #eastcoastkin #Artyear

Creeping buttercups in my lawn (aka that messy piece of unmown grass) taking over from the dandelions as the providers of yellow joy. Dancing in the sunshine and awaiting competition from the taller meadow buttercups lagging behind ##stunday #wildflowerhour #bloomscrolling #artyear #eastcoastkin

Garlic Mustard in the garden this week. Why so special? Well at the mo it's my favourite plant because over the last 12 months "I" grew my own Orange Tip butterfly on some of this, Fingers crossed for this year🦋 #StunDay #wildflowerhour #bloomscrolling #uknature #nature #artyear #eastcoastkin

#wildflowerhour this week couldn't get to a mountain so I thought I'd look round my garden just to see if I could count anything - surprised and delighted! 11 flowering native plants, even the Herb Robert put in the effort with a single flower (we're "up north") #bloomscrolling #nature #ukflowers

May The Fourth be With You Yoda is alive and well and living in the Pantanal! 6 Banded Armadillo #Brazil #Pantanal 2019 #StarWars #Stunday #Nature #mammals #wildlife #travel #ArtYear #EastCoastKin