Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NegativeSpace, where the subject occupies only a small portion of the frame set by @alan678.bsky.social Here's a Montagu's Harrier catching a lizzard that her mate dropped down from high in the sky #birds #birdsofprey #raptors #harrier

for today, @robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Podicipedidae - thats Greeeeeeeeebez to you and me :D Camera settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/615 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

The #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #texture so heres a Lammergeir looking all fluffy and 'cute' 🥰 Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/694 #birds #vultures #raptors #spain #birdsofprey

#PassportPhoto of a Nankeen Night Heron for #BirdOfTheDay #birds

From @alan678.bsky.social , today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PassportPhoto - a photograph of a bird that could be its passport picture. Here's a Sparrowhawk doing its best #bluesteel settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/572 #bird #hawk #sparrowhawk

Its @alan678.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay today, and his themes are #CamoOrContrast, birds that blend in or stand out in their environment. Here's a Redshank doing both at the same time 😂 Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/14

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheSongFactor, birds with their empty beaks open, by @robcrank68.bsky.social Here's a Chiffchaff giving it some welly! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/598

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches by @alan678.bsky.social any bird with flowers in capture. Here's a Dunnock in front of some oil seed. OFC the Yellowhammers behind me declined to land 🙄 also... #SlavaUkraini !! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #ComeEatWithMe, birds who have food in their beaks. Here's a Reed Warbler with a tasty bug :D #birds #reedwarbler #bug

so #BirdOfTheDay is #reflections, any bird with a reflection. So Heres's a Little Egret in Norfolk dombarker.co.uk/posts/481

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #JKLMNOP by @alan678.bsky.social any bird with a word starting with a letter ^^ Here's a pair of Black Kites squabbling over some ants. Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/182 #birds #raptors #birdsofprey #blackkite #kite #ECK #EastCostKin

A hare trying to hide from me in #hitchin, #hertfordshire. And not entirely succeeding! #wildlife #nature #spring #hare #wabbit

Bluetit in the blossom for #smallbirdsaturday settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/584 #birds #bluetit #hitchin #hertfordshire

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #ManMadePerch by @alan678.bsky.social so here's 3 baby buzzlings on the roof of a pumping station. #birds #birdsofprey #raptors #buzzard #hitchin #hertfordshire

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today by @alan678.bsky.social is #Warblers. Can't say im massively thrilled about it as warblers are ANNOYING 😂. Here's a Lesser Whitethroat, the 2nd most annoying warbler (after the Cettis) #birds #birdwatching #eastcoastkin #birb #warb

Cover concept for the book I'm working on. Too sublte? #birds #books #owls #birdsofprey

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #ruffledfeathers any bird with feathers out of place. Here's a sorry Herring Gull having a bad day. Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/249

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #WingsOpenNotFlying; any bird with it's wings open. Here's a Cinerous Vulture, looking for trouble... settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/122

today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Preeners&Scratchers, by @robcrank68.bsky.social so heres a Goshawk giving it some welly. More of my Goshawk photos are here: dombarker.co.uk/taxa/5108-go...

Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LookingAtMe. Here's a sprawk. He's not actually that all that cross - he's enjoying a bath. I thing they just have angry resting face. Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/572

The first Osprey has returned back to Wales and to the Glaslyn Valley after a long journey from Africa. This is the first Osprey to return to a public nest as far as we know. Spring has arrived!🌸🦅☀️ @glaslynospreys.bsky.social

the #birdoftheday theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #grounded , any bird on natural ground. With the winter firmly behind us, here's something green! Curlew at Elmley Nature Reserve, settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/46

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MarriedCouples. Here's a pair of Griffon Vultures sharing a tender moment, you can't see it, but the rest of the scene is total carnage 🙈 info etc: dombarker.co.uk/taxa/5366-gr...

Another day, another #Birdoftheday and todays theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #spash. One for bird for the job, gotta be a duck! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/223

Baby bunnies everywhere in Herfordshire at the moment, and the Kites are cashing in! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/568

happy Mothers Day! @robcrank68.bsky.social has nominated today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme as #Green I'm opting for everyones favourite monster the Parakeet. They are now in flocks of dozens where I live in Herts. There's rumours of a cull in the offing 😬 Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/565

Female red-winged blackbird for #BirdOfTheDay #SongBirds #PerfectlyPerched. 📷🌿🪶

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SongBirds any songbird and the alternative is #PerfectlyPerched any bird perched. I'm going for a cheesy Kingfisher on a stick shot today 😂. Setttings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/147

Here’s a Snow Bunting with its wings tipped upwards in the tail end. The wings are not exactly wide open but… #BirdoftheDay, #WingsOpenNotFlying #eastcoastkin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #WingsOpenNotFlying . Here's a Razorbill living it's best life at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/297

I've updated my page about Blue Tit: dombarker.co.uk/taxa/144849

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #Corvidae ie Crows, Jays, and Magpies. The alt is #LongNecks any bird with a long neck. #birds #photography #wildlife #crows soooo here's a Jackdaw with his handsome blue eyes 😍 Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/253

My local kites are paired up, nesting and been even indulging in romance 🥰. Lets hope they have a successful year! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/558

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #SideProfiles so here's a Wren. A bird I'm hearing rather a lot of at the moment! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/191 #birds #birding #wren #wildlife #photography

🪶 @alan678.bsky.social has chosen #Photogenic as today’s #BirdOfTheDay. Alt. is #LightAndShade. My most photogenic...it's gotta be a Bullfinch! Settings etc here: dombarker.co.uk/posts/283

Today's #BirdOfTheDay by @robcrank68.bsky.social theme is #StandingInWater. So...here's a Little Egret, doing it's dressage horse walky thing. Settings etc here: dombarker.co.uk/posts/481

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SteppingOut. More of a stomp than a step, but I think it counts :D. Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/512

Spring has sprung! Hares started boxing in Hitchin last week! Settings etc: dombarker.co.uk/posts/556

I've uploaded a chunk of the photos I took in David Tipling's hide in Norfolk a few weeks ago: dombarker.co.uk/galleries/no...

Hedging my bets for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social Here’s a Hen Harrier (a rare uk bird) in its #natural winter marshland environment but also within sight of an #urban environment. You can see tower blocks and buildings in the background - that’s the city of Southend.

"I'd like to speak to the manager" #BirdOfTheDay theme: #MoodyFaces by @robcrank68.bsky.social Montagu's Harrier (f). Extremadura, Spain, 2025 #birdphotography #bluesky #naturephotography #birdsofbluesky #harrier #birdofprey #raptor

🪶🪶🪶 #Feathers&Form 🪶🪶🪶 is the #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @alan678.bsky.social. Here's a Red Kite having a spirited conversation with a crow. Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 2025 #birds #birdwatching #redkite #raptors #birdsofprey #hitchin

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak by @robcrank68.bsky.social. Dreaming of summer already, Barn Swallows only have lil bitty beaks, so here's a warm one. #birds #barnswallow #summer #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

This is an ex-pigeon. #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FoodFinds. This Goshawk is swallowing down a pigeons foot whole, for reasons best know to itself. It left the other one behind. #UKWildlife #Birds #Birding #goshawk #raptor #birdofprey #wildlife #wildlifephotography @alan678.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay, theme #BlackAndWhite by @fraggenstein.bsky.social A Willow Tit perching as it gently snows. Marnadal, Norway, 2024

#BirdoftheDay #birds with #speckles&spots @alan678.bsky.social #photo #PhotographersofBlueSky #nature #wildlife #photography Spot...less Starling 😬😬😬😬 Quintana de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 2025

Sanderling, Titchwell Beach, 2025 #superseabirdsunday #ukbirds #ukwildlife #birds #beach #sanderling

Got a bit chilly all of a sudden! #ukwildlife #birds #ukbirding #wildlife #stonechat

Montagu's Harrier, Extredmadura, Spain, 2025 #birds #birdsofprey #raptor #wildlifephotography

Nuthatch! You can see the settings etc here? toggr.io/posts/lOq2pe... #birding #nuthatch #woods #forest #norway