A spotless starling transitioning in a second from regular singing to full-on death metal head-banging. #birds

Spotted flycatcher nº 2 #birds

My favourite Rolling Stones song is the one about getting a navel piercing with shiny little dotted cubes on it: Tum Bling Dice. #LunchPun

Spotted flycatcher nº 1 of the day on a lamp-post in San Pedro de Alcántara. #birds

A Sardinian warbler shouting at the world from a palm tree in San Pedro de Alcántara this morning. #birds

There was a lot of dust in the air last night so the outlines are a little blurry, but the moon seen from San Pedro de Alcántara on the Costa del Sol was even redder than on Sunday.

Alan has set #HiddenInPlainSight as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, so here are a robin & a chiffchaff in long grass.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MISHEARD: Nostalgia felt by retired livestock farmers.

A spectacular little spotted flycatcher in San Pedro de Alcántara this morning. #birds

A young male kestrel, presumably the same bird I've been seeing around here for the past few days. #birds

My first Sardinian warbler of the week. A bird with a call that sounds like someone dashing off a particularly indignant letter to the editor on a manual typewriter. #birds

A bunch of spotless starlings, probably up to no good as usual. #birds

There are plenty of juvenile house sparrows about too. #birds

Juvenile goldfinches: it must've been a good spring because there are whole flocks of them in San Pedro de Alcántara at the moment. #birds

A painted lady & a cabbage white in San Pedro de Alcántara.

Finally, by 23:25 the moon was high enough above the haze to be normal in colour.

By 23:00 the moon was climbing out of the haze over the sea. Still spectacular but less orange than earlier.

Full moon over San Pedro de Alcántara last night at 22:35. Through the haze It really was that colour.

The moon reflected in the sea off San Pedro de Alcántara on the Costa del Sol at about 10:30pm last night

Then I turned around & looked inland & things got really spectacular.

When the sun went down last night the sea off San Pedro de Alcántara turned mauve for a while.

They sued him for harassment because he put the head of a songbird through their letterbox. He claimed it was just a bit of a lark. #LunchPun

#ASongOrMovieForNiceWords 🎶 Blinded By Delight

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. A Canada Goose with young reflected in a pool at the Brown Moss Nature Reserve near Whitchurch in Shropshire, England. #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1980s #ManualFocusLens

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Reflections, a little egret & a ringed plover.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary FLATTERY: To praise someone on their skill driving a steamroller.

Just a phone picture of the screen in my camera, but it gives an idea of how spectacular tonight’s full moon is. Proper pics when I upload the photos to the laptop tomorrow.

Now that’s an impressive end to the day in San Pedro de Alcántara.

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Donkey suppositories? You know what you can do with those.

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FirstWingbeat, capturing the instant of take-off. The alt theme is #BusyBirds, birds doing anything except standing still. #FirstWingbeat of a male Sparrowhawk @rspb.bsky.social #nikon #birds #photography #ECK

For #BirdOfTheDay #FirstWingbeat, here are a female kingfisher & a spotted flycatcher taking off.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary EMIGRATE: An award-winning fireplace.

22°C at 10pm & almost every table occupied in the pedestrianised area in the centre of San Pedro de Alcántara. Why bother going the 14km to Marbella?

Only 2 lamp-posts further along than where I spotted it yesterday, so I assume this is the same young male kestrel. #birds

Spotted flycatcher nº 2 of the day #birds

House martins 3/3

House martins 2/3

House martins building/refurbishing nests on the Costa del Sol this morning 1/3 #birds

The old 1970s apartment blocks at the mouth of the River Guadaiza are home to dozens of house martin nests.

The spot where the River Guadaiza reaches the sea in San Pedro de Alcántara.

Spotted flycatcher nº 1 of this morning's walk in San Pedro de Alcántara. #birds

A collared dove not fooled for a second by the decoy falcon set up to deter birds from landing on our neighbours' roof. #birds

Last night's moon at 22:55.

Last night's moon from my balcony in San Pedro de Alcántara on the Costa del Sol at 21:10.

#ASongOrMovieForHowToCommunicate I'd Like To Teach The World To Sign

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BestOfTheMonth, here’s the family of peregrine falcons nesting in the bell tower of Las Mercedes church in Getxo, northern Spain. The chick is a bit blurry but I was so pleased to get any sort of pic that I’m including her anyway.

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, your best capture/s of May. No need for the Alt Theme today. #birds #ECK #photography #CanonR5mkii #naturephotography @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #BBCSpringwatch #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary ABROAD: An area of Norfolk.