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Justin County Fermanagh, previously Peak District, Manchester before that. Like hiking, classical music, art, wildlife, gardening. Don't like bananas. He/him. Trans ally. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Used to blog at: http://www.occasionallylost.com/

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A black raven stands on a fence post looking to the left. Expanse of grassy ranch land beyond to the horizon. Then washed out blue sky.

A black raven stands on a fence post looking to the left. Expanse of grassy ranch land beyond to the horizon. Then washed out blue sky.

Today’s #BirdoftheDay is #posted (as in birds on a post). The alt is β€œred”.

Here’s a Common #Raven from Wyoming
#nikonD90 #EastCoastKin #Stunday

08.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A wee Saturday night push for our business. We’re a husband and wife team from rural Aberdeenshire. We make linocut prints inspired by nature, folklore and wildlife.
Things are a bit slow, just now, so likes and shares would be massively appreciated.

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products

07.02.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a Philips album cover for a disc of Mozart's piano concertos 22 and 23.

A screenshot of a Philips album cover for a disc of Mozart's piano concertos 22 and 23.

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat, K.482

Mitsuko Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

🎢

08.02.2026 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A male Stonechat on a cement post at sunset. The birds are backlit is in side profile looking to the left showing its tail, wing, back and head. The background
Is out of focus greens and whites

A male Stonechat on a cement post at sunset. The birds are backlit is in side profile looking to the left showing its tail, wing, back and head. The background Is out of focus greens and whites

πŸͺΆ @alan678.bsky.social’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #posted, any bird on a fence or post.
Alternative Is #red

I have a gorgeous Stonechat on a cement post in the sunset.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #stonechat #sunset #stunday #sunshine

08.02.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Me too! πŸ™‚ Thanks, Alan

08.02.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ALT should read "It is facing the camera with head turned to the right of the frame" not "headphones".

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#AutoCorrectFail

08.02.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Grey Wagtail on a wooden fence post. Although this small bird's head and neck are grey, its breast is bright yellow. It is facing the camera with the headphones turned to the right of the frame. The background is green grass and out of focus.

A Grey Wagtail on a wooden fence post. Although this small bird's head and neck are grey, its breast is bright yellow. It is facing the camera with the headphones turned to the right of the frame. The background is green grass and out of focus.

Today's Bird of the Day prompt is: "posted" - a bird on a post or fence.

Photo: Grey Wagtail, Tissington, 2018.

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#BirdOfTheDay #Posted #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin #BirdsOfBluesky #Wildlife #Photography #Nature

08.02.2026 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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07.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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07.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my... πŸ˜‹

07.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It makes me laugh on Gladiators when the show puts their stats up on screen and it's all, "Oooh! Tornado is 6'4" and weighs an amazing X kg..." πŸ’ͺ

So what? I'm around 5'8" and I weigh a LOT more than that. πŸ™„

07.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a Naxos album cover for a disc of orchestral songs by Szymanowski.

A screenshot of a Naxos album cover for a disc of orchestral songs by Szymanowski.

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Szymanowski: Three Songs to Poems by Jan Kasprowicz, Op. 5

Anna Malewicz Madej, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra Katowice, Karol Stryja

🎢

07.02.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Duck silhouetted on the river Shanon

Duck silhouetted on the river Shanon

Bird of the day - (Serenity) Twilight ducks on the Shanon river in Athlone, Ireland... #BirdOfTheDay #Serenity #Birds #Ducks #Lit #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #BirdsSeenIn2026

07.02.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 282    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Eldest did the Kentmere horseshoe today. Wow! #Cumbria #Lakedistrict

07.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View down at beach at sunset. The beach is predominantly covered in rocks although there is some sand in the foreground to the right. The sun is just above the horizon on the right and its light is reflected in the calm sea. The sky is mostly clear. Further down the coast on the left is a distinctive group of three, interconnected hills.

View down at beach at sunset. The beach is predominantly covered in rocks although there is some sand in the foreground to the right. The sun is just above the horizon on the right and its light is reflected in the calm sea. The sky is mostly clear. Further down the coast on the left is a distinctive group of three, interconnected hills.

This week's Blue Sky Art Show theme is: sunlight

Photo: sunset on the LlΕ·n Peninsula, March 2022. The hills on the left are collectively known as Yr Eifl.

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#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #EastCoastKin #Sunset #SunsetsOfBluesky #Scape #Seascape #Photography #LlΕ·nPeninsula #Wales

07.02.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Ein Wanderweg, links ein Zaun aus Holz, vor einem blassblauen Himmel bewaldete Berge

Ein Wanderweg, links ein Zaun aus Holz, vor einem blassblauen Himmel bewaldete Berge

Guten Morgen BlueSky
Guten Morgen MΓΌnchen β˜•
Mit einem meiner Lieblingsfoto von Südtirol wünsche ich euch einen schânen Samstag ☺️

07.02.2026 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sandwich Terns, Florida

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BacklitBeauty

06.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Andrea πŸ™‚

06.02.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ™

06.02.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dark moorland in the foreground. A small, square tower squats on the edge of the moor, standing out against the background. That background is composed of pale, overlapping lines of hills and woodland, shrouded in mist, that stretch out into the far distance.

Dark moorland in the foreground. A small, square tower squats on the edge of the moor, standing out against the background. That background is composed of pale, overlapping lines of hills and woodland, shrouded in mist, that stretch out into the far distance.

Brown Knoll, Derbyshire.

The small tower sits over the air shaft of the Cowburn Railway Tunnel.

South of these moors the Dark Peak meets the White Peak, the hills of which are layered in the background here.

#Scape #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #Hiking #Moorland #PeakDistrict

06.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Berries. A Redwing eating a Holly berry in a garden in south #Cheshire, England.

Photographed in the 1980s on #Kodachrome and published in a field guide to garden wildlife of Europe.

#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin #photography #birds #nature #wildlife

06.02.2026 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
A photo of seven cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on thin tree branches that are covered in small dark red berries, against a pale overcast sky. They are medium-sized songbirds with crested orangish-brown heads, black masks across their dark eyes, black beaks, tan shoulders and chests, yellow undersides, gray backs, and gray tails tipped with bright yellow. One bird in the center of the image is plucking a berry from a branch with its beak.

A photo of seven cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on thin tree branches that are covered in small dark red berries, against a pale overcast sky. They are medium-sized songbirds with crested orangish-brown heads, black masks across their dark eyes, black beaks, tan shoulders and chests, yellow undersides, gray backs, and gray tails tipped with bright yellow. One bird in the center of the image is plucking a berry from a branch with its beak.

Waxwings and berries for #BirdOfTheDay.

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06.02.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Alan - they're such photogenic little birds! πŸ™‚

06.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. πŸ“Έ My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS

06.02.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10

They do! πŸ˜€

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A blue tit hanging backwards off a hawthorn branch to reach for one of its red berries. There are stems and berries all around the picture and bright blue, clear sky in the background. The scene is lit by the morning sun.

A blue tit hanging backwards off a hawthorn branch to reach for one of its red berries. There are stems and berries all around the picture and bright blue, clear sky in the background. The scene is lit by the morning sun.

Today's Bird of the Day prompt is "Birds and Berries"

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Photo: Blue Tit and hawthorn, 2021

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Berries #Birds #WildlifePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin

06.02.2026 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Juvenile blackbird perched on a hawthorn branch surrounded by glossy green leaves and bright red berries. Its brown, speckled breast and soft feather detail are illuminated by warm sunlight, while the bird gazes alertly to the left with a pale-edged bill and large dark eye. The background fades into smooth green blur, highlighting the bird against the colourful foliage.

Juvenile blackbird perched on a hawthorn branch surrounded by glossy green leaves and bright red berries. Its brown, speckled breast and soft feather detail are illuminated by warm sunlight, while the bird gazes alertly to the left with a pale-edged bill and large dark eye. The background fades into smooth green blur, highlighting the bird against the colourful foliage.

Good morning everyone. The themes for #BirdOfTheDay are #birds&berries any capture that includes both. The alt is #backlitbeauty any bird capture with the sun light behind the bird. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

06.02.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 18

Absolutely - it's a great set of the piano concertos!

06.02.2026 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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