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The alt theme of today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #NestBuilders and this blue tit is stocking up on furry warmth.
Norfolk UK March 2025
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That’s one heck of a photograph. I love the eye detail. And LTT are so photogenic.

Two mute swabs flying in the sky

These swans are actually displaying the #ShoutItOut theme for #BirdOfTheDay. They’re just mute.
I’ll grab my coat then……

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Saw the first butterfly this year in the garden today. Heart lifted. Looking forward to seeing these beasts again. I love this shot by DW

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectLighting a bird capture in good lighting. Back in December we had some sunshine and we came across this Dunlin.
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore, more in this case. It wasn’t so much a flock, more like cloud of sand martin. There were scores of them. July 2022
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Canon 1300D EF75-300 ISO 320 300mm f5.6 1/1600s

Also at Blickling, I was struck by our societal fawning over cruelty.

For those not familiar with peers’ robes, every black dot is the tail of the stoat whose pelt surrounds it.

Read Nick Hayes’s superb The Book of Trespass for an account of the nastiness involved in acquiring most great estates.

Gorgeous

a yellow and red tawny owl with outstretched wings facing forward and to the left in front of a big oak tree in shades of light and dark green, Maria Strutz.

'Spirit of the Woods' 🦉
Woodcut print of a tawny owl hovering in front of an oak forest (two separate blocks)
#OwlishMonday 🪶🌿🌘

Photo shows breeding Common Frogs surrounded by masses of frogspawn in a pond, taken by Garth Coupland.

The next NNNS event is on Sunday 8th March 2026 at 17:45 (note the unusual time). A walk at West Runton led by Garth Coupland to look for amphibians. Note that it will be dark - a torch is essential (a head torch desirable). For fuller details see: norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

I love the Lino print too.

Haven’t seen a grey wagtail for many years. And I love watching siskins on the feeders. Great photos.

@alan678.bsky.social chose #PrimaryColours for the #BirdOfTheDay theme.
I offer one of many goldfinches making free use of our knapweed crop. So we get the colour of the flowers and the bonus colour of the birds. Win win.
Norfolk UK
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Classic

Loving what Georgina is doing here. It’s got great energy.

Gosh!!!

Thank you. We were blessed with its presence for several minutes. It would been a disservice not photograph its beauty.

For the benefit of Mr Kite
There will be a show in sight above our green.
The hens below will cluck and stare as Mr Kite flies through the air, what a scene.
With thanks & apologies to those Liverpudlian chaps
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We have a lot of chaffinches visit us. They usually eat off the floor, but some fancy all the food in the feeders, but they are rubbish at it. For years I see them fly and peck. Until this year, we now have some male chaffinches bossing the feeders. #BestoftheMonth #BirdoftheDay #BirdsSeenIn2026

It’s a dreek morning on this east coast 🙁

When it falls your way, it puts a smile on your face. A nice study in the gloom.

You can really feel this moment 👌

I love that the low angle of the sun has lit the back of this curlew, while the head is in shade. Shame I was slow and cut the beak tip off.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 earlier this month in this patch of Norfolk UK
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Very kind of you to say so. Thanks

Thank you, it was serendipity.

What a moment!

Alan H has advised the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WideOpenWings. This grey heron flew over us last September. Norfolk UK
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Very nice

Scruffy small black, white and grey bird pecking insects in patchy grass.

Who can’t resist a scruffy wagtail for #BirdOfTheDay with #RuffledFeathers.
As seen in North Norfolk UK
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