(The first one may only have one eye but he's still giving me a good stare). Barn Owl, Little Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Osprey
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeContact
#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin

I did wonder if you'd caught up with the Grackle 'stowaway'. 👍

Cape Starling, Hadada Ibis, Swallow, Superb Starling
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescent, birds with Iridescent Colours.
#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding

Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow-necked Spur Fowl, Snipe, Red Kite
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BrownIsBeautiful celebrating subtle brown tones in birds. #Birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Avocet, Dipper, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail.
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paddling, birds standing in water
#birds #EastCoastKin #ZooLife #photography

if you want #poise get a Puffin.
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #poise , birds showing poise. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Quite happy to swap you a few if you're struggling.

Somememories from a fabulous trip to Kenya a few years ago.
#CaturDay
#mammals #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #WalkOnTheWildside #wildlifephotography #Lions

"Black #Swan - easily told from the more common Mute Swan by its sightly smaller size."

Top tip - cheers.

It is. We had a chat with the photographer said he was waiting for the right light.

Mute Swan at RHS Worsley, Whooper, Mute Swans, Whoopers
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Swans
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding #birdphotography

Have we been told they are paid protestors yet?

yep, he had Morrisons and Asda dropping of sacks of donated apples every day. My mate who was a couple of doors away said there was a permanent group of birders standing at his front garden every day.

Waxwings at Orrell Water Park It's been a great year for Waxwings in the UK and, as I've been reading reports of large numbers of these gorgeous birds (200+) at Orre...

To be fair it was longer ago than I thought - 2013. See here
gt-birding-scrapbook.blogspot.com/2013/04/waxw...

Did you ever catch up with masses of waxwing being fed in the Orrell garden a few years ago? It was a neighbour of a friend of mine and apparently he had sacks of apples being delivered daily.

Goldcrest, Sedge Warbler, Southern Weaver, Bare-faced Go Away Bird
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #walking ,birds walking. The alternative theme is #birdinabush any bird in a bush. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

It certainly stops you worrying about it.

We had a great time there recently - this wasn't you was it?

Wood Duck, Red-crested and Common Pochard, m/f Teal
#BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #ShutEye
#birds #EastCoastKin
@rspb.bsky.social

Hooded Crow, Fulmar, Common Whitethroat, Yellowhammer
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Singing, birds Singing or Calling
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
@rspb.bsky.social

One of the blind spots I mean to get to grips with one day is 'brown gulls'. The job was bad enough, then they invented 'Yellow-legged Gulls' to make it even more difficult.

Redwing, Great Northern Diver, Puffin, Coot
#BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #FeedingTime #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

I share your pain.
Whenever I see them they are usually 200 yards away, typically circling the place I've just left.

Mandarin Duck, Frozen Pennington, Canada Geese, Siskin
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Winterlight , any bird highlighted by winter sunlight. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

I read that as 'Simone Biles, and her Manatee'

Has he told us he was joking yet?
(Asking for a nation).

It must be great living in the 'land of the free'.

Mute Swans, Shoveler (well, 1 and a half, strictly.), Great Crested Grebes, Black-tailed Godwits
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind pairs of the same bird, #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #Stunday

Has he spent his $2,000 Trump tariff check yet?

Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, Linnets, Yellow Wagtail - all seen on visits to Carrington Moss, one of my local haunts.
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #perfectperch birds perched on a branch. #birds #photo #EastCoastKin