@iansheppard.bsky.social
Former pro photographer, still taking the odd pic. Usually birds, nature and landscapes. Shropshire, UK.
A male Kestrel sitting on a cliff face
A male Kestrel stiiing on the cliff face at Seaton, #Devon. #UKBirding
23.10.2025 18:21 — 👍 37 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
A fishing boat in the harbour at Brixham.
Could be worse. #Brixham
22.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Soaring gulls at sunrise
Gulls at sunrise. Near Exmouth, Devon.
18.10.2025 07:09 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A composite shot from back in 2018 of salmon leaping at #Shrewsbury weir. #Shropshire
07.10.2025 09:18 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Two Grey Herons fighting
Two Grey Herons having words at Venus Pool nature reserve #ShropshireBirding
05.10.2025 20:13 — 👍 480 🔁 46 💬 12 📌 3
A Kestrel in flight
A Kestrel hunting over Venus Pool nature reserve. #ShropshireBirding
05.10.2025 20:11 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Three Black-tailed Godwits
Three Black-tailed Godwits feeding at Meols. #Wirral #UKBirding
28.09.2025 18:45 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Redshank with reflection
A line up of Redshank, with a Turnstone.
Redshank at Meols. #Wirral #UKBirding
28.09.2025 18:44 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Turnstone
Close up of a Turnstone
Two sleepy Turnstones
Turnstones on the rocks at Marine Lake, West Kirby. #Wirral #UKBirding
28.09.2025 18:42 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ah. Thanks Tom 👍
28.09.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Redshanks with possible Ruff at West Kirby
I'm after a bit of ID help please. I was photographing these Redshanks at West Kirby yesterday and noticed the bird at the top of the picture. Is it a Ruff? Thanks #UKBirding
28.09.2025 10:31 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A photo montage of a Green Sandpiper flying around the lake at Venus Pool nature reserve
A Green Sandpiper at Venus Pool nature reserve. #ShropshireBirding
13.09.2025 20:02 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've seen about four or five in my garden over the summer, but this is the first one that's hung around long enough to photograph 🙂
07.09.2025 17:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A montage of pictures of a Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on pink Valerian.
A Hummingbird Hawk-moth in my garden this afternoon. #Shropshire
07.09.2025 17:32 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Moonrise
Moonrise over #Shrewsbury this evening.
06.09.2025 20:01 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A Common Buzzard soaring in the sky
A Buzzard over my garden this afternoon. #ShropshireBirding
06.09.2025 19:20 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Landscape pic of the River Mersey from Egremont
The River Mersey
31.08.2025 13:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Landscape picture of the old lifeboat station on Hilbre Island, Wirral.
The old lifeboat station on Hilbre Island, #wirral.
04.08.2025 06:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black-tailed Godwits in a field
Black-tailed Godwits in a field
Black-tailed Godwits in a field at Caldy, #Wirral. #UKBirding
03.08.2025 10:56 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Goldfinch. #ShropshireBirding
01.08.2025 20:19 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two Gannets greating each other
Two Gannets greeting each other at RSPB Bempton Cliffs from a few years back. #SuperSeabirdSunday #UKBirding
27.07.2025 17:14 — 👍 31 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Redstart
Redstart
Redstart
A Redstart at Attingham Park yesterday. #ShropshireBirding @nationaltrust.org.uk
27.07.2025 14:55 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Green Woodpecker in flight
Green Woodpecker
A Green Woodpecker at Attingham Park yesterday. #ShropshireBirding @nationaltrust.org.uk
27.07.2025 14:52 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Fallow deer
Two Fallow deer
A Fallow deer fawn
Fallow deer at Attingham Park. #Shropshire. @nationaltrust.org.uk
27.07.2025 14:50 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A photograph of a Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper
A Green Sandpiper, left and Common Sandpiper at Venus Pool nature reserve. #ShropshireBirding
19.07.2025 20:17 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close up photo of a Gatekeeper butterfly
A Gatekeeper butterfly at Venus Pool nature reserve. #Shropshire
19.07.2025 20:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi. Yes. They were the only ones I could see.
19.07.2025 15:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0It looks like it disapproves!
12.07.2025 19:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A few years ago there was a lightning strike on the house of one of my neighbours. I got a static shock from it and it fried my computer! So loud!
12.07.2025 19:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0me:
duck: woof
me:
duck: woof
me:
duck: woof woof
vet: yeah I see your problem. It's actually a dog
me: so I should stop eating the eggs?
