Alastair Swinnerton

Or even Langstone...

Last one from the Hayling Island trip - the Ship Inn, Langston, arguably the best view from a pub beer garden (for birders) - next time we'll go at high tide!

Hayling Island is really all about the Mediterranean Gulls though, although a couple of Common Gulls showed up as well #hantsiowwt #ukbirding #ukwildlife #seabirds #waders

Two Redshank trying to remember the difference between Bar-Tailed and Black-Tailed Godwits, Langstone Harbour, Hayling Island #hantsiowwt #ukbirding #ukwildlife #seabirds #waders

Assorted faves from the Hayling Island Oysterbeds, including an Early Bumblebee #hantsiowwt #ukbirding #ukwildlife #seabirds #waders @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

Very excited to see so many Curlews on Hayling Island last week #hantsiowwt #ukbirding #ukwildlife #seabirds #waders

Brent Geese

Cormorants

Dunlin

Grey Plovers

We had a few days on Hayling Island last week, wonderful place, will definitely go back. Firstly, various fly bys - Brent Geese, Cormorants, Dunlin and Grey Plovers. #hantsiowwt #ukbirding #ukwildlife #seabirds #waders

Avocets

Cormorant

Shag

Great Crested Grebe

More from the lovely @harbourbirds.bsky.social boat trip yesterday - one of three @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Shelduck

Sika Deer

More from the lovely @harbourbirds.bsky.social
boat trip yesterday - three of three @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Great Northern Diver

Female Red-Breasted Merganser

Male Red-Breasted Merganser

Male and female Red-Breasted Mergansers

More from the lovely @harbourbirds.bsky.social boat trip yesterday - two of three @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Another wonderful @harbourbirds.bsky.social boat trip -despite the rainy start, it soon cleared. Nice to meet you, @chrissnook.bsky.social. The first photo is, of course, of the distant White-Tailed Eagle pair. More photos to come. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

I've decided the same rule applies to Pale-Bellied/Dark-Bellied Brent Geese.

Thanks Jack 😊

Dunlin murmuration over Mill Rythe, Hayling Island #hantsiowwt #ukwildlife

Not something you get looking at you through your bedroom window every day. Sparrowhawks are regular visitors, but never had one sit still long enough for me to grab a camera. Think he was embarrassed at not catching the Robin he was after. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Ninesprings this morning, my contribution to the annual snowdrop fest #yeovilcountrypark #snowdrops #springiscoming #naturephotography

Wild Cherry Plum, Riverside Walk, kind of a guache-ey filter called Brushify with so many options and sliders it would have been quicker to actually paint it. If I could paint, that is... @gmic-eu.bsky.social #yeovilcountrypark #landscapeart #photofilters #landscapephotos #treeart #impressionism

Reed Bunting, Cogden Beach yesterday, watercolour filter @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @gmic-eu.bsky.social #photofilters #wildlifeart #bsky.art

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Some extreme processing fun - Severn Estuary sunset and a Raven at Cannup Ponds, Forest of Dean. The little dots on the shoreline in the second one are all Curlew. @gloswildlife.bsky.social #wildlifeart #extremeprocessing #forestofdean #severnestuary #severnbridges #photoart

One of the beauties of it is that it doesn't matter if the original photo isn't pin sharp.

Couldn't agree more. Mediterranean, Little, Common & Great Black-Backed Gulls yes, but slightly different Herring Gulls? Respect to those who love them and can spot the minute differences from four hundred yards, but I'm with you.

This morning's Lenthay Yellowhammer rendered in Comicbook. I have to say, I rather love this. This could be my new thing. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifeart #photofilters #birdart #bsky.art

Lenthay Common is becoming even more of a swamp than normal for this time of year, but it's worth it for the Yellowhammers @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky

Too wet out, so playing with #GMIC filters in #Affinity again. Dunlin, Ferrybridge, original, then Samj FX Sketchbw modifie, Comicbook & Dreamy Watercolour. They lose resolution on a phone. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifeart #photofilters #bsky.art

Part three - Dark-Bellied Brent Geese at Ferrybridge @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

They seem to have lost a lot of their resolution looking at them on here on a mobile phone though!

I do rather like the wacky abstract one! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #wildlifeart #photofilters #birdart #abstractbirds

One of two. I downloaded a whole pack of filters for #Canva #Affinity, and had a play with them. Some are subtle, you need to zoom in to see the effect, while others are not so subtle. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #wildlifeart #photofilters

Part two - Rock Pipit at Ferrybridge, Great Northern Diver at Starbucks, Portland, and a Seal off Portland Bill @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social