Chris Duffield

Goldfinches yet to be seen visiting the teasels that have self sown on the patio near the kitchen window here.
Pleased you are feeling a little better. Fingers crossed your recovery speeds up now.

A cloud of tree sparrows rising from the hawthorn hedge top as I opened the curtains.
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A woodpigeon perched on the garage roof. Other black silhouettes, unidentifiable, flying across the sky in bright sunshine.
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A blackbird, his yellow beak glinting in the sun, as he dallied below the feeders.
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Bluetits flitting about the peanut feeders on a cloudy morn. Still had no serious rain here.
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Wings and tail of a wood pigeon as it rose into the air, taking off away from the patio. Looking further afield, wood pigeons were perched all around on both tree tops and outbuildings.
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A woodpigeon, here today, viewing all about from the top of an archway.
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On a wet morning, bluetits and great tits visiting the peanut feeder. Fingers crossed the much needed rain lasts longer than yesterday.
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Just singing in the rain, a tree sparrow on the arch of the wisteria feeder. It perches there most of the day providing entertainment heard through an open window.
Hoping the rain sets in for the day!
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Purple moors are a sight of the past, now you have to search for sparse patches of heather. Much of the moorland looks like a razed war zone. It needs to be shouted loudly.

Accurate and good read.

Tree sparrows literally dropping in to visit the feeders from some very high hawthorn growth and the parallel telegraph wires alongside the garden.
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Will miss your posts and likes, Sarah, but important you focus on your recovery. Glad you can still keep an eye on and enjoy our avian friends. 💐

After a slight overnight dampening, bluetits were first to party with swift visits to the feeders, then enjoying their beakfuls within the hawthorn hedge sanctuary. Later joined by great tit, tree sparrow, linnet and blackbird families; the air full of flitting hither and thither.
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In need of that rain again here in the Vale of York.

Early Morning The Garden St Margarets: watercolour from 2022

The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial Editorial: Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldn’t depend on the goodwill of landowners

“In opposition, Labour vowed to introduce a right to roam. In govt, it U-turned on this promise… its plan to create 9 new ‘river walks’ is a paltry compensation.”

Excellent Guardian leader on why we need a right of access to all rivers @righttoroam.bsky.social

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A collared dove enjoying overflow below recently filled feeders near the hawthorn hedge, with bluetits and great tits flitting back n forth.
Sadly, no much needed rain here for about a week.
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A woodpigeon taking off to join several others perched across the field. Followed, a little later, by another dropping in for a drink from the bird bath.
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On a grey morn, a touch of red as a young robin explores around the lawn.
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BBC uncovers lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka Scientists warn the damage to the environment after the 2021 X-Press Pearl disaster could be much more enduring.

Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand.

That creates a lovely picture. 😍

Wow! Great spot!

Two pairs of woodpigeons frolicking on their high perches; one pair atop of the old pen and the other atop of a nearby arch on the viewing mound.
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An elegant collared dove meandering around the lawn early in the morning.
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Looking out of the window, a swallow swooping down low over the roof and then soaring up into a vast open sky over the vale.
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A starling feeding, its iredescent green plumage glinting in the sunlight.
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Sentinel woodpigeons perched on their field posts on a grey North Yorks morn.
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Merlin suggested hearing one here in North Yorkshire earlier this Summer. Made my day! 😄

A pair of red legged partridges, like smartly uniformed maids, clearing up the bird seed from a fallen feeder, then scurrying off when the mistress appeared.
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😂 Love it! A great picture there.