Simon Tull

many thanks Rob

A blue and orange coloured rock thrush on a lawn

Moring All. My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Blue - is this Rock Thrush. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography

Fantastic, the “best view in England” at its best

Fantastic - I do love starlings !

A gingery brown and irridescent blue Sri Lanka Blue Magpie. It its sittinng on a branch. It's feet and bill are bright red

Hi All. My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Iridescent - is this very smart (and shiny) Sri Lanka Blue Magpie - an endemic species to that island's jungles. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #magpie #srilanka

Thanks Rob

Thanks a lot - yes they blend well with the pale limestone rocks that they make their home

Thanks 🙏 a lot

Thanks ! They are very characterful birds - great to photograph…

three lilith owlets on rocks, staring with their bright yellow eyes

My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BrownIsBeautiful - this family of lilith owlets (the middle eastern cousin of little owl), with their amazing bright watchful #Yellow eyes. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #owls

He still writes (intermittently I think) for the guardian / observer

Agree, yes it’s a good read. He comes across as a genuinely decent chap.

I used to see them regularly when I lived in the Middle East - one of my favourite birds

Sounds like the cats worked their magic on you too. How fabulous. Thanks for sharing that with me.

It is !

That’s very kind of you - and yes, it’s real. No AI or other skullduggery, I promise … 😊

I’ve got a couple of his cook books - all very good. You can usually see him on tv pay back if you have access to BBC iplayer

The full moon coffee shop, a novel by mai mochizuki

This dropped into my lap; it’s about a magical coffee shop run by cats. Hard to see what could go wrong ….

A brown and white streaked squacco heron, with bright yellow legs and feet makes a splash as it paddles in shallow water

A slaty coloured white-throated robin,its breast a bright orange on a small branch

This is my #BirdOfTheDay on the theme of #Paddling - a very focused squacco heron, and #ForJanet a white-throated robin #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #robin #heron

Not to mention a new phase of mountain building…..this is really very weird indeed 🤪

A woven bookmark in colours of red, green and gold

From a Bedu market in Oman (where I lived for a while)

Thanks a lot 👌🏻Pleased you like it ….

A desert wheatear balanced on the top of a bush, its wings spread out

This is my #BirdOfTheDay on the theme of #poise - a very nimble desert wheatear atop a spindly bush (wheatear is derived from the anglo-saxon #white arse), good for the alt theme too. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography

Many thanks - yes it’s a nice clean image I think

Three Whooper Swans flying close to each other

Here’s my contribution to the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Swans - three very elegant Whooper Swans flying in close formation. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotograph #Swans

Thanks Alan

Thanks Alan, and I see that the tern project at Spurn has already hit to its first target of £6000

A eursaina scops owl with bright yellow eyes standing in a bush

Here’s my contribution to the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #birdinabush - this rather stern looking Eurasian Scops Owl. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotograph #Owl

They popped back into my head as I remembered the trainer rein thing 😉

And my gloves on the ends of strings of course ….