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First bird of my day: a magpie clattering on to the gutter above my bedroom window,with its long, black tail protruding over the eaves. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

A hand-made wooden gate in a dry stone wall, with views of Arnside viaduct and the Kent Estuary in the background.

My favourite gate. I've taken so many photos of it over the years. I have a painting of it too. Anyone else got photos of it? #ArnsideKnottGate

Cat Bells from Derwentwater shore. #Keswick #LakeDistrict

It was a lot higher and steeper than it looks in the photo! But I did it!!

I love that book! Those words and pictures make my heart sing with joy.

This #fingerpostfriday how about a bit of rock climbing?

Fingerpost pointing to the cliff path.

Footpath leading towards a small limestone cliff face.

National Trust sign saying Woodwell Cliff, with the cliff in the background.

A close-up view of the path up the cliff face.

When the public footpath goes up a cliff face.... #Silverdale #adventure

Same here!

First bird of my day: two wooing woodpigeons on a tin shed roof. Lots of clattering and flapping as she spurned his advances. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: a greenfinch on the feeder and a woodpigeon below. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: a greenfinch, moments after reading about how their numbers have plummeted in recent years. It made me realise I don't see them nearly as often as I used to. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day was also a preening jackdaw! Sitting on a low wall in a car park, just after a sudden burst of rain. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: a bedraggled juvenile woodpigeon sitting on the fence in the pouring rain. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

That's so interesting!

lonely is the sky
and my summer heart
now the swifts are gone

First bird of my day: a woodpigeon warming itself up on the tin shed roof, its wings spread out as it bathed in the morning sunshine. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

A brown and white bird of prey dives toward the water with wings swept back and talons extended. Photographed in Sebastian, Florida

Target locked. Talons out. The Osprey strikes in perfect form.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

It's at Silverdale in North Lancashire. The lights were installed a couple of years ago.

Three large stone steps leading through a wall onto the railway. There is a green traffic light, indicating that it is safe to cross the railway track.

@lakesstiles.bsky.social Railway stilin'

First bird of my day: a woodpigeon, squeezing through a gap in a conifer hedge and launching into the air. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: was once again a woodpigeon. Although I can't help feeling a little disappointed when FBOMD is nearly always a woodpigeon, I am so happy to have them in my garden, their gentle billing and cooing from the oak tree is always a pleasure to listen to. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Wow!

First bird of my day: a blue tit flying across to the very top of the oak tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

I just googled it. It is lovely!

First bird of my day: a woodpigeon again - cautiously drinking from the birdbath, alert to every nearby sound and movement. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: despite my best efforts, it was a woodpigeon again! #FirstBirdOfMyDay

First bird of my day: blue tit on the seed feeder, with a woodpigeon hoovering up the spillage below. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Wow! I'll have to start listening out for them!

How lovely! I've only ever seen a hoopoe in the south of France.