#WhatTheFlock is the alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Australian White Ibises, or as they are more commonly known, Bin Chickens.
Brisbane, Queensland - 1st November 2025

Yes, last year's Michaelmas Daisies. I let them self-seed everywhere, pollinators love the flowers in late summer.

Thanks, Caroline. I was just lucky that I could get close without a cluttered background.

Female Orange-tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines), posing nicely for me, in my S. Cambridgeshire garden, half an hour ago.

Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura) on Bat's Wing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio). Queensland - October 2023.

Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) on Bat's Wing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio). Queensland - October 2023.

#Petals&Perchs is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Dusky Honeyeater and Blue-faced Honeyeater perched on a Bat's Wing Coral Tree.

Queensland, Australia- October 2023.

Thanks, Rob.

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) S. Cambridgeshire - 14th April 2026.

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) S. Cambridgeshire - 6th June 2026.

Redwing (Turdus iliacus) S. Cambridgeshire - 18th January 2019.

Clay-coloured Thrush (Turdus grayi) Costa Rica 22nd February 2026.

#Turdidae is the alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Any member of the thrush family.

Here's three members of the genus Turdus from my S. Cambridgeshire garden and one from Costa Rica

Common Blackbird
Song Thrush
Redwing
Clay-coloured Thrush

Female Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged Mining Bee) ? S. Cambridgeshire 18/4/26.

Female Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged Mining Bee) ? S. Cambridgeshire 18/4/26. The same individual as previous.

Female Andrena dorsata (Short-fringed Mining Bee) ? S. Cambridgeshire 19/4/26.

A couple of female mining bees seen in the garden this weekend and I'm not 100% confident of my tentative IDs for either. Any help, confirmation, or correction appreciated.

Andrena flavipes? (1st & 2nd photos)

Andrena dorsata? (3rd photo)

Thanks again, Alan.

Resting male Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines).

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on Bluebells.

The last day of #ButterflyWeek

Here's a couple taken in the past week.
Orange-tip and Common Brimstone in the village woods yesterday.

Gamlingay Wood LNR, S.Cambridgeshire, 18/4/26.

Apostlebird Queensland - October 2023.

Black Vulture Costa Rica - February 2025.

Cocos Booby Costa Rica - February 2025

Dunnock S. Cambridgeshire, UK - April 1026.

#ABCD is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay Bird's with names beginning with the letters ABC or D.

Here's an eclectic mix, but they're all photos I haven't posted on Bluesky before.

A - Apostlebird
B - Black Vulture
C - Cocos Booby
D - Dunnock

Female Criorhina floccosa. Gamlingay Wood LNR 18/4/26.

Female Criorhina floccosa. Gamlingay Wood LNR 18/4/26.

Female Criorhina floccosa. Gamlingay Wood LNR 18/4/26.

Queen Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum). Gamlingay Wood LNR, 18/4/26.

A female Criorhina floccosa on Field Maple flowers in the village woods this morning.
This hoverfly is a brilliant mimic of the Common Carder Bee (last photo). Its larvae develop in damp rotting wood, and it is a local species in the UK, found mostly in old woodland.
Gamlingay Wood LNR 18/4/26.

Thanks, I appreciate the chance you've given me to show off a few butterfly photos this week.

A bit of an arty contribution to #ButterflyWeek today.

A Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) nectaring on Devil's Bit Scabious in the village woods.
Gamlingay Wood LNR, S. Cambridgeshire (22nd August 2022).

#DucksOutOfWater is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay

A female Paradise Shelduck in Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand (5th February 2026).

A freshly emerged female Myathropa florea in my S. Cambridgeshire garden this afternoon. Known colloquially as the Batman Hoverfly due to the mark on its thorax resemblance to the sign of the Dark Knight.
#FlyDayFriday #Diptera

Myopa pellucida (Pale-palped Spring Bee-grapper) in my S.Cambridgeshire garden on Tuesday. An endoparasite of mining bees, particularly Andrena cineraria.
#FlyDayFriday #Dipera

Thanks, Alan.
I love visiting my son on Orkney. It's a marvellous place for birding.

A pair of Orchard Swallowtails (Papilio aegeus) for #ButterflyWeek

Queensland October 2023.

The alternative theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Waders

Ringed Plover, Orkney (8th July 2023).

European Herring Gull Cornwall, UK - 17th March 2023.

Red-billed Gull New Zealand- 7th February 2026.

Juvenile Southern Black-backed Gull Aukland, New Zealand- 32st January 2026.

#HeadShots is the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay and the alt theme is #Gulls

Here's three head shots of gulls:
European Herring Gull
Red-billed Gull
Juvenile Southern Black-backed Gull

Pretty in pink!
A Painted Lady butterfly on Buddleja for today's contribution to #ButterflyWeek.
S. Cambridgeshire - July 2021.

I can post, but not add photos at the moment. Will keep trying.

Saw a few in February and March. The last one was on March 31st.

I disagree.
Letsby Avenue in Sheffield has to be Britain's best road name.

The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LeafandLight any bird captured in sunlight with leaves in frame.
A New Zealand Fantail, a common endemic bird that's nearly always on the move. 13th February 2026.

Cycad Blue (Theclinesthes onycha)

A Cycad Blue is my contribution to #ButterflyWeek

Photographed in a garden in the city of Mackay, Queensland. The painted wall of a house provides a montone background.

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

Today's contribution to Rina's @rina2012.bsky.social #ButterflyWeek.
A pair of Holly Blue butterflies in my S. Cambridgeshire garden (April 2022).

The alternative theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Robins
Here's a selection of shots of European Robins in my S. Cambridgeshire garden.