From the Isle of Man for #BirdsSeenIn2026

Red squirrel sitting on a rotten branch, eating a hazelnut, tail arched up over his back in a classic red squirrel pose.

This handsome guy claims all the hazelnuts are his!
#SundaySquirrel
Red squirrel
📍Cumbria, UK
#UKwildlife #mammals

Male Chaffinch at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland. #birds #ukwildlife #nikon #rspb #SouthAyrshire

Little Ringed Plover asking for a favor in the name of #science 🤗:
Can you complete this 2min-survey: tinyurl.com/4zzm4asx
It's from my 16yo for a school research project 🤓
(Select ur age range then which image u prefer; KI = AI)
Thank you 🙏

#BirdsSeenIn2026 🇩🇪 #birds #eck #photography #artshare

A rakiraki (mallard) contemplating the fate of an errant feather at Western Springs this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

A Blue Tit, perched on a vertical, lichen-covered twig (on the other side of that twig, from our perspective). The underside of the bird’s body and tail are facing towards us (with the tail pointing towards the bottom right corner of the image), with the head turned to face towards the left side of the image. Blue Tits are small, colourful, and characterful birds. The head is white with a blue crown, and black stripes encircling the cheeks. The underparts are yellow, with a short, often irregular, black stripe running down the middle of the belly. We can't see the wings or back here. The underside of the tail is grey. The beak, and the legs and feet, are dark grey.

More of a #TwigBird than a #BranchBird (today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme), but I’m going with it! A brilliant Blue Tit (from Brandon Marsh on Saturday) to end a #Plumescrolling thread in which we’ve seen pics of this species either approaching or departing. #Birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #Photography 🌿

A Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) perched in a clump of Heather, facing towards the left of the picture. The Skylark is a small passerine (or perching) bird. The plumage is mostly pale brown or buff, with darker patches on the wing feathers and darker streaks and speckles on the chest, on the crest (which is raised) and on the back of the head. There is a well defined, pale line on the side of the head, running from the beak, past the eye, circling the cheek and ending at the pale patch below the beak. The beak, fairly short and pointed, is mostly yellowish, but dark along the top. The legs and feet of this particular bird are hidden in the heather.

#BirdOfTheDay, March 26th – the main theme today is #speckled. Here is a #Skylark, perched in some Heather while taking a break from skylarking about in the Stiperstones, #Shropshire, back in May 2024. #Birds #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #EKC 🌿

Photo of a Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) standing on a patch of ground with very short vegetation, and holding a long Earthworm in the tip of his or her beak. The bird is facing towards the left side of the picture. The Oystercatcher is a wading bird, which has black upperparts (including the head, neck, and the upper part of the chest), white underparts, a long orange beak, and pink legs and feet. The eye is red, with an orange rim and a black pupil.

This #Oystercatcher, though not an early bird, still managed to get the worm. A great image with which to start a #NaturePhotography thread featuring pics from my visit to @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys reserve on Saturday.

#UKWildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #ECK 🌿

Goldfinch at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland today #birds #ukwildlife #nikon #rspb #Scotland #SouthAyrshire

Male Greenfinch

Greenfinch in a rare blink of sunlight today at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland

Serinus serinus. Serín verdecillo, xirín común 🎶💕Buen fin de semana!

Large brown speckled wading bird with a long bent bill walking in the surf, with beach in the foreground and breakers in the background.

A long-billed curlew in the surf of the Pacific Ocean for the #speckled theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social

#birds #photography #nature #naturephotography #ECK

Wryneck

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #speckled, so for me the Wryneck I was lucky enough to spend time with in Croatia gets the highlight #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

A medium sized shorebird with mottled brown and white plumage is standing on a rockweed-covered ledge exposed by the low tide. The bird is facing to the left.

Lesser Yellowlegs exploring the inter-tidal zone on a rockweed-covered ledge.

Kent Island, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #birds #LEYE #shorebirds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

"Get out of my way!!!"

Coot in a hurry for #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇩🇪

#birds #eck #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #hurry #rush #nature #naturephotography

Male chaffinch - older posting - Share your chaffinch photos in the comments.

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🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #vickyoutenphoto #chaffinch

#TuesdayTits A beautiful fluffy Long-tailed tit from our local walks.

#TuesdayTits A beautiful fluffy long-tail tit from our local walks.

#BirdOfTheDay #Preeners&Scratchers #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Preeners&Scratchers, any bird preening/scratching itself set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Hoopoe having a good old scratch ~ photo taken on Swansea Seafront 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Hedgehogs are solitary and avoid contact. This one realises there is one already in the feeder and retreats. The other one exits the feeder and realises it has company.

Mute Swans in a sea haar, Girvan South Ayrshire Scotland #birds #ukwildlife #weather

A hoopoe (bird) preening its feathers

A hoopoe (bird) contorting itself as it bathes in dust

A hoopoe (bird) with its orange crest raised

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #preeners&scratchers set by @robcrank68.bsky.social this Eurasian Hoopoe - a bit of feather care , including dust bathing, then at its best #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK

A Northern Pintail couple seen at Burnaby Lake, March 21, 2026. #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Canada

The Great spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopos major ) each year carves a new nest hole in trees, which later becomes a shelter for other animals. It mainly eats insects and larvae, but also consumes seeds, nuts, and even bird eggs or chicks when food is scarce. Instead of melodic songs, it communicates by rapidly pecking on trees , this ¨drumming¨marks territory and attracts mates .

Pico picapinos
Picapau grande
Great spotted woodpecker
Grote bonte specht
( Dendrocopos major )
Monte de Vilaboa
Concello de Bóveda . Lugo
#birds 🪶 #aves #nature #naturaleza #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtMe #birdphotography #Galicia

Did u know? When you purchase & use poisons in your outside spaces, the only winners are the chemical companies who produce them. The earth looked after itself before these destructive formulas were manufactured & it still can. There's always a more intelligent solution... 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌿🌍🪲🐞🪰

Crowned by Sunlight and Rippling Water — A Great Crested Grebe Gliding Through Gold and Blue Serenity #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

Crowned by Sunlight and Rippling Water — A Great Crested Grebe Gliding Through Gold and Blue Serenity #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

Pied wagtail - Share your wagtail photos in the comments.

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🪶🦉 #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #birds #birdphotography #piedwagtail

Beautiful sunny 🌞 morning over The Vale of Glamorgan & Mr Yellowhammer was out bright and early & looking sharp ready to sing his songs to the ladies 😍😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #BirdsOfBluesky

House cats: 1,000,000,000
Tigers: 20,000

Humans & Livestock: 98%
Wildlife: 2%

We are building corridors for tigers between the roads that lead to the farms that produce pet food for human pet owners?

#CatContent

1,000,000,000 cats that consume/kill our wildlife.