A hungry Marsh Harrier on the lookout for anything careless enough to not keep an eye on whatever is going on above them ๐๐ #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds #leightonmoss
Crows really DO NOT like it when the Marsh Harriers appear ๐๐ #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds #leightonmoss
Female Marsh Harrier making a low run over the far reedbed looking for lunch ๐ฅฐ #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds #leightonmoss
Female Marsh Harrier with a pesky, persistant & very attentive crow pecking at her all the way ๐ฅฐ #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds #leightonmoss
High velocity fluffball cutie just taking a breather ๐ฅฐ #birds #leightonmoss #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds
Big H doing a low level run over the bay yesterday morning ๐ฅฐ #birds #leightonmoss #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds
The incredibly beautiful Avocet such an eligant bird ๐ฅฐ #birds #leightonmoss #nikonZ8 #nature #wildlife #photography #ukbirds
Black-tailed godwits in flight at Leighton Moss yesterday.
#godwit #wadingbirds #birds #LeightonMoss #RSPB #nature #wildlife #NIkonZ9
Stars of the show on the Leighton Moss Saltmarshes this morning. Making baby Avocets ๐
#avocet #wader #mating #rspb #LeightonMoss #nature #wildlife #birds #nikonZ9 #NikonZ600mmTCVRS
Little Egreat at Leighton Moss in LAncashire this afternoon.
#leightonmoss #birds #lancashire #egret #little egret #heron #white #nature #wildlife #nikonz9 #NikonZ600mmf/4TCVRS #840mm
Close-up view from above of a female mallard, standing on a paved path. She is looking up at the camera, presumably hoping for food.
Today's Bird of the Day prompt is "ducks".
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Mallard on 'meet-and-greet' duties at Leighton Moss, March 2022.
#BirdOfTheDay #Ducks #Mallards #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin #BirdsOfBluesky #Nature #NatureReserve #RSPB #LeightonMoss
Another selection of birds from RSPB Leighton Moss yesesterday afternoon.
#RSPB #LeightonMoss #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #NikonZ9 #NikonZ600mmF4TC #WildBirds #Wildlife #bIrdwatching
A selection of birds from RSPB Leighton Moss yesterday afternoon.
#RSPB #LeightonMoss #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #NikonZ9 #NikonZ600mmF4TC #WildBirds #Wildlife #bIrdwatching #
We've also passed @rspb.bsky.social #LeightonMoss en route to day's end at #HestBank. #KingCharlesIIIEnglandCoastPath #NationalTrailย (What's this #NWECPAdvent all about? The #KCIIIECP will be the longest managed coast path in the world once complete - but my new #Cicerone guidebook ... 2/
Curlew
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#curlew #birds #wadingbirds #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #outdoorphotography #ukbirds #uknature #rspb #rspblovenature #leightonmoss #photographyismytherapy
Male bearded reedling
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#beardedtit #beardedreedling #birds #birdphotography #birdsinflight #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photogreaphy #rspb #rspblovenature #leightonmoss #BirdSky #potd #outdoorphotography #photographyismytherapy
Great Egret near Warton Crag @rspb.bsky.social #leightonmoss
Bearded reedlings
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#beardedreedling #beardedtits #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #rspb #rspblovenature #leightonmoss #outdoorphotography #photographyismytherapy
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #LeightonMoss a magical place. So packed full of beautiful wildlife. Highlights were a Bearded Tit, Otter, Curlews, Black Tailed Godwits and lovely Snipes! So much more too!
Autumn damp and dead fallen trees throw up some spectacular fungi ๐ #leightonmoss #birds #nature #photography #wildlife
WHAT YOU LOOKING AT? A short visit from Leighton Moss finest this autumn, the Bearded Tit! #leightonmoss #birdwatching #sonyalpha
On my way upto the Lower Hide (which was incidentally closed on this visit) I noticed a little Marsh Tit dropping from a bush and hopping on and off a little tree stump so I got myself in an improvised position nearby and just patiently waited ๐๐ #birds #wildlife #photography #leightonmoss
A bitch to pin down for a decent snap but a beautiful little Creeper ๐ฅฐ #birds #leightonmoss #nature #wildlife #photography
Late-flowering Wild Thyme, Thymus drucei & Lady's Bedstrraw, Galium verum on the species-rich limestone #grasslands at Warton Crag.
#Wildflowerhour
@rspbengland.bsky.social #LeightonMoss
#Lancashire
Perennial Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis and the gall, Cystiphora sonchi, a species of #Midge. Many gall-forming species a host-specific & therefore easy (easier) to ID at this stage in the life cycle, so long as you know the plant that is.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #LeightonMoss
#wildflowerHour
Curlew Sandpiper
Blackening Waxcap, Hygrocybe conica
Blackening Waxcap, Hygrocybe conica
The @rspbengland.bsky.social #LeightonMoss #MorecambeBay Allen & Eric Morecambe pools are always a good bet for a Curlew Sanpiper at this time of year. Blackening #Waxcaps by the path through the reeds were less expected.
#Waders
#Birds
#Fungi
#Autumn
A trio of little budgies from a mooch about the visitor centre at RSPB Leighton Moss this afternoon. That's about my range at the moment as my back is giving me jip. Robin, Great tit and Marsh tit.
#rspb #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonz9 #nikon500mmpf #leightonmoss #lancashire #england
Little Egret on the hunt at Leighton Moss Saltmarshes this afternoon.
#rspb #leightonmoss #egret #fishing #hunting #nature #wildlife #heron #silverdale #lancashire
Little Egret #rspb #birds #leightonmoss
A beautiful starling reflection over a lake at Leighton Moss. It was on the tail end of a sunset and taken from inside a bird hide on the nature reserve. The colours in the photo are blue, peach, mustardy yellow, blacks & grey.
A #murmuration of #starlings at #LeightonMoss about 7 years ago. Its shape reminded me of a whale & the reflection was the icing on the cake!
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birds #๐ชถ #wildlife #naturereserve #walking #sunset #birdhide #reflection #lakeside #mothernature #whale #photography