Marsh Tit inspecting a fracture in this tree truck as a possible home ๐ฅฐ #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikonZ8 #ukbirds #leightonmoss
A real highlight from RSPB Leighton Moss on 31st March, an incredibly acrobatic 1st winter Little Gull twisting and turning over the reserve.
Light as a feather and full of energy, giving brilliant views as it fed on the wing. A proper spring treat! ๐ฆโจ
#LeightonMoss #Birding #LancashireBirding
cormorant perched
cormorant- we have a lift off
Cormorants at the RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve @rspb.bsky.social, seen yesterday, captured by Robin Cooper @robincooper1.bsky.social
#RSPB #LeightonMoss #Birdwatching #Wildlife #NaturePhotography
Female Marsh Harrier going in for the kill at Leighton Moss this afternoon.
#rspb #leightonmoss #birdsofprey #birdsinflight #birdwatching #marshharrier #wild #nature #wildlife #nikonz9 #nikonZ600mmฦ4TCS
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/
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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