Bright achilleas,
a tepid of summer-birds,
relentless southerly wind
—the accomplishments of mankind
speechless, fatigued.

(I do like to invent words or phrases... so when we have a murder of crows, why not a tepid of butterflies?)

#tanka #poem #achilleas #summerbirds

First Green Heron I've seen at Malden Park this season, really high in the dead branches around the pond. It took +2eV of in camera exposure correction to get this small heron to show up against that backlit sky.

#photography #birds #heron #greenheron #wildlife #summerbirds

Birding icons common crane & bittern today @rspb.bsky.social Lakenheath along with cuckoo, swifts and hobby. Finished at Dunwich Heath @nationaltrust.org.uk with nightingales 😍 #summerbirds