Dave Piper

Well, Storm Boelo seems to have blown the black swan back to the local lake... hadn't seen it for weeks, but this afternoon... on patrol and hungry! #BlackSwan #StormBoelo #StormAusten #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography

Help! Any pigeon-fanciers/domestic avian experts on here? I've never seen a pigeon like this before, presuming it's a pet was accidentally grounded by the recent storms? It was wandering round in circles outside the public loos! #ukbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #pigeon #birdphotography

Help! Any pigeon-fanciers/domestic avian experts on here? I've never seen a pigeon like this before, presuming it's a pet was accidentally grounded by the recent storms? It was wandering round in circles outside the public loos! #ukbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #pigeon #birdphotography

Thank you for #Robins as today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay today @robcrank68.bsky.social - I can't resist, they are so cheerful! #birds #birdphotography #ukbirding

Here's a US-related experiment in 'Elon-ography' (or is that Musk-logic?): New Mexico is a recently-planted colony, ruled by President Claudia Sheinbaum. Literally in the name of the State. (x.com/elonmusk/sta...)

Red squirrel sneezing in the rain, for #SquirrelSaturday, anyone?

I absolutely HATE getting up in tge dark, to run in the cold and the wet (#StormAusten and #StormBoelo this weekend)... but this is my fastest parkrun yet. So my LEGS must love what my brain can't stand! #loveparkrun #ukrunchat #run #running

Last-minute entry for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay: a young blue tit on the feeder at Sale Water Park, for #Juveniles, and a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks at Tatton Park, for the Alt theme of #Green! #birds #photography #ukbirding @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

The moment you start to suspect the Royal Mint is spying on your socials... the new 20p piece, and a shot I took at Flamborough Head this summer. COINCIDENCE?!? #bird #ukbirding #puffin #birdphotography

The moment you start to suspect the Royal Mint is spying on your socials... the new 20p piece, and a shot I took at Flamborough Head this summer. COINCIDENCE?!? #bird #ukbirding #puffin #birdphotography

Just a red squirrel sending its mate somersaulting head-over-heels through the air... in Whinlatter Forest, #England. Sound on 😀 #redsquirrel #squirrel #squirrelcontent #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife

What's your favourite coast? I've got to go with Cardigan Bay, but only cos I saw DOLPHINS at New Quay this week 😃 Here's some of the photos, of a mother and calf... more to come! #Wales #dolphin #sea #marine #wildlife #UK #photography #mammal #seascape #coast

More DOLPHINS at New Quay this week 😃 #Wales #dolphin #sea #marine #wildlife #UK #photography #mammal #seascape #coast

When out looking for dolphins, it's worth stopping for a shag on the sea... or a dunnock on the bush!😃 #Wales #dolphin #sea #wildlife #UK #photography #bird #ukbirding

Have I mentioned, I saw #dolphins at #NewQuay in #Wales this last week? For all those who've never seen 'em, this is what it's like... and for those who HAVE, time for a nostalgic reminisce? #Video #coast #mammals #wildlife

When out looking for dolphins, it's worth stopping for a shag on the sea... or a dunnock on the bush!😃 #Wales #dolphin #sea #wildlife #UK #photography #bird #ukbirding

More DOLPHINS at New Quay this week 😃 #Wales #dolphin #sea #marine #wildlife #UK #photography #mammal #seascape #coast

What's your favourite coast? I've got to go with Cardigan Bay, but only cos I saw DOLPHINS at New Quay this week 😃 Here's some of the photos, of a mother and calf... more to come! #Wales #dolphin #sea #marine #wildlife #UK #photography #mammal #seascape #coast

You ever seen #dolphins in #UK waters? Spent a day seeing DOZENS, breaching, splashing, diving, 1 swam right under the boat... in New Quay, #Wales! Massive thanks to the incredible SeaMôr Dolphin Watching and New Quay Dolphin Spotting teams! So... anyone want to see photos and videos?

Reading the YEFest 2026 programme this morning (that's 'York Environment Festival, m'lud) I can only conclude the burial business is struggling in Fulford. Can the rest of the nation spare a few corpses (or sign up a few potential ones in advance) to keep a local, friendly cemetery ticking over?

I've not dipped under the 2-hour barrier for a half marathon for YEARS... until today! Thank you Run Through for a brilliant event at Heaton Park, Manchester! #run #running #runninggoals #weekend

Thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for covering for @helenbennett.bsky.social on today's #BirdOfTheDay - the theme's #Green you say... here's a juvenile moorhen and a heron from Tyneside, plus a Mancunian black swan! #birds #ukbirding #birdlife

Apparently the pose this heron ended up in is the "flasher" pose... or "delta-wing" for the more-easily-embarrassed 😉 I'm told it's quite rare to see them at it? @everyheron.bsky.social?

Anyone ever seen a red squirrel knock another one head over heels? I caught it on video, here're the stills! #SquirrelSaturday #Cumbria #Whinlatter #mammals #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Squirrels #wildlife

Dear American friends on here, Two of yours appear to have got left behind, in Darkest Cheshire, England. Time to send in Special Forces to break them out?!? #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding #USBirding #ducks

"Anyone up for a tufted duck?" (There's POEMS in them thar hills, I tells ye!) #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding #ducks

Anyone know WHY grey wagtails bob? Are they clockwork? Have they got cold feet? Is it some sort of dance? #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding

Are Grebe's normally such bad parents? This youngster couldn't gulp the fish down, so was being CHASED by their parent! #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding

I'm not great at #astrophotography and only have a compact digital zoom camera and tripod - so pretty surprised to see, when editing these photos from a light-polluted York, that the camera's caught the double-star in the handle of the #Plough / #BigDipper! #StormHour #PhotoHour #sky #stars

Just seen @helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdSupermodel, birds captured posing for a cover shoot. Thought you might like this @robcrank68.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social? A Tyneside heron, posing like nobody's business, for at least 10 minutes #birds #photography #ukbirding

Just a red squirrel getting fully stuck in to its lunch... positively stuffing its face! At Whinlatter Forest, #England. Sound on 😀 #redsquirrel #squirrel #squirrelcontent #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife

Clear sky over #Manchester this morning - a minor miracle - so it was COLD and there was a rather nice view of the Moon and Jupiter! Even a bit of #Earthshine going on... not a patch on @davidbflower.bsky.social's outstanding #astrophotography but I was pleased with the result! #StormHour #PhotoHour

Clear sky over #Manchester this morning - a minor miracle - so it was COLD and there was a rather nice view of the Moon and Jupiter! Even a bit of #Earthshine going on... not a patch on @davidbflower.bsky.social's outstanding #astrophotography but I was pleased with the result! #StormHour #PhotoHour

Just a red squirrel sending its mate somersaulting head-over-heels through the air... in Whinlatter Forest, #England. Sound on 😀 #redsquirrel #squirrel #squirrelcontent #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife

Just a red squirrel getting fully stuck in to its lunch... positively stuffing its face! At Whinlatter Forest, #England. Sound on 😀 #redsquirrel #squirrel #squirrelcontent #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife

Just seen @helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdSupermodel, birds captured posing for a cover shoot. Thought you might like this @robcrank68.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social? A Tyneside heron, posing like nobody's business, for at least 10 minutes #birds #photography #ukbirding

I'm not great at #astrophotography and only have a compact digital zoom camera and tripod - so pretty surprised to see, when editing these photos from a light-polluted York, that the camera's caught the double-star in the handle of the #Plough / #BigDipper! #StormHour #PhotoHour #sky #stars

Are Grebe's normally such bad parents? This youngster couldn't gulp the fish down, so was being CHASED by their parent! #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding

Anyone know WHY grey wagtails bob? Are they clockwork? Have they got cold feet? Is it some sort of dance? #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding

"Anyone up for a tufted duck?" (There's POEMS in them thar hills, I tells ye!) #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding #ducks

Dear American friends on here, Two of yours appear to have got left behind, in Darkest Cheshire, England. Time to send in Special Forces to break them out?!? #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding #USBirding #ducks

Anyone ever seen a red squirrel knock another one head over heels? I caught it on video, here're the stills! #SquirrelSaturday #Cumbria #Whinlatter #mammals #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Squirrels #wildlife

Any other runners who're thinking their best running days are behind them, due to age, injury, fitness etc... I got all my PBs in my mid-20s, and in my (unfit) 40s have been sad about that. TODAY though, I just ran my fastest EVER parkrun! #loveparkrun #run #running

Apparently the pose this heron ended up in is the "flasher" pose... or "delta-wing" for the more-easily-embarrassed 😉 I'm told it's quite rare to see them at it? @everyheron.bsky.social?

Just seen @helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #BestBeaks or the alternative of #YellowElements! Almost done editing video clips from my "summer" hols last week, so can I go for a two-fer, with these #Cormorants perching on a floating wharf in the River Tyne? #bird #birdphotography