Emyr Wyn Jones

Alan's Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay - via @robcrank68.bsky.social - is #Grounded, birds standing on the ground. Green Woodpecker enjoying the sunshine . . . #ECK #birds #nature #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social says Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Branched, birds on thin branches. This lovely male Chaffinch fits the bill. #ECK #birds #nature #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #NaturePhotography #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Great weather for #ducks here in South #Yorkshire ☔ Happy #MallardMonday to you all! @janesgallery.bsky.social #ECK #Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #Nature #Photography

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme today is #SpottySpeckled - any bird with spotted or speckled plumage. Here's a spotty, speckled Starling. . . #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social says Helen has chosen the BirdOfTheDay theme of #OnOneLeg This Black-headed Gull has no option, having lost one foot. But still healthy, despite the disability #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BrownBirds; any bird with mostly brown plumage A female Blackbird in my garden. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #ForJanet #BirdWatching #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Robins, any Robin species. A Robin with an attractive touch of #Leucism seen in my garden. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #ForJanet #BirdWatching #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

So this is what they mean by on-line chatter . . . Starlings on telegraph wires - photographed in Co. Roscommon, Ireland last week. #bird #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birding #BirdingIsForEverybody #LetsGoBirding #Photography #nature

Here’s a #twofer for @robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay themes of #Juveniles and #Green: Juvenile Blue Tit against a green(ish) background. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #BirdWatching #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is: #Corvids; any crow species Here’s a noisy, cawing Rook . . . #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsOnBlueSky #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any bird with Black & White plumage. Will this Magpie do? #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #LittleLegs - any bird with small legs. This female Chaffinch seems not to have a leg to stand on! 😊 #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflection, any bird reflection. The Alt. is #Pairs, any pair of birds. A Grey Wagtail and a pair of Goldcrests - photos taken in the past week. #ECK #Birds #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's Alt. theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Turdidae; any thrush species. Mistle Thrush living up to its name, in the Mistletoe on our apple tree in Spring. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

A Red Squirrel in County Limerick says 'Top o'the morning to ye!' for this weeks #SquirrelSaturday #naturetherapy #naturephotography #ECK #redsquirrel #squirrel #sqrlpix #ireland #irishwildlife #ColorADay #GreenSat

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Dawn; any bird captured at sunrise. Here's a male Stonechat at dawn, in the morning mist: #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOnBlueSky #BirdWatching #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Coot showing partial leucism - seen at #Doncaster Lakeside. For @robcrank68.bsky.social's Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay of #Coots&Moorhens. Thinking of Rob and his family today . . . #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Jay, Kittiwake, Linnet and Moorhen fit the bill for @robcrank68.bsky.social's main theme (for Alan) for #BirdOfTheDay, #JKLM - bird species starting with these letters. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ShoreBirds - any bird on the shore Here's one of my favourites - a Ringed Plover: #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @atlanticbirding.bsky.social is: #LookingDown; any bird looking down/head lowered Here's a Greenfinch doing just that. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Second World War pillboxes which were once on the clifftop but are now way out on the beach, because of coastal erosion - and are now uncovered only at low tide. Walton on the Naze, Essex, UK. #TidesOutTuesday #erosion #beach #photography

I couldn’t choose between @robcrank68.bsky.social ‘s themes today, for #BirdOfTheDay, so here’s one of each, #Brown and #Blue: A Redwing and a young Jay. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social (for @alan678.bsky.social - thanks, Rob) says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Ducks&GeeseInFlight. Here’s a flock of dark bellied Brent Geese taking off from an Essex field: #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social says it's @helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay today and her theme is #Green, birds or backgrounds with Green in them A Green Woodpecker on a green lawn - will that do? #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Squirrel-proof, they said . . . #ECK #SquirrelSaturday #Squirrels #wildlife #nature #mammals #naturephotography #Photography #PhotographyIsArt #NatureTherapy #wildlifephotography @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Thank you @robcrank68.bsky.social for covering #BirdOfTheDay for @helenbennett.bsky.social. I’ll go with the Alt of #Geese - hybrid Canada x Grey Goose on #Doncaster Lakeside. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

For @atlanticbirding.bsky.social's Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay - #GardenBirds, I can't resist posting another photo taken earlier this week of a Sparrowhawk eating a woodpigeon in our garden. #ECK #birds #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Waders; any wading bird. Here's a nice Dunlin - just coming out of Summer Plumage. #ECK #birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Photo taken through window of Male Sparrowhawk eating a Woodpigeon on our patio two days ago For @robcrank68.bsky.social's Alt. theme for #BirdOfTheDay, #Eating birds with food in their beaks. #ECK #birds #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

As per @robcrank68.bsky.social, @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme today is #Perched, birds standing on anything except branches. Juvenile Stonechat precariously on barbed wire: #ECK #birds #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

As per @robcrank68.bsky.social, @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BlueWater, birds surrounded by Blue Water A Grey Wagtail photographed at #Doncaster Lakeside the other day: #ECK #birds #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Enjoying the blossoms in Hyde Park

@helenbennett.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot. This Goldcrest posed nicely for me in our garden. #ECK #birds #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Making Rainbows to brighten your day on a sunny morning at #Doncaster #Lakeside. 🌈 #ECK #Photography #water #MondayMotivation #YorkshireIsGreat

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #BlueSkies. Here’s a lovely male Greenfinch perfectly posed against a clear blue sky! #ECK #birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Cock Sparrow eating a Lacewing - for @janesgallery.bsky.social's #SparrowSunday. #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #nature #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Good morning from Doncaster Lakeside.

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. A Turnstone having a stretch. . . #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Red Squirrel feeding - for #SquirrelSaturday. Photographed last Spring in the grounds of Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick, Ireland. #ECK #redsquirrel #squirrel #sqrlpix #ColorADay #GreenSat #naturetherapy #naturephotography #ireland #irishwildlife

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdIfTheDay theme today is #BlackAndRed. Can’t get blacker or redder than this Chough! The Cymraeg/Welsh name for Chough is ‘Bran Goesgoch’ - Red-legged Crow. #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Wind powered Kinetic Sculpture - seen last year on Arranmore Island (Árainn Mhór) Co. Donegal. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #KineticSculpture #ECK #EastCoastKin #Ireland #Donegal #Culture #Art #travelphotography

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks This Razorbill, closest living relative of the extinct great auk, certainly offers a bold profile and an interesting shaped bill #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours Kingfisher, sitting on a post in the Lions' enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park!! #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any shot in black and white. Here's a Rook - mainly black - but with a bit of white! #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Yesterday was the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. Judging by the number of white feathers floating on #Doncaster Lakeside, it must have been a great party . . . 😇 #Michaelmas #WaterWednesday #SwanLake

Swans coming in to land on #Doncaster Lakeside. #ECK #nature #birds #photography #WaterWednesday

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BestOfTheMonth. I’ve gone with this House Martin heading for sub-Saharan Africa - taken on September 1st. #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Today is the Christian feast of Michaelmas, also known as the Feast of the Archangels or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels. Asters are known as ’Michaelmas Dasies’ because of their late flowering. In Cymraeg / Welsh we call them ‘Blodau Ffarwel yr Hâf’ - ‘Farewell to the Summer Flowers’.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

An Eider Drake, a Fulmar and a Goosander for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #EFG birds beginning with ay of those letters (first name) #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Alt: #AwkwardAvian - bird captured in silly, clumsy or strange position! #Twofer? #ECK #birds #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social