Vic Brown

I've been digitising my father's transparencies from the 50s and 60s. Unfortunately, some were on unstable film stock and degraded badly. I've finally found a use for AI. Here's an example: My brother and I at HMS Vic circa 1963. I'm at the back.

@robcrank68.bsky.social's chosen #Branched for Alan's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay Little Pied Cormorant Queensland (October 2023).

@helenbennett.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #OnOneLeg I've posted this one before, but this White-breasted Woodswallow is not only on on leg, it's waving at me! Queensland (October 2023).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BrownBirds Cocos Booby (Costa Rica - 2025). Formerly considered a subspecies of Brown Booby and split as a full species by the American Ornithological Society in 2024.

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #LMNO for today's #BirdOfTheDay L: Little Egret M: Mallard N: New Zealand Scaup O: Osprey

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Juveniles Juvenile Southern Black-backed Gull, as it's known in New Zealand, more commonly known as a Kelp Gull elsewhere. Aukland Marina (February 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Seasonal and the alt theme is #Corvid. A Carrion Crow photographed from my Cambridgeshire garden last Saturday

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Black&White. Magpie-Lark Brisbane, Queensland (October 2023).

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LittleLegs Hummingbirds have extremely short legs, specialised for perching. They can't walk or hop. Female Volcano Hummingbird Costa Rica (February 2025).

@alan678.bsky.social's Alt theme, (chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social) for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Pairs Here's a pair of Little Shags (aka Little Pied Cormorant in Australia). New Zealand (February 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social, covering for @helenbennett.bsky.social, has chosen #Larus for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) La Gola, Mallorca (April 2019)

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Dawn A pair of Black Swans at dawn. Hervey Bay, Queensland (October 2023(.

I'm going with #Coots&Moorhens, @robcrank68.bsky.social's Alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Common Moorhen (Yorkshire 2024). Dusky Moorhen (Queensland 2023).

The #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social, for @robcrank68.bsky.social is #JKLM bird species starting with these letters. J: Jackdaw K: Kea L: Laughing Kookaburra M: Magnificent Frigatebird

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social 's chosen #ShoreBirds for @helenbennett.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay Ringed Plover and Eurasian Oystercatchers on the shore of Mainland, Orkney (June 2025).

According to @robcrank68.bsky.social it's #MammalMonday, who knew it was a thing? Here's a New Zealand Fur Seal. Kaikōura, S. Island (February 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #LookingDown as the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay Nankeen Kestrel Northern Queensland (October 2023).

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Brown A couple of shots of male House Sparrows in the garden at the weekend.

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves, any Pigeon or Dove species. Rose-crowned Fruit Dove. I didn't attempt to photograph this one in wild, they were high up in the Queensland rainforest canopy when I saw them in 2023. This one was at Australia Zoo.

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. Silvereye (New Zealand February 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #Waders for today's #BirdOfTheDay Pied Stilts, with a bonus Black-fronted Dotterel in the 3rd photo. Bowen, Queensland (October 2023).

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Bluewater; birds surrounded by blue water. Australian White Pelicans and friends on a small island in a park lake. Bowen, Queensland (October 2023).

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel and the Alt is #UnsungBirds Yellowish Flycatcher. I was up before dawn to see Resplendent Quetzal Costa Rica (2025),as were quite a few others. Nobody else was remotely interested in this little cloud forest dwelling beauty though.

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #BlueSkies as today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay Red Kite Galahs White-bellied Sea Eagle Scarlet Macaws

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying Pied Shag New Zealand - February 2026.

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #Black&Red for today's #BirdOfTheDay Scarlet-rumped Tanager Costa Rica - February 2025

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. Well, Toucan play at that game! Fiery-billed Aracari & Keel-billed Toucan (Costa Rica - February 2025).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Black&White A Jackdaw on my roof.

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #BestOfTheMonth for the #BirdOfTheDay theme. As I've already posted my best two September photos (Dunnock) in the last week, here's a Starling on my chimneypot.

Male Holly Blue butterfly (29/9/26). 3rd brood individuals are becoming the norm in my S. Cambridgeshire garden with a few seen each autumn in recent years. Yet more evidence of the effects of our warming climate. #Butterflies

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #EFG as #BirdOfTheDay theme; birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). E - Eider Duck G - Gannet F - Fulmer All photographed 22nd June 2025 on the Brough of Birsay, a small island off the NW coast of Mainland, Orkney. (4th Photo).

@helenbennett.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay is #BokehBirds, birds captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Bonus points for bokeh. Dunnock on my garden fence (September 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Seabirds and the Alt is #Airborne Australasian Gannet in flight. Muriwai, N. Island, NZ (Feb 26).

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #Pairs as today's #BirdOfTheDsy theme; photos with pairs of the same species. A nesting pair of Ospreys. Queensland - October 2023.

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs & the Alt theme is #Brown. I've posted this Weka before, but not this photo. New Zealand (February 2026).

Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli). Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France (19/9/26). This South African butterfly arrived in Mallorca in the 1980s & is established in S. Europe. They occasionally turn up in the UK on imported plants, but it is thought our winters are too cold for them to establish.

@helenbennett.bsky.social's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #TheDivers & the Alt theme is #BirdStare. A New Zealand Scaup for a twofer (South Island, NZ - Feb 26).

European Mantis (Mantis religiosa). Spotted in a bowl of wax apples inside an antique/curio shop in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France, on Saturday (19/9/26). I got some funny looks from other browsers but I couldn't not photograph it

Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea). I photographed this massive bee in the centre of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, SW France, on Saturday (19/9/26). Whilst common in southern Europe, they are rare visitors to England, which, while they occasionally breed, are not thought to be established yet.

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Raptors. Broad-winged Hawk. San Antonio National Park, Costa Rica (Feb 25).

@robcrank68.bsky.social's theme for today's # BirdOfTheDay is #Redheads Lineated Woodpecker. Costa Rica (February 2025).

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen ytoday's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Paridae. Blue Tit at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall (March 2023).

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ODG, any owl, duck, or goose. Pacific Black Duck (Brisbane 2023).

@helenbennett.bsky.social's chosen #BirdsWithBerries as the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay. A female Common Blackbird with 4 Mahonia berries in her beak (May 2026).

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhouette; any bird in silhouette. A damp Kea on a grey, wet day. Franz Josef, New Zealand (February 2026).

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. Tufted Ducks

@alan678.bsky.social's chosen #AngryBirds for today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay. Black Noddy Lady Musgrave Island, Great Barrier Reef (2023).

@helenbennett.bsky.social's choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #BirdsInAbstract From motion blur, obscure angles, or contrasting textures, anything goes! A young Blackbird cools down during a heatwave.

Butterflies enjoying the Ivy blossom in my Cambridgeshire garden today. Painted Lady Comma Red Admiral Peacock #Butterflies

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful and the Alt theme is #Black A male Common Blackbird eating Mahonia Berries for a twofer.