My first decent shot of a Chiffchaff, in the Secret Swamp at WWT Castle Espie.
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Cuteness overload - a family of #fledgling #LongTailedTits parked and awaiting food from their parents.
In the woods at #WWTCastleEspie.
Shot on #canon, processed in #AffinityPhoto and #TopazLabs #GigaPixel.
This #BlackHeadedGull was most displeased when a #Raven arrived at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
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After a few false starts, the #MuteSwans have finally produced an #egg in their #nest at #WWTCastleEspie!
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#HouseMartins checking out possible #nest locations.
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Lovely to see a #CommonSandpiper on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning
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A White Wagtail on the Brickworks at #WWTCastleEspie.
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A female Mallard hunkered-down in the Sensory Garden, hiding something from the chilly wind - thirteen ducklings!
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Male #blackcap singing in the woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
There’s always that one twig…
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The #Bluetits are getting busy preparing nest boxes for the new season.
This one was removing some of last year’s soft furnishings, one tiny beak-full at a time.
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Britain’s smallest breeding bird - in unfeasibly #cute #goldcrest.
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Three #ravens flying in formation over the #brickworks at #WWTCastleEspie.
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Die Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour 2025 steht vor dem Aus, weil das Land Thüringen 200.000€ Fördergelder eingeplant hatte, die Zusage jetzt aber zurückgezogen hat.
Jetzt, wo der Frauenradsport gerade wieder mehr in der Öffentlichkeit passiert, wäre das fatal! Die LTLT soll in diesem Jahr zum 37. Mal (!) stattfinden.
Petition unter:
https://chng.it/rBHx5JjQRL
Hintergründe bei MDR:
https://www.mdr.de/sport/andere_sportarten/radsport-thueringen-ladies-tour-finanzsorgen-100.html
Just a #CoalTit taking a moment out of its busy day to check what the human’s doing.
In the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
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