David Preston
@dave1957.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Retired, hobby photographer, wool, atheist, spectrum dweller, Lancastrian, Liverpudlophile, proud supporter of the RNLI
Any wildlife photos by me will have been taken in Europe, most probably the UK.
Any wildlife photos by me will have been taken in Europe, most probably the UK.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #FemmeFatale; any female bird, so here's a female bearded reedling. Females don't have the distinctive black facial markings that give the species its name.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
November 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #FemmeFatale; any female bird, so here's a female bearded reedling. Females don't have the distinctive black facial markings that give the species its name.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #NOP, any bird name starting with one of these letters. As far as I can tell, I haven't posted this puffin previously, another one from my trip to the island of Lunga in May.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #NOP, any bird name starting with one of these letters. As far as I can tell, I haven't posted this puffin previously, another one from my trip to the island of Lunga in May.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon (on & off) watching a kestrel hunting over marshland. (Loads of other shots but most a bit meh.)
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon (on & off) watching a kestrel hunting over marshland. (Loads of other shots but most a bit meh.)
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
Proper sad that Sir Patrick Stewart has left us.
Patrick Stewart - TV Tropes
Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, it doesn't mean their description is lost forever. Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE (13 July 1940 - 29 October 2026) was a British actor, best known for play...
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October 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Proper sad that Sir Patrick Stewart has left us.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Yellow; any bird with yellow plumage and the alt. is #Red; any bird with red plumage, so here's an obvious twofer - a goldfinch from earlier in the year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Yellow; any bird with yellow plumage and the alt. is #Red; any bird with red plumage, so here's an obvious twofer - a goldfinch from earlier in the year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Very excited about #LFC right hand side. Jacquet & Araujo doing the job by any means necessary, then Barcola the epitome of pace & threat, and when he tires, bring Rio on to really give them the horrors. Lovely stuff.
October 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Very excited about #LFC right hand side. Jacquet & Araujo doing the job by any means necessary, then Barcola the epitome of pace & threat, and when he tires, bring Rio on to really give them the horrors. Lovely stuff.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LMNO, any bird whose name starts with one of those letters. Here's a long-tailed tit.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 24, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LMNO, any bird whose name starts with one of those letters. Here's a long-tailed tit.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
Is it really 46 years since Howard Gayle's debut for #LFC?
Black History Month: Jeremie Frimpong Meets Howard Gayle | Liverpool FC
YouTube video by Liverpool FC
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October 23, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Is it really 46 years since Howard Gayle's debut for #LFC?
Ruin a song by adding "In My Pants" to the title.
It's Raining Men in my pants.
It's Raining Men in my pants.
Ruin a song by adding "In My Pants" to the title.
Little Red Corvette in my pants
Little Red Corvette in my pants
Ruin a song by adding "In My Pants" to the title.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme in my pants
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme in my pants
October 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Ruin a song by adding "In My Pants" to the title.
It's Raining Men in my pants.
It's Raining Men in my pants.
Looks like I missed some mad game for #LFC, but I'm just back from watching the mighty Steeleye Span at Buxton Opera House. Lovely venue, my favourite band, nothing not to like. First time seeing & hearing Athena Octavia on fiddle for Steeleye - she's some musician. Marvellous night.
October 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Looks like I missed some mad game for #LFC, but I'm just back from watching the mighty Steeleye Span at Buxton Opera House. Lovely venue, my favourite band, nothing not to like. First time seeing & hearing Athena Octavia on fiddle for Steeleye - she's some musician. Marvellous night.
Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.
Henningsvær, Norway
Henningsvær, Norway
October 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.
Henningsvær, Norway
Henningsvær, Norway
Reposted by David Preston
Fly Home To South Africa, Please...
October 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Fly Home To South Africa, Please...
#BirdOfTheDay alt theme today is #Coots&Moorhens, so here's a common moorhen from Leighton Moss a couple of days ago.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 16, 2026 at 7:57 AM
#BirdOfTheDay alt theme today is #Coots&Moorhens, so here's a common moorhen from Leighton Moss a couple of days ago.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
There's one-offs, and then there was Wilko.
The Wild Story of Dr. Feelgood's Wilko Johnson
YouTube video by Tome From Portugal
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October 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
There's one-offs, and then there was Wilko.
Very entertaining game of football, that.
Jacquet + Araujo > van Dyke + Gomez
Barcola obvious MotM for hat-trick, but Frimpong was absolutely fantastic - headed goal, how many assists(?) and defending.
Rio's game has become so much better - much more variety in his play.
#LFC
Jacquet + Araujo > van Dyke + Gomez
Barcola obvious MotM for hat-trick, but Frimpong was absolutely fantastic - headed goal, how many assists(?) and defending.
Rio's game has become so much better - much more variety in his play.
#LFC
October 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Very entertaining game of football, that.
Jacquet + Araujo > van Dyke + Gomez
Barcola obvious MotM for hat-trick, but Frimpong was absolutely fantastic - headed goal, how many assists(?) and defending.
Rio's game has become so much better - much more variety in his play.
#LFC
Jacquet + Araujo > van Dyke + Gomez
Barcola obvious MotM for hat-trick, but Frimpong was absolutely fantastic - headed goal, how many assists(?) and defending.
Rio's game has become so much better - much more variety in his play.
#LFC
Before heading home this morning, I had a little sit down outside the visitor centre at Leighton Moss and was accosted by this pair of mallards who are clearly used to treats from visitors.
#birds #phonephotography
#birds #phonephotography
October 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Before heading home this morning, I had a little sit down outside the visitor centre at Leighton Moss and was accosted by this pair of mallards who are clearly used to treats from visitors.
#birds #phonephotography
#birds #phonephotography
Another from this morning - this one showing a male and a female bearded reedlings on one of the grit trays. Male on left, female right. They ingest grit to help break down the hard seeds that form their diet.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Another from this morning - this one showing a male and a female bearded reedlings on one of the grit trays. Male on left, female right. They ingest grit to help break down the hard seeds that form their diet.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
Just back from RSPB Leighton Moss, where I finally saw some of these little guys. It's a male bearded reedling, and this is the first half-decent shot that came up, as I wade through 1,837 photos taken this morning. There may be more to come (hopefully).
#birds #lifer #photography
#birds #lifer #photography
October 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Just back from RSPB Leighton Moss, where I finally saw some of these little guys. It's a male bearded reedling, and this is the first half-decent shot that came up, as I wade through 1,837 photos taken this morning. There may be more to come (hopefully).
#birds #lifer #photography
#birds #lifer #photography
From a complete layperson's point of view, this guy seems to talk a lot of sense.
MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief
Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".
www.bbc.co.uk
October 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
From a complete layperson's point of view, this guy seems to talk a lot of sense.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingDown; any bird looking down/head lowered and the Alt. is #LookingUp; any bird looking up/head raised.
For once, I'm doing them both in one post, with gannets at Bempton Cliffs earlier this year.
#birds #photography
For once, I'm doing them both in one post, with gannets at Bempton Cliffs earlier this year.
#birds #photography
October 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingDown; any bird looking down/head lowered and the Alt. is #LookingUp; any bird looking up/head raised.
For once, I'm doing them both in one post, with gannets at Bempton Cliffs earlier this year.
#birds #photography
For once, I'm doing them both in one post, with gannets at Bempton Cliffs earlier this year.
#birds #photography
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, any bird with brown in its plumage, so here's a black-tailed godwit resplendent in its summer plumage, from back in July of this year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, any bird with brown in its plumage, so here's a black-tailed godwit resplendent in its summer plumage, from back in July of this year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have green in them. This carrion crow was looking down on me the other day.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
October 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have green in them. This carrion crow was looking down on me the other day.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography