Oscar Chambers-Smith
@ochamberssmith.bsky.social
Teacher, wildlife photographer, nature advocate and Senior Education Officer @Beaver Trust.
Those eyes.
Up close red kites (milvus milvus) are astonishing birds.
Today, thanks to successful reintroduction programmes, thousands now soar over southern Britain, making them one of the UK's greatest conservation success stories.
#RedKite #Milvusmilvus #BirdPhotography
Up close red kites (milvus milvus) are astonishing birds.
Today, thanks to successful reintroduction programmes, thousands now soar over southern Britain, making them one of the UK's greatest conservation success stories.
#RedKite #Milvusmilvus #BirdPhotography
June 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Those eyes.
Up close red kites (milvus milvus) are astonishing birds.
Today, thanks to successful reintroduction programmes, thousands now soar over southern Britain, making them one of the UK's greatest conservation success stories.
#RedKite #Milvusmilvus #BirdPhotography
Up close red kites (milvus milvus) are astonishing birds.
Today, thanks to successful reintroduction programmes, thousands now soar over southern Britain, making them one of the UK's greatest conservation success stories.
#RedKite #Milvusmilvus #BirdPhotography
Fluffy ping-pong balls with very long tails.
Long-tailed Tits, Aegithalos caudatus, are endlessly energetic.
Fun fact: Failed breeders often help relatives raise their chicks! Tiny feathered babysitters!
#longtailedtit #aegithaloscaudatus
Long-tailed Tits, Aegithalos caudatus, are endlessly energetic.
Fun fact: Failed breeders often help relatives raise their chicks! Tiny feathered babysitters!
#longtailedtit #aegithaloscaudatus
June 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Fluffy ping-pong balls with very long tails.
Long-tailed Tits, Aegithalos caudatus, are endlessly energetic.
Fun fact: Failed breeders often help relatives raise their chicks! Tiny feathered babysitters!
#longtailedtit #aegithaloscaudatus
Long-tailed Tits, Aegithalos caudatus, are endlessly energetic.
Fun fact: Failed breeders often help relatives raise their chicks! Tiny feathered babysitters!
#longtailedtit #aegithaloscaudatus
Some birds sing. Sedge Warblers perform.
Caught this little whirlwind belting out its chaotic song from the reeds and brambles. Sedge Warblers don’t really do neat melodies.
#sedgewarbler #acrocephalusschoenobaenus
Caught this little whirlwind belting out its chaotic song from the reeds and brambles. Sedge Warblers don’t really do neat melodies.
#sedgewarbler #acrocephalusschoenobaenus
May 31, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Some birds sing. Sedge Warblers perform.
Caught this little whirlwind belting out its chaotic song from the reeds and brambles. Sedge Warblers don’t really do neat melodies.
#sedgewarbler #acrocephalusschoenobaenus
Caught this little whirlwind belting out its chaotic song from the reeds and brambles. Sedge Warblers don’t really do neat melodies.
#sedgewarbler #acrocephalusschoenobaenus
Some birds don’t need bright colours to steal the show.
A lovely Lesser Whitethroat, Curruca curruca, keeping low in the scrub and brambles. They’re much shyer and more secretive than Common Whitethroats.
#lesserwhitethroat #currucacurruca
A lovely Lesser Whitethroat, Curruca curruca, keeping low in the scrub and brambles. They’re much shyer and more secretive than Common Whitethroats.
#lesserwhitethroat #currucacurruca
May 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Some birds don’t need bright colours to steal the show.
A lovely Lesser Whitethroat, Curruca curruca, keeping low in the scrub and brambles. They’re much shyer and more secretive than Common Whitethroats.
#lesserwhitethroat #currucacurruca
A lovely Lesser Whitethroat, Curruca curruca, keeping low in the scrub and brambles. They’re much shyer and more secretive than Common Whitethroats.
#lesserwhitethroat #currucacurruca
The original angry bird! Look at that scowl!
Caught this Dunnock singing from the brambles in the evening light.
Fun fact: Dunnocks are sometimes nicknamed “hedge sparrows”, but they aren’t actually sparrows at all.
#dunnock #prunellamodularis
Caught this Dunnock singing from the brambles in the evening light.
Fun fact: Dunnocks are sometimes nicknamed “hedge sparrows”, but they aren’t actually sparrows at all.
#dunnock #prunellamodularis
May 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The original angry bird! Look at that scowl!
Caught this Dunnock singing from the brambles in the evening light.
Fun fact: Dunnocks are sometimes nicknamed “hedge sparrows”, but they aren’t actually sparrows at all.
#dunnock #prunellamodularis
Caught this Dunnock singing from the brambles in the evening light.
Fun fact: Dunnocks are sometimes nicknamed “hedge sparrows”, but they aren’t actually sparrows at all.
#dunnock #prunellamodularis
Spring in the wetlands means everyone’s suddenly an architect.
These Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) were hard at work gathering reeds and grasses for their nests at Sandwich Bay.
#blackheadedgull #sandwichbay #birdphotography
These Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) were hard at work gathering reeds and grasses for their nests at Sandwich Bay.
#blackheadedgull #sandwichbay #birdphotography
May 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Spring in the wetlands means everyone’s suddenly an architect.
These Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) were hard at work gathering reeds and grasses for their nests at Sandwich Bay.
#blackheadedgull #sandwichbay #birdphotography
These Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) were hard at work gathering reeds and grasses for their nests at Sandwich Bay.
#blackheadedgull #sandwichbay #birdphotography
Riverbank ghost.
A Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) peeking out from the reeds. I was lucky enough to watch these beautiful little mammals swimming quietly through the channels around me, one of those moments where you completely lose track of time.
#watervole #arvicolaamphibius #wetlandwildlife
A Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) peeking out from the reeds. I was lucky enough to watch these beautiful little mammals swimming quietly through the channels around me, one of those moments where you completely lose track of time.
#watervole #arvicolaamphibius #wetlandwildlife
May 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Riverbank ghost.
A Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) peeking out from the reeds. I was lucky enough to watch these beautiful little mammals swimming quietly through the channels around me, one of those moments where you completely lose track of time.
#watervole #arvicolaamphibius #wetlandwildlife
A Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) peeking out from the reeds. I was lucky enough to watch these beautiful little mammals swimming quietly through the channels around me, one of those moments where you completely lose track of time.
#watervole #arvicolaamphibius #wetlandwildlife