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Here are my choices for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Corvidae. 🪶❤️

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Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula, Bempton Cliffs, 11th June 2025. Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Fairclough’s viewpoint, Marshside, 18th Feb 2026. Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki, Spain, 7th May 2019. House Crow Corvus splendens, UAE, 1st Feb 2017.
March 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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🕊️ Wings of a Nation: Celebrating Israel’s Protected Wild Birds 📚✉️

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#IsraelStamps #BirdPhilately #WildlifeConservation #MiddleEastBirds #BookAndStampPairing #NatureOnStamps #AvianBeauty
April 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Here’s my contribution to today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #green. A bird with any green plumage or a bird surrounded by greenery. 💚

I’ve chosen #bee-eaters. 🪶❤️

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Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys, UAE, 30th Jan 2017. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus breeding colony, Eastern Turkey, 10th May 2014. (Record shot). African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus (pair), Crocodile Island, Nile Valley, Egypt, 25th Sept 2018.
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Here’s my contribution to today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Egrets.

I’ve chosen species from across the Western Palearctic, and the Middle East. 🪶❤️

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Great Egret Ardea alba, farm pond, São Miguel, Azores, 12th Oct 2017 Little Egret Egretta garzetta in flight, Morecambe Pool, Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, 19th July 2023. Western Reef Heron (dark morph) Egretta gularis resting on boat, UAE, 3rd Feb 2017. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (adult SP) on fence, Sunleys Marsh, Ron Barker Hide, Martin Mere, 21st July 2023.
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay chosen by @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BirdsWithBerries, any bird captured with berries. Alt: #BirdyLongLegs, any bird with legs that look way too long for its body. 🪶❤️

Here are my choices.

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Young Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus eating hawthorn berry, back garden, 2nd Oct 2023. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus, desert barrage, UAE, 2nd Feb 2017.
September 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor.

Here is my choice. Some weird and wonderful ones here!
🪶❤️

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Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus attacking car wing mirror, Burton Mere Wetlands car park, April 2023. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis on hotel balcony, Santiago, Cape Verde, 24th April 2013. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus on lamp post, Shalatein, S Egypt, 20th Sept 2018. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina on irrigation head, fodder fields, cattle farm, UAE, 4th Feb 2017.
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #StrikeAPose — Birds caught in a particularly photogenic pose. Alt: #CirclesAndSpheres any bird captured with a circular shape or sphere in background or foreground. 🪶❤️

Here are my choices.

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Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, The Mere, Martin Mere, 13th Feb 2025. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, The Mere, Martin Mere, 3rd Nov 2018. Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra, hotel grounds, UAE, 30th Jan 2017. Coal Tit Periparus ater at bird bath, back garden, 7th Aug 2024.
August 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongLegs, bird with long legs. 🪶❤️

For a change I’ve chosen archive photos from across the Western Palearctic and the Middle East.

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Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus flock with an Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Souss Estuary National Park, Morocco, 3rd March 2018. (Record shot). Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (male), desert barrage, UAE, 2nd Feb 2017. Yellow-billed Stork (juvenile) Mycteria ibis, Lake Nasser, Egypt, 23rd Sept 2018. Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo (one of a pair), steppe, from old road, NW Kazakhstan, 3rd June 2018.
June 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM