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Saw this stunning kingfisher and tried clicking some pictures with my phone cam+bino setup.

This a photo taken on the banks of the River Ewe in Poolewe (Scotland) of an extremely fast Sand Martin swooping and diving over the surface of the water!

Helped them out of the chair and they ran behind the shed hope they’re ok on their own. I’ve seen the parents around and they didn’t seem injured. I’m just worried about neighbours cats getting to them

Credit: jimbogib1990

Starlings have only just been coming to the garden in the last three weeks! They've figured out the treasure trove of a bird bath is, in fact here.

There were about four of them at one point. This one made a haphazard leap from the roof.

Such a lovely sighting but made its feelings known.

We’ve been feeding this crow with it babies - we think it’s a single mother/father as he/she is only with their babies and no other adult bird
Is it a single parent crow or raven? He/she trusts us enough to now eat out our hands !
She/he huge for a crow if she/he is a crow but doesn’t have a raven beak so unsure so maybe a male crow?
- London

Captured yday, desperately clinging on in the wind.

This little person arrived to say hello on our decking. What a lovely visitor; what joy! Just wondering what type of thrush he/she is? Are they fairly young? Looked happy and chubby enough and in good condition 🥰

Juvenile magpie, one of two babies born to the magpie couple that comes to visit our garden often. Can’t believe he/she let themself in 😂😂😂

sorry for bad photo but this guy had a bright red arse and i’ve never seen it before! merlin said young redstart but the photos didn’t match fully and i don’t often see redstarts around here anyways, any guesses?

There's a hedge between my neighbours' garden and mine. They live in the hedge. Hence my guess at hedge sparrow. They often come down and drum their chests against the soil on my raised bed.

Apologies for the zoomed in photos. My phone camera isn't the best and I took the photo through my window.

I do have a proper camera and the battery is on charge if it will help.

Callander, Scotland. Small bird, white body with black wings in an almost swift shape whilst in flight. There are lots of them nesting in this lodge. Sorry for the bad pics they are fast flying!

My best inflight photo of a Barn Swallow yet! 🎉

Taken on;
OM-1 mk ii
100-400mm Zuiko lens
Home made disability adaptor.

Taken in Blackpool, England.

Hard to get the puffins with only a 200mm lens, a little late in the year for them also.

This little one has been in and around our driveway for the last 3-4 days. Has the survival instincts of a Dodo. Not flying yet. Walks around with a constant noise I can only describe as a whimper.

I googled it and found that we shouldn't be feeding unless injured.

So, what should I do?