Wasp Spider. Wish I’d taken the photo but it was taken by my sister in law in her garden in the centre of Cardiff!! Will be reporting the sighting to the iReport website on her behalf. #ukspiders #arachnids

Couldn't resist a quick photo of the moon as it was setting on 21/07/26. Amazing orange colour. #moonshot

Always surprises me just how hard these guys are to spot when they make so much noise. Rose Ringed Parakeet taken at London Wetlands last week. 15/07/2026. #photoyrticklist26 Number 93. 🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #eck

Bumblebee on Purple Loosestrife, our garden pond in July. #ukinsects #bees

Female Emperor Dragonfly laying eggs in our wildlife pond today. 12/07/26. #dragonflies #mywildlifepond #ukinsects #ukwildlife

Male Sparrowhawk in my garden today. 30/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #eck

My favourite insect photo ever? First time capturing this Hummingbird Hawk Moth, actually taken feeding on Lavender in my garden today. The accuracy required to get it's long proboscis into the tiny flower is mind blowing! #ukwildlife #ukmoths #moths #dayflyingmoths

Young Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden recently. 27/06/26. It's come it for the fatballs in my ground feeder. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #eck

Always nice to capture a Dragonfly on the wing! Emperor Dragonfly at Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs, Cardiff, yesterday. 25/06/26. #dragonflies #insects

A Jackdaw "panting" to keep cool during the June heatwave yesterday.25/06/26. Taken in my garden near the pond. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #eck

Had a new visitor to our garden pond today, a male Emperor Dragonfly. It's the UK's largest Dragonfly and is very impressive when it's flying close to you. #mywildlifepond #dragonflies

A very handsome Rook in my garden this morning. 23/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK #birdphotography

Really lucky to manage an in focus image of this Eurasian Sparrowhawk in my Hawthorn Tree this morning. 23/06/26. Nikon D500 with Sigma 150 - 600mm lens. 1/4000th sec, f8, ISO 12800. Processed with DXO PureRAW 4 and then edited with Adobe Photoshop 2025. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography

Pester power! Gotta feel for the parent. Rook and fledgling. Taken from my garden today. 20/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #eck

For #smallbirdsaturday Male House Sparrow in my Hawthorn Tree. @javajanegallery.co.uk 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #eck

A Dunnock contemplating a flower. Taken in my garden today. 20/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ect

Banded Demoiselle, taken at Forest Farm NR. #eck

Young Moorhen, taken at Forest Farm NR 19/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #eck

Today's theme for #birdoftheday is #black birds with mostly black feathers, set by @alan678.bsky.social Here's my contribution, Cormorant getting airborne at Cardiff Bay Wetlands. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #eck

For today's theme #multicolour birds with 4 or more colours, here is a Lilac Breasted Roller taken on an African Safari back in 2018. #birdoftheday 🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social

For todays #birdoftheday theme, #inflight set by @alan678.bsky.social here's a male Sparrowhawk taken in Cardiff back in April. 🪶 #eck

At the end of May we had a male Broad Bodied Chaser visit our wildlife pond. Yesterday a female turned up and set about laying eggs! She wasn't hanging about so a real challenge to get some reasonably sharp pictures. 14/06/26. #ukdragonflies #ukwildlife #mywildlifepond

Adult Great Crested Grebe on Hever Castle Lake. 🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

Western Jackdaws have a dark side! Switching to feeding suet and mealworms as per RSPB advice has brought in lots of Starlings, Sparrows, Titmice and their fledglings. It's also brought in Jackdaws who are capturing the fledglings 😱 Feeders put away 'til October. 🪶 #birdingwales

My entry for today's #birdoftheday theme #geese is this Canada Goose limbering up at Cardiff Bay Wetlands back in February. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

Dunnock singing from the rooftops! Taken in East Sussex last week. 🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

Probably the best picture I'll ever take of a Cormorant. Taken in 2024 at the Radyr Weir on the River Taff. Looks like something from the Jurassic period as a Cormorant dries it's wings on a huge tree stump as another looks on. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

A rare visitor these days. Greenfinch looking superb. Taken in my garden today. 08/06/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

Dunnock singing from a post. Taken in East Sussex. 05/06/26. 🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

Great Crested Grebes at the nest. Hever Castle 06/06/26. Managed to capture this between heavy thundery showers. The light between the showers was superb. 🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK