And why not have a tiny avocet in Norfolk to toddle along with it

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TantalisingTextures. A junior woodpecker outside our home this week is tantalised, but it’s the ants, not the textures. Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets In 2024 we were lucky enough to catch three crane at height. N Norfolk coast UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon 1300D 75-300mm

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, birds filling frames. Another goldfinch eating our garden’s knapweed seed heads 🧡🖤❤️🤍 N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

Listen to this picture. The skylark, the sound of which recharges your soul. This is for Jane's @janesgallery.bsky.social #SmallBirdSaturday #LittleBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026. Norfolk coast UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay The Alt theme is #BlueSky in the background. Red kite in blue sky. N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ButtShotts This is literally the job title of the wagtail. Here’s a selection from 2025 N. Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AmongtheRipples with the alt #BestSideEye So here’s Teal, Redshank and Dunlin in the same pool last December . N Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #UpAndDown This juvenile Razorbill spotted today was heading down. N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #contortionist This greater spotted woodpecker is quite compacted. N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

Rocks! Have you ever been to East Anglia? Even our cliffs are mud*. 😂😂😂😂 Ok I’ll graciously give you exceptions before I get told off: Sea Paling Overstrand Cromer Sheringham Brancaster Hunstanton(*famous rocky cliffs).

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BathTime and with a nod to Alan H, I’ve dug out a Jay from 2022. N Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Orange a male pheasant visitor and the alt is #Reflections so this redshank is a twofer N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Ebony&Ivory, ‘Oystercatchers have an average life expectancy of 12 years old, but a record breaker reached a whopping 43 years old’ @rspb.bsky.social www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi... Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #ECK #ukwildlife #birds

And another first from yesterday. First this year in our garden. Another in my knapweed collection. And just in case, I finally got a shot in on a 2026 comma today and also this evening, my favourite hummingbird hawk moth.

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #WildMotion Dynamic behaviour. S’pose that includes these terns. They all seemed very busy this morning. N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

Here’s another Norfolk UK beach, I said we love people sharing our coast if they ask nicely. There’s at least 11 humans in this pic so it’s getting quite crowded. Wide open seas, skies and spaces #Norfolk #BlueSkyArtShow #Wide #Landscape #Photography #NorfolkBroads #ECK

Sometimes, on occasion, you do see another person on a Norfolk beach, but not too often. We can let you share it if you ask nicely. Wide open seas, skies and spaces #Norfolk #BlueSkyArtShow #Wide #Landscape #Photography #NorfolkBroads #ECK

A ringed great tit, do I report this? How? @norfolknats.bsky.social @nenbc.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social On @alan678.bsky.social ‘s #BirdOfTheDay #QuietReflection N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection - a bird paused in thought I asked this swan what it was thinking. It was mute on the point. Nth Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

A silver Y (Autographa gamma) on green alkanet / evergreen bugloss (Pentaglottis sempervirens) #moths #Wildflower #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival, so I have a snap from last weekend. It is With & Without - two sandwich terns. N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

I had better explain, huh!

Those are lovely legs. On that topic, our partridge has four feet 😉

World pollinator week 22-28 June | pollinators on knapweed in N Norfolk UK ➡️ Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) STC #PollinatorWeek #KnapWeed #Wildflower #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10

World pollinator week 22-28 June | pollinators on knapweed in N Norfolk UK ➡️ hoverfly surphus ribesii #PollinatorWeek #KnapWeed #Wildflower #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10

World pollinator week 22-28 June | pollinators on knapweed in N Norfolk UK ➡️ common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) #PollinatorWeek #KnapWeed #Wildflower #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay is #LifelnTheBalance- I’ve been posting pics of bugs in #PollinatorWeek who’s activities mean Goldfinches have food N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

World pollinator week 22-28 Jun, I’m posting pollinators on knapweed in N Norfolk UK Today: Essex skipper - Thymelicus lineola. First id in the UK in 1889 (WikiP) #PollinatorWeek #Wildflower #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay, offspring with looks only their parents could love. 😁 Amazing Green woodpecker N Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10