The way kingfishers keep their head still while fishing is incredible!
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My male house sparrow photograph was shown on BBC Winterwatch tonight. Thank you to everyone who contacted me to let me know. I really appreciate it 
I wasn't able to watch it, so I watched it on catch-up.
Best phrase I've heard all week:
"An apocalyptic amount of coots"
Crested Tit
Catching the winter sunshine, in a pine woodland, in the Scottish Highlands.
What I love about winter is the heady scent of the loquat blossom wafting in the garden when everything else is sleeping. #Winterwatch
Remember, even the chonky European badger can get through a hole as little as 20cm in diameter. They are mustelids, remember.
️ My new #painting is "Badgers beneath". I hope you like it.
#Badgers don't hibernate, but they do go into a kind of sleepy lethargy enabling them to sleep for days through the worst of the winter weather. Sensible! Here are four badgers, curled up together, safely embraced by the roots of an #oak.
#watercolour & sepia ink on 600gsm paper, size 275 x 270mm.
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Incidentally, fern gametophytes are easy to grow. They will be found in most warm, damp greenhouses. If you've got ferns growing, they started as a gametophyte.
I've a potted Polypodium aureus (sporophyte) which is either the original, a clone of, or the offspring of a plant which grew by accident in a pot of bracken. (So it's nearly 40 years old.)
It produces a lot of spores, and from them grow gametophytes - and thence sporophytes.
I'm watching #WinterWatch. Which generall] I love.
But Chris Packham's discussion of fern lifecycles was rubbish. Gametophytes are pretty common - you don't need to go to temperature rainforest. There are loads in my garden (which has a sheltered damp spot). In Edinburgh, they're easy to spot along the Water of Leith between Stockbridge and the Dean Bridge.
Ok, I'm not the target audience - I grew Pteridium gametophytes and sporophytes too when I was doing my PhD, but still.
Luther Cat cannot get enough of #Winterwatch. Furry things and feathered things - this is cat TV at its finest!
Yellowhammer - such a vibrant coloured bird, especially lit up by winter sunshine, when looking for food in the snow.
#Winterwatch is back! BBC 2 now
Mountain Hare - from a stroll up the hills today. It was bitterly cold, but the hares were relaxed and allowed me to get close enough.
Taken with a Canon R5 and RF100-500mm lens.
Always lovely to see in the Highlands Of Scotland.
The weekend before Christmas and I really should start with some seasonal photos. But I had the chance to photograph some waxwings recently and I am really happy with the results. So this weekend's photo is of a Waxwing. I hope you like it.
I enjoyed BBC #Winterwatch so much this year. It's a fascinating and beautiful celebration of #wildlife in this country. But this segment is just stunning: 15 minutes of pure #calm, with no commentary or background music.
Winterwatch, Winterwatch 2023 - Red Button: 2. Winterwatch: Winter’s Tranquil Moments: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hm6n via @bbciplayer
Watched all but the very first #Winterwatch this year, once again gobsmacked by the sheer diversity of our nature in in the UK.
Big massive thank you to the @BBCSpringwatch@twitter.com team, both behind and in front of the camera, looking forward to the treasures coming in Springwatch.
Dorrit is gutted that #Winterwatch is over. It's her favourite program. How long until #Springwatch starts? #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
