David Preston

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🇬🇧 Retired, hobby photographer, wool, atheist, spectrum dweller, Lancastrian, Liverpudlophile Any wildlife photos by me will have been taken in Europe, most probably the UK.

A black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight against a blue sky.
Three Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica). The bird nearest the camera is in sharp focus while the others are increasingly blurred.
A female house sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched near the top of a bush.
A white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) in flight
A lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) in flight against a blue sky.
A house sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched in a bush, with a small feather held in its beak.
A European oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) standing on a shingle beach, close to the water.
Three European oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight
A black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flying with its head very low, near the surface of a lake.
A juvenile European herring gull (Larus argentatus) in flight against a blue sky.
A European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on a common thistle flowerhead.
Camp fire surrounded by stones
A European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), perched on a common thistle
A European oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) standing on a pebbly foreshore close to clear water.
Possibly Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss and blueweed
A western, European, or Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) perched atop a fence post
An adult Clydesdale grazing in a field
A Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterfly resting on a lichen encrusted dry stone wall.
A Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, standing, with its head to one side and its very long and spoon-shaped beak open.
Hemerocallis fulva 'Flore Pleno', an orange, double flowered daylily
A Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) on rippled water which reflects the dark coloured trees across the lake.
A coal tit (Periparus ater) perched on a wooden fence and would be looking toward the camera were it not looking downwards from its perch.
A mute swan (Cygnus olor) with its head tucked under its rear end. Some ducks have an oil gland in that general area that they use to waterproof their feathers, so maybe swans do too.
Two Eurasian, or common, spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia), possibly engaging in courtship behaviour, standing in shallow water.
Two juvenile starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) splashing about in the margin of a shallow pool.
A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) standing on a gravel path.
A mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos) swimming left to right.
A black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flying from left to right against a blurred background of a lake shore.
A western or Eurasian marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) landing among tall marsh grasses in a strong wind.
An adult female mallard and two ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) swim together.
European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) grubbing on the ground for invertebrates.
A western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) in flight over Willow Tree Fen, Lincolnshire
Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) dorsal side
A Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) perched on a wire fence.
A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on a high-gain television aerial. as well as quiet reflection, this one might have good reception.
Wild teasel plant (Dipsacus fullonum)
A European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) dragging a long reed stalk.
A Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) perched on a vertical plant stem, its body horizontal.
Two pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) wading in shallow water, hunting for food.
A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) drake swimming, and reflected in the water's surface.
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) takes a poop.
A razorbill (Alca torda) roosting precariously on a tiny ledge high up on the chalk cliffs at Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
A red kite (Milvus milvus) gliding, wings outstretched, scanning the ground below, against an azure sky.
A common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched on a wooden fence, facing slightly away from us but with its head turned so that it is in profile.
An encaged bird feeder with multiple tree sparrows (Passer montanus) feeding.
A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) preening, its head turned back so that its bill is between its slightly cocked wings, the whole scene reflected in the water's surface.
Closeup of a common chicory (Cichorium intybus) flower, sky-blue and star-shaped.
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks straight at the camera over out-of-focus plants in the foreground.
A pair of Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) perched on a rocky outcrop, preening each other.
A common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched on a twig.
A parent and two juvenile Eurasian coots (Fulica atra) swimming, the adult being harried by the young birds for food.
A group of common foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea.
A Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) (although this one is an English one), a yellow flower with four petals.
A ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) with its dusky chocolate brown wings open. The wings have a light coloured edge and have dark spots, themselves lighter edged.
A pied wagtail, the subspecies of white wagtail (Motacilla alba) found in the British Isles (M. a. yarrellii) stands on stony ground an looks straight at the camera, its head slightly cocked to one side.
A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and a little egret (Egretta garzetta) facing each other in the Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l'Empordà wetland, Catalonia, Spain.
A western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula), also known as a Eurasian jackdaw, or a European jackdaw, on the ground in a grassy field.
A roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), probably a female, in long grass with foxgloves.
A common redshank (Tringa totanus) wading in the shallows at the edge of a pool.