Tim H

@timhopper.bsky.social

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Content creator (hobbyist). Amateur ornithologist. Conservationist. Sometime whistle player. Audiobookworm. Esperantist. He/him. Kent, England 🔴⚪🌳⭐⭐ 🔗 @mybirdcards.com

A still of the large koi of the videos. A shoal of little fish are swimming over it.
A view of a large pond, or wide slow-moving stream. The sky is a clear blue and is reflected in the still water. The shadow from the footbridge I was standing on is clearly visible.
A small onion bed with mostly horizontal leaves.
What remained of the potato patch before lifting two to take to allotment holders who've kindly let me have a free-hand in looking after the plot for them these last two seasons 🙌
A European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), a juvenile, I think, watching me from the undergrowth 😊
How I first spotted the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) sitting down after a half hours putting a strimmer around and before a barbequed burger and hot dog burger 🍔 🌭
I had to "sharpen" it a little in editing, but I'm pleased with how it came out. A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting patiently and allowing me "to get his best side" 😁❤️🦊
A juvenile Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) walking through the mud in the creek basin.
A juvenile Eurasian Coot stretching its neck to be in frame 🙂
A Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) came up close to the bank hoping for treats. Unfortunately I had forgotten to take down the duck food that I have at home. Next time for sure, my friend 👍🙂
A view of a largish pond (or a wide, very slow-moving stream) within an allotment grounds on another fine summer evening 😍
How the four tomato plants looked on arrival. Not much weeding to be done, which was good 👍
A sunset photo of a semi-industrial area of a small town in England. A solitary Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is admiring the scene from atop a lamppost.
A street pigeon looking down with disdain from atop an old brick wall 😁The sky behind is clear blue.
Taking a rest after about half an hour's work. It's going to take me several bites at it, I think, as this is about the most I can do at one time 😔
An Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) furtively peering around the corner of a wooden garden fence 🙂
After grabbing for my phone 😁
A hen mallard (top left) is gently swimming away from her three chicks (bottom right) which are paddling fast to catch her up 😍
A very short video of a feral pigeon taking flight from atop an old brick wall.
A photo of a pigeon taking flight from a terracotta chimney pot. Its head is out of frame and the sky behind is clear blue.
A photo showing a shoal of large brown carp (The common kind (Cyprinus carpio)) along with one koi that someone must have released here when it outgrew their pond 🙂 The water is muddy-looking due to their bottom feeding (It's only a foot or so deep here) 😔
A tight close-up of a Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) collecting pollen and/or nectar from the yellow flower of a Giant Scabious (Cephalaria gigantea) 🌼🐝😍
How they looked being lifted by a trowel. I had planted them "on the flat" so I didn't need to dig very deep 👍
How the allotment looked after I had put the strimmer around.
A cropped-still showing five common swifts (Apus apus) in silhouette again a cloudy white sky.
A small onion bed in the process of being "tickled over" with a hand trowel (bottom left) prior to being mulched with old compost.
A first for nature? How does it feed? How does it preen? 😁
How my friend's little allotment looked on arrival this evening. I will need to bring the strimmer down, next time I visit 👍
An upward-angle close-up of a grey City Pigeon (Columba livia urbana) perched on a weathered brick wall against a blue sky with soft white clouds.
A tranquil landscape photo of a calm pond reflecting a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. The water is flanked by lush green trees, shrubs, and reeds, creating a peaceful corridor of nature. The reflections on the water's surface are clear, almost mirror-like 😊
Surprisingly, the three brassicas that I planted on Friday were still there (I had expected slugs to have gotten to them). The weeds above were my target yesterday.
I managed to record it using the Merlin app (unfortunately, it doesn't play here). That rhythmic, piercing call is unmistakable!
A low-angle view looking up at a bright blue sky filled with wispy clouds. In the upper left, a single bird (a pigeon 🙂) is captured mid-flight with its wings spread. It was taken looking up from a small, secluded back yard.
A close-up, low-angle shot of a mostly grey pigeon sitting on top of an old, weathered brick wall against a bright blue sky with light clouds. The pigeon is facing forward, looking directly into the camera with its neck extended 😁
Full 30x zoom on my phone. A pair of small pied waders with long red beaks (here mud-covered) 🙂 I used the "unblur" function to sharpen it a bit 😊
Yes, there's a lot to do here, methinks 🙂
Coming on well, I think. I've been remembering to pinch out the side-shoots as they grow 👍
I think the dry weather we had during May accounts for the slight yellowing of the potato patch. We've had plenty over the last couple of weeks though, so I'm thinking we'll be okay 👍
A fairly large moth (over 2cm long, at a guess) resting in the small gap below a front door. And, yes, I need to put the hoover round! 😊
A photo of a cloudy evening over a semi-industrial part of my old town. A small gap in the clouds allows one solitary "Jakob's ladder" to shine down.
A large pond, or wide slow moving stream (I never know how best to describe it 🙂), at my local allotments in the early evening sunshine (6pm-ish). The late spring foliage looks fresh and the mostly clear blue sky is unfortunately streaked with contrails. That's my shadow at the foot of the photo 🙂
A late-planted garlic bed, looking far from impressive 😅
A female mallard duck swimming in rippling dark water, followed closely by two small, fluffy ducklings.
The neck and head of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) extending above the dense foliage of a pond side bank 😍
A photo taken from the far bank of the big pond at my local allotments. I was trying to keep hidden amongst the lush spring foliage, so as not to spook it 👍
A Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) sunning itself in the evening sunshine. I didn't notice the horsefly(?) at the time 😬
How the row looked prior to transplanting. I say "row" 😁