Aerospace engineer and dog owner. All things aeronautics and space. Experience in modelling of structural crashworthiness and impact behaviour of satellites and aircraft. Very amateur photographer of things that are, or can be, in the sky.https://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muvz5jzshc2cFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Herons&Egrets, I have this heron just launching itself from a roof.07 Sep 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvz5jzshc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muuifwqjys26A pigeon on our roof this evening for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Pigeons.06 Sep 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuifwqjys26https://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muqvwglkhk2vFor #InFlight, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, a Red Kite. The bird that I easily have the most photos of in flight.05 Sep 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqvwglkhk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mupn2wf67c2eToday's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdNaps Any bird caught snoozing, napping or just looking incredibly sleepy! Not sleeping but this Egyptian Goose is relaxed.04 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupn2wf67c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mulyxertps2mToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast; light birds against dark backgrounds or vice versa. A swallow silhouetted against the sky.03 Sep 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulyxertps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mujcwuequ22aFor #ItsAllWhite, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. I have this little egret.02 Sep 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujcwuequ22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muhq5cmtys23#FlowerPower is a difficult #BirdOfTheDay theme for me as any flower has been entirely accidental, here are some daisies (and a lapwing). For #BirdsOfAFeather I repost the flock of House Martins.01 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhq5cmtys23https://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muesjiegc22oHighlights from a very wet and weather limited air show at Shuttleworth on Saturday, illustrates another major component of my photo archive. DHC-1 Chipmunk and Miles M14 Hawk trainer31 Aug 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muesjiegc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3muejefdo6c2w#BirdsUpClose for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. This snipe was only a few metres from the hide.31 Aug 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muejefdo6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mud6k2x2hk2qToday's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Blue. A Blue Tit on a rose bush.30 Aug 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mud6k2x2hk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mu7ullsowk2uFor #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth, this young heron did have me a number of poses.29 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7ullsowk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mu5cisxowc2rObligatory attempt at lunar eclipse as I was lucky with the clouds. It of course went behind trees so this was a bit rushed though an upstairs window.28 Aug 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5cisxowc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mu4ux2j4yc2rFor #BirdOfTheDay today I can do #Coastal&River. From earlier this year I have this juvenile Godwit, though I am not entirely sure which sort.28 Aug 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4ux2j4yc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mu2ggpah6c26The #BirdOfTheDay themes have defeated my photo library. No Kingfishers and only unnatural seeds. I will enjoy the photos posted.27 Aug 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ggpah6c26https://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtxvuu4pu22nFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay I have to choose the alt of #Yellow, and have chosen this Goldeneye from many years ago.26 Aug 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxvuu4pu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtvbnmvds22z The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #RecentGardenBirds, most recent capture/s of a bird/s in your garden. Here is a Robin from this weekend.25 Aug 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvbnmvds22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtsrpespi22wI don’t have much to choose from for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. However as I think this is a Reed Bunting it does cover both #ThinPerches and #BuntingBirds.24 Aug 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsrpespi22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtqfkarpdk2pWhen it is like this you have a chance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqfkarpdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtqfa6pz4c2pIt was a moment when there was a large number of them flying around, mixed in with swallows. Still had plenty of empty sky photos to delete. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqfa6pz4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtqesljvek2pToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Simple, any bird against a simple background. Here is a House Martin.23 Aug 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqesljvek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtnukdhqyk2eFor the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ColourfulCharacters the Mandarin Duck delivers on colourful plumage. For #Herons&Egrets I have a Little Egret hunting in a reed bed.22 Aug 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnukdhqyk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtleb553hc2mFor #BirdOfTheDay, I don’t seem to have photographed birds in the rain, so it has to be #SunnyDayBirds, but there is water. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtleb553hc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtis7mvpdk2fFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay I have no owls, so it is #BirdNameG - a Greylag Goose keeping an eye on me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtis7mvpdk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jcacampbell.bsky.social/post/3mtgblvjf6c2fFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdInABush, I have a handsome Linnet that was kind enough to stay still and visible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:f7n7ggkfvbio7lr5mn3oj5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgblvjf6c2f