Carl Bovis

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On a mission to make the world love birds! 😍 Author and photographer of the books '100 Birds' & '100 More Birds', which you can buy via the link below; ⬇️🐦

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To cheer everyone up, here's a little Puffin going for a little walk. 😊😍🐦❤️

A baby Puffin exercising its wings, then disappears, which seems to surprise the parents! 😁😍🐦

Throwback to the time I had a Great Tit in my hand. 😀😍🐦

Had a Robin in my hand yesterday evening at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊 😍🐦

Learn all about the birds in your garden with 'An identification guide to the garden birds of Britain and North West Europe', a book that I was proud to collaborate with Dominic Couzens, a celebrated wildlife author. 😀 You can buy it in my shop here; 🐦

Wow... managed to keep my phone on a big bat just now in my Somerset village, wonderful to see! 😍🦇😀

I was so proud of my first book, '100 Birds', &amp; it still sells well.😀 I'm just as proud of my next book, '100 More Birds', but it's not sold quite as well. If you loved my first book you'll love the second!😁❤️ You can buy it here; 🐦

On a scale of 1 to 10, how cute is this tiny Goldcrest having a preen at Swell Wood in Somerset last weekend? 😍🐦

Made a friend today... 😁🐦

Have you ever heard what a Puffin sounds like? 🤔 If not, I bet you didn't imagine something like this.. 😁🐦😍

The moment a Robin flies down to feed its mate. 😍🥰 Filmed in my Somerset village this week. 😊🐦 Have you seen this behaviour?

I sell 11oz coffee mugs with my bird photos on, including Kingfishers, Robins, Puffins, Blue Tits, and Barn Owl and Goldfinches! 😀🐦😍 You can buy them here; 😊❤️

Videos

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Look who has just popped out! 😍🦔

This is what entitlement looks like! 🤬 There are nesting waterbirds on this pond on Hampstead Heath... there are also big 'No Swimming' signs, all being totally ignored! 🤬 Pure selfishness... 😒🤬🤬 (Shared from Instagr*m with permission from 'swansofhampsteadheath')

Gorgeous Hedgehog was out again last night, (21.39 hours) munching on cat biscuit that we've put out for them. Turn the volume up and have a listen, it's adorable! 😍 (If you see one out during the day, please contact a wildlife rescue for advice!) 🦔

To cheer everyone up, here's the sound of a wild hedgehog enjoying a snack in my Somerset garden just now... 😍😁🦔 *Volume up! 🔊

I caught my better half making the most of the storm... 😅

*Thread! 😀 Here are all my brand new 2027 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ 😊 This is the Double A4 version, my biggest one.. it comes in A4 size &amp; opens up to twice the size! 😀 You can buy it here; 🐦❤️

The Hedgehogs were flirting in my Somerset garden again last night... 😅🥰 *Filmed at dusk 🦔

For anyone who needs cheering up... here's Britain's smallest bird having a bath today in a woodland puddle. 😁😍🐦❤️

*Thread! 😀 Here are my brand new 2026 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ This is the Double A4 version. 😊 You can buy it here; 🐦

Finally some good news from Hampstead Heath! 😀😍 This was just posted by 'swansofhampsteadheath' on Instagr*m 😊 See what she says in the next post in this thread! ⬇️ THANK YOU to all my followers who helped the issue go viral here... you made a difference! 💪👏🐦❤️😍

Choughing hell! 😀 An adult Chough feeding another adult Chough!😯 This is called 'courtship feeding', where the male brings insects to the female to show he can provide for the family.😍 Robins do it too, as do other birds. 😊 Filmed at Porthleven in Cornwall this April.🐦

Thread! 😀 Here are my brand new 2025 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ This is the Double A4 version. 😊 You can buy it here; 🐦❤️

Look what my daughter Emily Jane just filmed in our garden! 😍 Do you know what it is?

Thread! 😀 Here are my brand new 2024 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ This is the Double A4 version. 😊 You can buy it here; 🐦🥰

*Thread! 😀 Here are all my brand new 2027 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ 😊 This is the Double A4 version, my biggest one... it comes in A4 size &amp; opens up to twice the size! 😀 You can buy it here; 🥰🐦

This is INCREDIBLE! 😲 Thousands of Pilot Whales surround solo rower Tom Waddington in the North Atlantic this morning, &amp; one hits his boat! 😱 Tom is rowing from Canada to the UK to raise money for Mind 👏 (I know Tom, he's not on Twitter but allowed me to share here)

So this happened on Saturday... Always a special moment when a Robin lands on my hand to feed. 🥰😀🐦

Get yourself a wife who can climb into a ditch to rescue a fully grown wild Swan, then carry it across a busy main road to safety...in heels! 😁😍🐦❤️

Who needs cheering up? 🤔 This Blackbird enjoying a bath in my Somerset garden yesterday should do the trick! 😀😍🐦

Hi everyone! 👋 To encourage people to buy their 2026 calendars a bit early, anyone who orders any TWO of my calendars at the same time during the month of August will get my birds colouring book absolutely free!😀 You can order your calendars here; 🐦

I was so proud of my first book, '100 Birds', & it still sells well.😀 I'm just as proud of my next book, '100 More Birds', but it's not sold quite as well. If you loved my first book you'll love the second!😁❤️ You can buy it here; 🐦

*Thread! 😀 Here are all my brand new 2027 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ 😊 This is the Double A4 version, my biggest one.. it comes in A4 size & opens up to twice the size! 😀 You can buy it here; 🐦❤️

*Thread! 😀 Here are all my brand new 2027 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️ 😊 This is the Double A4 version, my biggest one... it comes in A4 size & opens up to twice the size! 😀 You can buy it here; 🥰🐦

This is INCREDIBLE! 😲 Thousands of Pilot Whales surround solo rower Tom Waddington in the North Atlantic this morning, & one hits his boat! 😱 Tom is rowing from Canada to the UK to raise money for Mind 👏 (I know Tom, he's not on Twitter but allowed me to share here)