Adam Faiers

Return of the Osprey - Dr Tim Mackrill from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. A talk at Woodbridge Community Hall, Station Road, IP12 4AU on Thurs 16 October at 7.30 pm, organised jointly by Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Woodbridge Wildlife Group & Suffolk Bird Group #Suffolkbirds

🐦 Oct 19 || Suffolk Bird Group: Titchwell - Meet at the reserve car park at 9.00 am. >>> www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/events

🎤 Oct 16 || Suffolk Bird Group: ‘Ospreys in Suffolk’ >>> www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/events

Little Owl peering out from a hollow in an Oak tree

Red Kite perched high looking down

Red Kite perched

Red Kite perched and calling to another Kite that had landed above it out of shot

Nice walk around the village this morning with 42 species recorded on my birdtrack.bsky.social list. Seems to have been an increase in Blackbirds and Wood Pigeons over the last couple of days and a few Swallows went over heading south #suffolkbirding

TWO SHORT TALKS: Birding South Africa & Barn Owl Support Suffolk. Speakers: Katya Bathgate & Sally Nelson. Thursday, 25 September 19:30 Venue: Hintlesham Community Hall, Timperleys, Hintlesham, Ipswich, IP8 3PS
Admission charge: £3. Non-members most welcome. Full-time students free. #SuffolkBirding

We teamed up with the other Suffolk Bird Group projects at Uni of Suffolk’s Freshers Wildlife Fair – Barn Owls, Swifts, House Martins & Peregrine Falcons all under one roof! Great to meet so many new faces & the next generation of bird people. 🦉✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @sosswifts.bsky.social

Red-necked Phalarope on the Humber just north of Chalky Point #MigFest25 #spurnbirds

🐦 Sep 20 || Suffolk Bird Group: Shingle Street And Hollesley Marshes - Meet at Coastguard Cottages car park at 8.30 am. >>> www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/events

Viking ED Pro 80mm, Velbon tripod head and Manfrotto tripod

Will be @ @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for Migfest this weekend and would like to giveaway my old scope and tripod. If there's any young birders looking for a used but well loved scope that's seen plenty of rare birds please either point them in my direction or come find me over the weekend! #ukbirding

A Tree Sparrow perches on a branch showing its chestnut crown as snow falls. Wording over the image reads we need your help across the UK for the Winter Bird Survey starting in mid-September!

1/ Calling UK birders! 📢 We need your vital help to fill data gaps for bird populations outside the breeding season via the Winter Bird Survey ➡️www.bto.org/winbs #Ornithology #UKBirding

Male Crossbill in dead tree

Male Crossbill in dead tree

Female Crossbill in dead tree

Brilliant day at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes for the last day of the school summer holidays. The highlight was definitely the 12 Crossbill that showed well enough for a few phone scoped pictures #suffolkbirding

A Guillemot has its bill wide open, as wording alongside reads: We're Hiring. Seabird monitoring programme organiser. www.bto.org/jobs

Last chance to apply! 📢 We're looking for a Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser. For the full job role and to apply visit www.bto.org/jobs

Deadline for applications is Monday 8 September.

#Ornithology @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

Last week saw an excellent arrival of juvenile Little Stints, with the BirdTrack reporting rate reaching 3% across Britain and Ireland as a whole. Records were most frequent on the east coast of England - in Lincolnshire it appeared on 22% of complete lists! #ukbirding

Zitting cisticola
Walberswick, Suffolk, 23/08/2025
I thought I was having a good day with an image of one of the juveniles from the 1st recorded breeding of Zitting cisticola in the UK. On review I found four juveniles and the adult female🤯
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding #ukbirding

Easterly winds across the North Sea last week led to a small arrival of Pied Flycatchers along the east coast between Essex and Yorkshire and an uptick in the BirdTrack reporting rate. Reports usually peak in mid to late August but later influxes can occur in the right conditions #ukbirding

A small brown bird flying with wings outstretched

Zitting Cisticola doing his song flight thing from Walberswick NNR, Suffolk, earlier in the week #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Suffolk Bird Group have the first car load of NL funded nest boxes in stock ready for distribution; Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart and Grey Wagtail. These are ear-marked for Tunstall, Rendlesham and Hollesley where volunteers will be installing them in suitable habitat. #SuffolkBirds

Well done to John Turner, with the 700th Swift box he has made for us - Save our Suffolk Swifts. It has been delivered to Northgate Secondary School as part of a Swift Community Set of 8 boxes and a call system. @sosswifts.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds

Busy morning crafting the ultimate Spin the Wheel of Barn Owl Facts for upcoming events and school visits. Will the kids learn a fun owl fact… or be forever haunted by the phrase “a group of owls is called a parliament”? 🎯🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Crossbills are not a typical seasonal migrant but are an irruptive species that move in response to the availability of food. This summer has seen a notable arrival of Crossbills into Britain and this was clearly reflected in the BirdTrack reporting rate in June and July #ukbirding

Image of a Puffin by Sarah Kelman/BTO alongside wording over the image that reads: We're hiring. Senior Research Ecologist Bioacoustics. Research Ecologist Climate Change. Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager. Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser. www.bto.org/jobs

Last chance to apply for our Research Ecologist roles in Bioacoustics and Climate Change. For all jobs and to apply visit www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #bioacoustics

It’s International Owl Awareness Day – the one day a year it’s normal to be obsessed with owls 🦉 So here’s to the silent gliders, pellet producers, and expert glare-givers keeping things wise and watchful since forever. 🦉@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Congratulations to William Brame @landguardbirder.bsky.social for realising this was a different white butterfly. Now confirmed by @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social as a Southern Small White - the first seen in England. As it is a female let's hope it has been laying eggs. @matthewberry.bsky.social

Job Advert reads: Work with us! Seabird Monitoring Programme Organsier www.bto.org/jobs With a photo of a Razorbill flying behind the text.

📢Job alert! We’re looking for the next Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser to join the BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈

ℹ️ For more information and to apply: www.bto.org/jobs
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 8th Sept 2025.

#seabirds #citizenscience
@btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social

Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

Prof Dominick Spracklen just explained on @channel4news.bsky.social how reintroducing 167 wolves in the Scottish Highlands could reduce red deer population enough to boost woodland regeneration, leading to 1 million tons of CO2 sequestred per year.
🤞 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🪶 2 August || Suffolk Bird Group: Minsmere field trip >>> www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/events

Wood Warbler perched on a branch. Wording over the top of the image reads We’re hiring. Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager, Research Ecologist – Climate Change, Senior Research Ecologist, Bioacoustics Support Officer, Seabird Monitoring Support Officer. www.bto.org/jobs

There are lots of opportunities to join us at BTO! Discover jobs and apply at www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

In what’s turning out to be one of the toughest years for Barn Owls in a long time, it’s truly heartwarming to receive footage like this from one of our monitored boxes—a small but shining reminder of hope and resilience in the wild 🦉@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

A different walk today heading north of the village but still in the parish was very interesting. With a calling Spotted Flycatcher, a purring Turtle Dove and a very brief view of a warbler disappearing into a patch of brambles never to be seen again
that looked a lot like a Gropper #suffolkbirding

We are delighted that UKPN have chosen to install a Barn Owl box on one of their sites. It’s a fantastic location with excellent surrounding habitat 🌱 and we’re really hopeful that Barn Owls will take up residence in the future. 🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social