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Suffolk Bird Group is for people interested in the birds of Suffolk. A county network and the voice of birdwatchers in Suffolk. Projects - Save Our Suffolk Swifts, Barn Owl Support Suffolk and House Martin Support Suffolk.
Second box up today for the Biodiversity in Melton project! At this rate the owls will need a waiting list. Huge thanks to Melton for working with us — fingers crossed for a very successful season and some feathery new tenants soon 🦉✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
18.11.2025 18:42 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
1st winter Isabilline/Red-tailed Shrike at RSPB North Warren
Curlew and Shelducks on banks of Orfordness with the old military buildings in the background taken from a boat on the River Ore
Redshank feeding on the bank of Butley River taken from a boat
Enjoyed a very pleasant @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social boat trip on the River Ore and Butley River on Sunday, was interesting to observe a good number of waders from the boat. Also before the trip I managed to see the North Warren shrike which was showing very well #Suffolkbirding
20.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike
North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025
Showed well today.
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Apologies for straying off topic. 12 more 3D printed House Martin nest cups have been made and decorated for the @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social HMSS project. We are targeting existing or recent HM colonies to help their local populations expand. #NestSpace @sbghousemartins.bsky.social
13.11.2025 17:23 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thought it was just one noisy owl on camera 🎥 — then two more burst out behind it! Box mayhem caught by one of our brilliant hosts. 🦉✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
13.11.2025 18:51 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SOSSwifts has received donations so can offer 10 free Swift Community Sets for prominent elevations of public buildings. We also have some free nest boxes for you to install adjacent to existing Swifts’ nest, we want to create Swift streets @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
14.11.2025 16:58 — 👍 22 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
High Crossbill activity (20+) Mayday Farm, Breckland at cloudy, first light this morning including a few singing and a displaying, song-flight ♂ which I’ve never seen before. Also Redpolls, Siskins, Redwings, 2 each of Raven, Marsh Tit and Nuthatch #birds #ukbirding
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Slightly off topic, apologies. Collected a car load of Redstart, Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher and Grey Wagtail nest boxes from our SBG volunteer. These are destined for suitable east Suffolk habitat; Southwold, Ufford, Woodbridge and up along the Deben and Ore. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
05.11.2025 17:57 — 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Helpful farmer providing a lift-up for a barn owl box install — if only all our setups came with bonus levels this easy! 🦉🎮💪 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
04.11.2025 18:51 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Another boot load of Swift nest boxes destined to help Suffolk’s Swifts, kindly made by our volunteer. These boxes are destined for Stowmarket, Aldeburgh and Bury St Edmunds. SOSSwifts provide free surveys & advice, Swift conservation works @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
04.11.2025 19:14 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
Circumstances can change, SOSSwifts have had these 3 Swift boxes donated back into the @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social project. We will happily donate these 3 nest boxes on for you to install at a Suffolk location where Swifts nest already. #SaveOurSwifts
01.11.2025 15:35 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Three more beauties ready for action! 🦉 Handcrafted by one of our brilliant volunteers — these owl boxes are all set to head out and become des-res homes for some very lucky barn owls. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
02.11.2025 19:24 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
We have a Save Our Suffolk Swift talk this Thursday 6th November at 7pm, Moreton Hall Community Centre Symonds Road, Bury St Edmunds IP32 7JH. All are most welcome to attend @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
03.11.2025 13:04 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
The Grey Phalorope we found late this afternoon at Benacre,Suffolk. #greyphalorope #suffolkbirds #ukbirding #rarebirds #birding
30.10.2025 17:31 — 👍 53 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Full steam ahead! We’re busy getting owl boxes up before winter sets in — giving our feathery friends plenty of time to find their new homes well before next year’s breeding season. Ladders out, tools at the ready, and spirits sky-high! 🦉 🍁 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
28.10.2025 20:14 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Shorelark
Kessingland beach pools, 29/10/2025
Feeding in the same area as last winter, so possibly a returning #bird
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A grand day out at the Mansion House in Ipswich for Discovery Day! BOSS was there with the other brilliant Suffolk Bird Group projects — and the barn owl pellet dissections stole the show! Curious young minds, tweezers at the ready, and plenty of “ewws” and “wows”! 🦉🔍 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
29.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Grey phalarope
Benacre, 30/10/2025
An excellent find by team @paulgreenwildwire.bsky.social
A very confiding #bird.
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Grey phalarope
Benacre, 30/10/2025
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New blog post:
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Knettishall Heath NR, Suffolk: a dull, cloudy visit to this fine reserve with some great habitats. At least 4 Woodlark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Marsh Tit, an unseen flock of ‘chipping’ Crossbills overhead and several each of Siskin and Redpoll
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Woodlarks showed well at the weekend at Knettishall Heath, Suffolk. The cloudy conditions did not deter several singing birds
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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
13.10.2025 22:06 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Turkestan Shrike
Barred Sallow
Minotaur Beetle
Fly Agaric
#Lowestoft Life - 7th -12th October 2025
Back to Blighty with a touch of an eastern Autumn and some garden mothing. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/lowe...
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Who says we’re just about Barn Owls? Sometimes a Tawny needs a hand (or a ladder). One cosy box, safely relocated and ready for occupancy! 🦉🔧 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
12.10.2025 11:49 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Two reddish coloured birds in an oak tree.
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social After watching the r-t shrike I walked onto the heath and down into the woods. A group of 12 crossbills were very vocal, looked like some juveniles mixed in with at least 3 bright red males.
12.10.2025 08:05 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
1/2. My last 3 birding trips have been unsuccessful. The Lark in Snettisham twice last week & this morning the R-T Shrike did a bunk as well. Saw large numbers of Barnacle Geese arriving, heard a Woodlark & this Dartford Warbler was bird #259 of year. #birds #ukbirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
11.10.2025 16:17 — 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Red-tailed shrike
Dunwich, Suffolk, 05/10/2025
"Showing well"
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Red-tailed or Turkestan shrike
Dunwich, Suffolk, 05/10/2025
It seems very settled. Hunting bees and storing them in a gorse bush larder.
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Rainy day paint project- here's three bandits doing a backlit autumnal thing earlier in the week. #Birdart
03.10.2025 17:48 — 👍 109 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 4
