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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He also loves BTO News. (Well, he agreed to have his pic taken while pretending to read a copy.. 😂)

Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Talking #birds with @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social at the ever fab @krankenhausfest.bsky.social this morning. We covered quite a bit, from the importance of Morecambe Bay to the work of @btobirds.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Who’s coming to the western fells in August for more mountainous, musical mayhem? An undoubted highlight of the year - great to see faces familiar & new! Join me for some birding walks, or I’ll just see you at the bar! 🐦🍺 @seapowerband.bsky.social @krankenhausfest.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This fine beast, a Wasp Spider, was lurking in the grounds outside our office here at @btobirds.bsky.social (Thetford) earlier. What an absolute beauty! 🐝 🕷️

Photo of a female Wasp Spider hanging in a web. The spider’s body is yellow with black and white stripes.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

So long Bill. It was a pleasure.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Just back after a cracking couple of weeks in Finland 🇫🇮 and Arctic Norway 🇳🇴, leading a birding tour for ribblebirdtours.co.uk Epic scenery & lots of brilliant birds. Great group of clients & a cracking local guide too. Bloody knackered, mind.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Quite possibly still the best marketing campaign that the RSPB never did…

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Enjoying some nifty owl action in Finland currently. There’s other stuff too, obviously, but… owls. Innit. 🦉

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A very happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! I cherish my signed copy of Zoo Quest for a Dragon, & the lovely letter that I received from him. My lifelong love of nature, and ultimately my career, was unquestionably shaped & inspired by him. A fine fellow indeed. #davidattenborough

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Today is #WorldCurlewDay - these amazing birds are in trouble. This book, about the extinction of Eskimo Curlew is a fave of mine, highlighting beautifully (& rather depressingly) the damage we relentlessly inflict on nature. Find out more about the plight of Curlews: @curlewaction.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Just seen my first Swallow of the year. I have to say, I wasn’t getting summery vibes…

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Fab time watching The Crystal Teardrop along with label mates Scott Hepple and The Sun Band, (plus Norwich-based duo Lassie) at Voodoo Daddys Showroom last night. A groovy time was had. @thecrystalteardrop.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I’ll just change that B to an M, and I’ll pop it in the post to big Don in Washington… he’ll love it.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A lovely stroll in The Broads, on a sunny New Year’s Eve, was made that little more enjoyable by seeing this fine beastie. Great watching it hunt, and then scoffing its unfortunate prey… (FYI it’s a Black-winged Kite) #UKBirding #UKBirds #Ornithology

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I mean, it’s one way of looking it…

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I saved myself a few quid, and many hours, (not to mention my dignity) by not travelling to South Wales to twitch the Scops Owl. I simply recreated the experience in my own home. ✅ #UKBirding #UKTwitching #Birds

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Hang on, this is what we northerners have been calling the pub landlord or landlady, for years…

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The irony wasn’t lost on me that I visited an exhibition called ‘Can We Stop Killing Each Other’ on Remembrance Sunday… @sainsburycentre.bsky.social #Norwich

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

A few of these have been springing up in the garden just lately. They’re Field Blewit mushrooms. 🍄‍🟫 Had some in last night’s dinner, and I’m still here, so all is good! #LazyForaging

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A cracking day at North West Bird Watching Festival at WWT Martin Mere today. Enjoyed leading a guided birding walk this morning, and chatting to lots of folk. Back for more tomorrow! @btobirds.bsky.social #Birds #Birding

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The last of my tomatoes… looks like Tim Burton may have been mucking about in my garden 🤔

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Had a top time at @wildsummituk.bsky.social in Bristol on Thurs, representing @btobirds.bsky.social with colleagues. Met lots of great folk & old pals & familiar faces. Good to see the tremendous @mrhenrymorris.substack.com there, but sadly missed my chance to say hello… his loss, obvs.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Blimey, just walked past this without spotting it. Thanks to my colleague for pointing it out! 21 years old… 😕 #Bristol #EddieCochran

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Another epic @krankenhausfest.bsky.social under the belt. What a fab event. Great music, brill talks, ace walks, amazing weather, awesome location, lots of lovely people, and Stewart Lee reading #BTO News… @muncastercastle.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

On the anniversary of Elvis’s death it’s good to see that the #BBC are acknowledging this day by showing a load of Roy Orbison stuff… #Elvis #ElvisPresley #RoyOrbison

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Came across this dazzling Scarlet Tiger (good name for a band or solo artiste, that) in #Wymondham cemetery. What a fine critter. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

‘That’s close enough for jazz…’

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Caterpillar 🐛 of a Hebrew Character moth, lurking in my sweet peas… what a beauty! @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Photograph of Hebrew Character moth caterpillar on sweet pea plant.

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Talbot, Blackpool. The UK’s first Reform pub. No matter what you order, you just get bitter. @secret-reform-mp.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Top flight gig by The Courettes at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket last night. Ace fun. @damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Another top performance by the ever-brilliant @joanaspolicewoman.bsky.social at @norwichartscentre.bsky.social last night. What a treat for Easter Monday!

Joan As A Policewoman performing at Norwich Arts Centre on Easter Monday, 2025

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Always a treat to see the first Grass Snake 🐍 of the year! This fine fellow was on the @btobirds.bsky.social Nunnery Lakes reserve, where we also found 3 Slow Worms, accompanied by an overhead trickle of House & Sand Martins & Swallows 👍🏼 #LoveSpring

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Had a fab evening in the company of the esteemed Tim Birkhead - he talked auks and eggs, & we chatted about extinction & the challenges faced by #birds in modern times. Some great questions from the audience too. @litfest.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Popped along to my old workplace #RSPB Leighton Moss today. What a treat. The icy vista lit by winter sun was a glorious sight to behold. @iolowilliams.bsky.social and I had our unplanned annual catch-up and I got see my old boss Jarrod. And Water Rails. Ace.

Ice-covered mere, in winter sun, at RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve in north Lancashire.

TV naturalist Iolo Williams with RSPB’s Jarrod Sneyd and BTO’s Jon Carter at Leighton Moss nature reserve, Silverdale

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

One of the highlights of 2024 for me, was the upgrading of Ross’s Goose to Cat A on the British list. In particular, a bird that I stumbled across on Aldcliffe Marsh back in 2008 became one of the exalted 18 to make the grade! ✅ Now, that’s really low-carbon birding! @britishbirds.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hallelujah, he has risen! Let the festivities begin!

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A mate of mine’s just found a Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland! Returning 2023 bird? @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Played here a few times… great little venue - if I’d been a better archivist, I could probably tell you the dates. 🤷‍♂️ #Boardwalk #Manchester @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social

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Joncbirder @joncbirder.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Oooh, Twitter ye not! (One for the kids there...)

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