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Ed Keeble @edkeeble.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How nice- not as exciting as a new c-ring combo, but after more than 50 years on and off watching godwits at Stutton Mill something interesting has popped up. If it sticks, will prob feed on Essex shore on the falling tide, back to Suffolk a couple of hours after low tide and into roost.#UKbirding
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
As part of the Suffolk Bird Group event on June 21st - Big Suffolk Bird Watch Day, there is a guided Lakenheath Fen walk - meet at the reserve centre car park at 09.30, led by Henry Cook RSPB warden. Please see www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/post/big-suf... for details on how to book #SuffolkBirding
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Big Suffolk Bird Watch - 21 June 2026
On Sunday 21 June Suffolk Bird Group are doing a day of birdwatching activities – either walks or from watch points to showcase some of the birds we have in the county. With the date selected to coinc...
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Add nest space and wait, it can take some time but conservation works. Swifts nest in the gable box above and now after a 4 year wait House Martins have found the nest cup beneath. The 2 species will nest close to each other and co-exist without bother. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/post/big-suf... SBG are running a series of walks and watchpoints for the Big Suffolk Bird Watch this coming Sunday - all welcome #SuffolkBirding
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Big Suffolk Bird Watch - 21 June 2026
On Sunday 21 June Suffolk Bird Group are doing a day of birdwatching activities – either walks or from watch points to showcase some of the birds we have in the county. With the date selected to coinc...
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Suffolk Bird Group indoor meeting April 26th at 19:30. BRING FARMING AND NATURE TOGETHER. Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome - admission £3, students free #SuffolkBirding
Suffolk Bird Group indoor meeting April 26th at 19:30. BRING FARMING AND NATURE TOGETHER. Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome - admission £3, students free
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Suffolk Bird Group indoor talk - "Hobbies and Stonies" by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th 19:30 at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3 #suffolkbirds
Suffolk Bird Group indoor talk poster. Hobbies and Stonies by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
SUFFOLK BIRD GROUP November 27th Indoor Talk #SuffolkBirds
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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Recent early September holiday to New Quay, Ceredigion. A treat to seawatch over a few days from the apartment with lots of Manxies, 3 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Sabine's Gulls, Arctic Skuas, Fulmars, Gannets, Common Scoters and Shags and more, plus forgetting many Bottle-nosed Dolphins #BirdingWales
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
First visit to @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for #migfest - lots to explore with loads of Meadow Pipits on the move. Really enjoyed the weekend, interesting talks and great to meet with friends, old and new. The Red-necked Phalarope was a fantastic find by @adamfaiers.bsky.social #Spurnbirds
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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🦉 Good news — in the next few weeks we’ll be swooping into a couple of primary schools to chat all things Barn Owls! Feathers, pellets & a bit of owl magic coming to the classroom… wish us luck with the small humans! ✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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Henry Cook @hcbirding.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is the driest #RSPBLakenheathFen has ever been www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fears over impact of dry summer on Lakenheath reserve wildlife
Lakenheath Fen has
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Graham Deacon @grahamd12.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
North Wiltshire Ringing Group ringing control: Sedge Warbler ringed 9th August 2025 at Trimley Marshes, Suffolk, controlled by us on Salisbury Plain on the 16th August 2025. 7 days since ringed, 238km movement west #birdringing #Migration
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Red-footed Falcons at Carlton Marsh @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social were too tempting, so visited yesterday. Superb views of four birds roosting, with a fifth more distant. Nice to have two Grey Partridges fly in and land on the walk up - turns out they're a reserve rarity too! #SuffolkBirding 🪶
Red-footed Falcons - two first-summer females at Carlton MarshRed-footed Falcon - first-summer male at Carlton MarshGrey Partridge at Carlton Marsh
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Finally went through photos from super @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social trip to Essex the previous weekend. Great to hear loads of Warblers and Nightingales, amongst a number of other highlights #ukbirding 🪶
Common TernLittle Ringed PloverBlack-headed GullCommon Whitethroat
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The other day I came across a Common Water-measurer feeding on a hoverfly in the garden pond. The movement then alerted a Common Newt that then preceded to eat the hoverfly #insects #nature
In my garden pond, Common Water-measurer feeding on a hoverflyIn my garden pond, a Common Newt feeding on a hoverfly after taking it off the Common Water-measurer
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Save Our Suffolk Swifts have a full project update talk next Thursday 24th April in Hintlesham Community Centre IP8 3PS at 7:30pm. 231 Suffolk boxes were used in 2022 & 263 in 2023. How many in 2024? @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social Suffolk Swift lovers are most welcome.
An adult Swift prospecting a new nest box, one of many installed around the Suffolk
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Early morning walk at Boyton Marsh on Sunday. Several Sedge Warblers along the dykes plus two Ruff, two Green Sandpipers and a Greenshank on the new scrape #SuffolkBirding 🪶
Female Marsh HarrierMale Marsh HarrierCattle EgretGrey Heron
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Suffolk Sandlings for a @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social trip today - Yellow Wagtail and Whimbrel heard going over, plus picking up the White Stork distantly. Woodlark and Dartfords with a nice selection of other wildlife #SuffolkBirding
Common BuzzardCommon LizardGreen Tiger BeetlesMinotaur Beetle
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Great to find a cracking White Stork at Bawdsey this morning prior to a @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social field trip #SuffolkBirding
White Stork at BawdseyWhite Stork at BawdseyWhite Stork at Bawdsey
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
SOSSwifts help house builders to plot S-bricks onto their developments; high above the insulation line where there is a clear line of flight, in groups. These provide nesting space for Swifts for the lifetime of the building. How many nest bricks can be seen here? @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
Swift nest bricks high on newly built houses
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
How are migration sites connected? wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... This blog from three months ago is the most widely read WaderTales blog of the year. #ConservationScience🌍
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Brief, but beautiful early morning visit to Minsmere @rspb.bsky.social Everywhere alive with the sound of birds. Had to pop to Viking Optical to sort digiscoping adapter/scope - great service as always #BirdingGear #SuffolkBirding
Avocets at Minsmere
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Great to see that these Swift nest boxes have gone up on The Star Inn in Wenhaston where Swifts nest already under their roof tiles. Big colony coming @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Can you guess where the Swift boxes were made @adamfaiers.bsky.social?
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Save Our Suffolk Swifts have a talk this coming Wednesday 2nd April in Glemsford near Sudbury at 7:30pm. Glemsford Village Hall, Tye Green CO10 7RH. Learn about Swifts, their plight and how easy it is to help them. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social Swift Conservation Works.
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
SOSSwifts have donated 5 Swift nest boxes and a 240V call system to Old Newton Primary School, near #Stowmarket. Their pupils will decorate & number the nest boxes plus line the egg concaves with feathers before installation on this gable. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Visited @rspb.bsky.social #Minsmere on Friday with @dave09.bsky.social and Keith. A great selection including FOY Sandwich Terns, Sand Martins and Little Ringed Plovers. #SuffolkBirding
Marsh Harrier at MinsmereRed Kite at MinsmereSnipe at MinsmereSkylark at Minsmere
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Another car load of Save Our Suffolk Swift nest boxes collected from ace volunteer JT; now over 600 Swift boxes made for us, plus Little and Tawny Owl, Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch and Treecreeper too. All space for nature @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds
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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
‘Behold, the Owl King claims his throne! All rodents shall bow before me!’ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Had a walk on part of my old patch Sunday morning - found a couple of colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwits along the River Deben but not found the schemes yet @wadertales.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @edkeeble.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A beautiful day for my first full day of birding on Saturday, on the @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social trip to Thorpeness and North Warren. Many thanks to @david-walsh.bsky.social for leading. A nice selection of birds - wetland, woodland and heathland plus a bit of seawatching! #suffolkbirding
A male Shoveler on Thorpeness MeareBarnacle Geese over North WarrenGreater White-fronted Geese over North Warren
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Anne Wright @learnerbirder.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Excellent @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social walk around Thorpeness yesterday thanks to leader @david-walsh.bsky.social with best views ever of White-fronts & Goosander and great company as always! Very lucky with the weather too for a change🌞 #suffolkbirding
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I did a short walk recently with the Birdweather PUC set up. Used a cinch strap that's threaded through a 3D printed plate, screwed into the base of the PUC. Powered by a portable charger. Picked up Wigeon on the river #BWPUC
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
A recent message on Suffolk BINS about an "eastern type" Jackdaw at Thorpeness got me looking back at photos taken of likely the same bird in early October - was quite striking compared to Jackdaws present #SuffolkBirding
"eastern type" Jackdaw at Thorpeness October 2024"eastern type" Jackdaw at Thorpeness October 2024"eastern type" Jackdaw at Thorpeness October 2024"eastern type" Jackdaw at Thorpeness October 2024
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Final day out birding in 2024 on Monday with @limeypomme.bsky.social - visiting Minsmere. A couple of Bullfinches were a nice start. Two Whooper Swans, Caspian Gulls, Purple Sandpiper on the sluice and lots of ducks. Offshore, several Gannets and some G-c Grebes on the sea #SuffolkBirding
Shoveler at MinsmereTwo Whooper Swans at MinsmereDunnock at Minsmere
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
An AONB funded Swift Community Set compromising 6 nest boxes plus a Swift call system has gone to a location in Raydon, near Ipswich. The boxes will be painted pink to match the house render and calls will be played from next May. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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justzany.bsky.social @justzany.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Well what an incredible year 2024 was for us ringing at Trimley Marshes SWT! Numbers and stats to follow but for now, just enjoy some of the birds.
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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Ending the year as we mean to go on: thinking outside the barn—have an owl-mazing New Year! #suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirds
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
6 #Swift boxes and a 240V call system have been donated to a care home in Woodbridge, they’ll install above their garden seating area. These nest boxes were kindly donated by BUNZL & we have more Community Sets available! @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #UKBirding
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
3 of the BUNZL donated nest boxes have now gone to Ivan (The Suppressor) & Val (Womble). Swifts always nest in a neighbour’s roof and the colony has now spread into their nest boxes; 4 used in 2024, up from 3 in 2023. Now more nest room ! @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Swift conservation doesn’t stop for Christmas, 3 of the BUNZL donated nest boxes have gone to a location in Shotley where Swifts use multiple nest boxes already, so providing additional nesting space for the colony to expand into. Swift conservation works! #Suffolk @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
A visit to the old Melton patch the other day. Started off with Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Redwings and G-s Woodpecker in a wood, before walking along the Deben. A nice selection of waders etc. including a large flock of Lapwings #SuffolkBirding
Grey Plover on the River Deben at MeltonLapwing on the River Deben at MeltonCurlew on the River Deben at MeltonTeal on a dyke by the River Deben at Melton
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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Thank you to everyone for your support this year – from following our journey to offering help and helping us raise awareness of our magnificent Suffolk Barn Owls. You’ve truly made our efforts take flight! Wishing you all a very owl-some Christmas and New Year! #suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Everything you could possibly need when putting up a Barn Owl Box, well and a ladder! Two installed today 🦉 #suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding
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Dave Pearsons @dave09.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
There are some excellent field trips coming up in 2025, all put together by @wildlifegig.bsky.social. The trips are good for those new to birding and for the more experienced. For information on membership of Suffolk Bird Group go to www.suffolkbirdgroup.org SuffolkBirds
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Suffolk birdwatching group | Suffolk Bird Group
Suffolk Bird Group organise bird-watching walks and indoor talks about birds in the county of Suffolk. We publish The Harrier magazine four times a year and organise the annual Suffolk Birds bird report.
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The latest @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social The Harrier is now out with members and will be my final one as editor after 7 years! Thanks to all the contributors over that time, including @lesjwc.bsky.social who provided the front cover image for this edition. #SuffolkBirds
Suffolk Bird Group magazine cover, The Harrier No.219.
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GiG @wildlifegig.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thanks to @learnerbirder.bsky.social for leading the last @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social field trip of the year. Great selection of birds and nice to have a social get together in The Shipwreck for lunch. Started the day with a Corn Bunting with @dave09.bsky.social too! #SuffolkBirds
Corn Bunting, ChelmondistonTwo of seven Cattle Egrets at ShotleyFlock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese flying overRed-throated Diver on the Orwell
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
SOSSwifts have donated additional Swift boxes for @mollettsfarm.bsky.social so space for both House Martins & Swifts to nest. The Swift call system speaker will be relocated to another Swift box away from where the House Martins chose to nest. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds #UKBirding
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Great to learn that a Kelsale location that installed 4 nest boxes early in 2023 had a pair of Swifts breed in its first box this year, attracted in by a call system. This is the start of a new colony, Swift conservation works! @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds
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Eddie Bathgate @limeypomme.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Always a pleasure to come home to the latest Suffolk Bird Group Harrier magazine, and good to get the 2025 indoor talks & outdoor walks on the calendar early. Magnificently edited by @wildlifegig.bsky.social as always. #SuffolkBirds @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
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