Cley: 12.30, now 3 Temmink’s Stints on Simmond’s Scrape #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Choose your POTM for April | Read more _____ Norwich City FC 🔰 #NCFC

I built a thing for me and thought it might be useful for others. It's a set of guides, 20 at the moment, to help with my rubbish memory when doing ids in the field. Everything is cached on your device so works in low signal areas. naturesfieldbook.com

Holkham: Drake Ferruginous Duck still 9.45 on Holkham Lake with Pochards #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

The UK Government has unveiled a 10-year deer management strategy for England, pledging to make culling easier in a bid to address what it describes as an expanding deer population that is damaging woodlands and farmland and impacting ground-nesting birds:

Lowestoft: Hume”s Yellow-browed again1.30 behind Denes Oval tennis courts. #SuffolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Carlton Marshes SWT: American Wigron still 10.15 on Peto’s Marsh #SuffolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

As @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social said 'The story has turned into being about 2 bad boys, Mandy and Andy, and not about an elite group of men creating a den, cut-off from the real world where they could behave as they want - which was about corrupt finance and brutalising women.' #Epstein

Brancaster: Black-necked Grebe 12.05, on sea off golf clubhouse #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Brancaster: Great Northern Diver 11.40, near harbour entrance at low tide, but no sign of Black-necked Grebe #NorfolBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

We’re at Carrow Road for Norwich City v Coventry. COYY!

Winterton: 25+ Snow Buntings on and around huts at north end of beach car park still midday #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Sea Palling: Iceland Gull still 10.15, north of lifeboal station #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Hickling NWT: Black-winged Kite still 1.10pm, viewed from Eastfield Pumping Station #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Happy NY!!! Since 2014 we have pioneered the restoration of overgrown ponds & lost infilled #ghostponds in the UK. Our methods, learnt from a wonderful farmer (Richard Waddingham), are mega successful & lead to massive biodiversity gains for aquatic & terrestrial species. Please support us in 2026 🎉

At Carrow Road for Norwich City v Charlton. COYY! #NCFC

Sheringham: Eastern Black Redstart still 1.30 along Esplanade #NorfolkBirding

Its nearly Christmas - like everything this can be lovely or stressful or fun or lonely. It might be all of those things all at once and a change of routine can be hard. Here are numbers where you can get support if you are struggling. We hope everyone has the best Christmas they can 🎄

For ID purposes videos can be great for familiarising yourself with seabird flight actions, structure, etc. but it’s a pain tracking down useful clips. I’ve collated video links for various N Atlantic species here #seabirds #seawatching #birding #birdID chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/s...

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Binham: Pale-bellied. Brent with brent flock on roadside field south of village at 1.35 #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Growing by our pond, this little Winter-flowering Iris makes me smile when I see it punching well above its weight!

Today Tessa and I made our annual visit to the fantastic Christmas Tree Festival at St Peter & St Paul Fakenham parish church. This year we took Joseph, who was captivated by it all. It’s really worth a visit (the carrot cake is recommended). It was lovely to catch up with the Rev Tracy too!

Titchwell, late morning. Sea: Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2Long-tailed Ducks, Swallow. Meadow Trail: 2Firecrests, Yellow-browed Warbler. #Norfolk Birding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Titchwell: American Golden Plover still 10.15 on freshmarsh. #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Thars sum rum ole dews in hare I can tell yer..

Cley: Grey Phalarope still 1.50 on Pope’s #NorfolkBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Blakeney: Barred Warbler still 12.50 at Friary Hills #norfolkbirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Morston: Red-backed Shrike still 9.35am, midway between Morston and Stiffkey. @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #NorfolkBirding

Winteron: Lesser Grey Shrike still 9.40am in North Dunes @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #NorfolkBirding

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

This says it all, courtesy of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza today

Bedstraw Hawk Moth in my Thorpe Marriott garden earlier today.

Thas on the huh hentut.. (Salle)

Being part of the whole Unbound saga has not been fun; one consolation has been the support of the many other authors involved. And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share! open.substack.com/pub/therebou...

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

Hickling NWT: female Red-footed Falcon still 12.30, distantly from the mound in dead tree #NorfolkBirds @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Salthouse: drake American Wigeon stil 8.40 with 5 Eurasian Wigeon on pool east of Iron Road. #NorfolkBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

At Carrow Road for Norwich City v Portsmouth! #COYY

Press release from National Wildlife Crime Unit. #RaptorResearch #ornithology #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/17/o...

When I was a teenager my dad gave me his top of the range Holdsworth cycle, and this sparked an interest in bikes and cycling which continues to this day. I’ve spent a few months sourcing and renovating frame and parts, and now the build is complete. It’s not an exact replica, but it’s close enough!

... let's repeat this post. We've updated the XC API to v3. Please note: breaking changes! v2 available for a few more months. See: https:\\xeno-canto.org/explore/api #bioacoustics Spread the word.

Thas on the huh hentut..

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Ready for a bit of relaxing in the garden! (Finest Assam from the excellent Birchley's Loose Leaf Tea on Norwich market).