Great end to my birding year this afternoon watching at least 36 Red Kite come into a local roost, 30 of which flew around above the site for a good 10 minutes at sunset, also 7 Buzzard and 2 Woodcock seen #SuffolkBirding

I am looking at purchasing a new waterproof coat and am tempted by the Paramo Halcon or Halcon 360 but interested to know if anyone has any knowledge on if the Halcon 360 is worth the extra money? #birdinggear

Wishing you an owl-together wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year 🦉✨ Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported BOSS this year — we truly couldn’t do it without you. With heartfelt thanks from the whole team 🦉🎄 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Two Barn Owl boxes nearly ready for barns. Very nativity-core: wooden, cosy and built for new beginnings… just missing the owls. No wise men required. 🦉✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

In JT’s right hand is his 800th Swift box he has made for Save Our Suffolk Swifts, a mightly effort. In his left hand is a Spotted Flycatcher box, his 1000th nest box for Suffolk. He’s also made Tawny/Little Owls, Nuthatch & Grey Wagtail too @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Fantastic to have the 2024 Suffolk Bird Report land in the door mat. Swifts obviously checked first. 379 nest boxes were used in 2024, up from 272 in 2023 and 231 in 2022. We are chasing up data for 2025, please do let us know your records. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Nice few hours around SWT Lackford Lakes today with 58 species seen. The best being a single Goldeneye, 40+ Pochard, a Great White Egret, 3 Redpoll, and about 150 Siskin #SuffolkBirds

Boss flew over to Brantham Brooklands Primary today for a whole-school assembly after the children raised funds for local barn owl boxes. The pupils were absolutely captivated — so full of questions and excitement. An absolute delight to share the owl magic! ✨🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

The last Save Our Suffolk Swifts talk of 2025 is next week in Ipswich Wednesday, 10 December, 7.30pm Museum Street Methodist Church, 17 Black Horse Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2EF Simon Hooton will reveal the incredible life and ecology of Suffolk's swifts @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

At it again… another barn owl box going up! 🦉💪 With habitat like this, who could resist giving the owls a new des-res? Huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers for keeping Suffolk’s owls in style. Here’s hoping the new tenants approve! 🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

As the weather cools, barn owls can save precious energy by hunting from perches. If you’ve got the land—and are lucky enough to have owls nearby—popping in a few posts can really help them this winter. A small boost for a magical bird! 🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

SUFFOLK BIRD GROUP November 27th Indoor Talk #SuffolkBirds

A rare break in the rain = one very content barn owl catching some rays! 🌤️🦉 We’re getting more sightings reported lately, which is a really positive sign. Thanks to everyone who shares their owl moments with us — please keep them coming! 💛 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Had a spare few hours today so headed to a very chilly SWT Lackford Lakes to see the drake Green-winged Teal that has been on the Slough for a few days, there were also a pair of Goldeneye on the Sailing Lake & at least 4 Crossbills beside Plover Lake plus lots of Siskin and Redwing #Suffolkbirding

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

Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025 Showed well today. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds

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

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

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

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

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

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

Timely reminder for everyone to continue to report all dead birds that you find to the links below for possible testing. It's also really valuable to submit to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring purposes too.

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

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

🐦 Nov 8 || Suffolk Bird Group: Orfordness (National Trust) Reserve - 8 & 9 November. Some places available to stay overnight on Saturday in self-catering dormitories. >>> www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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