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Jonny

@suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social

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Extremely metal ♠️ Watches birds https://m.youtube.com/@The2Jonnies

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · Jan 3

Please check out my tribute to the late, great Malcolm Fairley. A much missed birder and friend...
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Mal

I met Mal for the first time around 2010, perhaps a year either side, I cannot remember the exact date. It just feels like we were always fr...

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 14h

Knew it was gonna be a good week cos first bird I raised my bins to was Ruddy Shelduck... with a Velvet Scoter not long after.
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#Cley #NorfolkBirding #Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 14h

Just for fun. Few of the Friary Hills Barred Warbler from Monday.
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#NorfolkBirding

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James Lowen Wildlife @jameslowenwild.bsky.social · 21h

F@k, yeah! Red-flanked Bluetail, Wells Woods, right now. made me fall to the floor, knees too week

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 1d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social 13th-14th October 2025
A sneaky 'legs followed by some quality accidental coastal Owling while migrant hunting. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/norf... #NorfolkBirding #Birds

Tawny Owl - my first proper look at one in the UK for many years

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 1d

Mediterranean Gull
Cley beach
October 14 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

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Chris Townend (Wise Birding) @wisebirding.bsky.social · 2d

Red-breasted Flycatcher, St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly #ScillyBirds #Birds

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 2d

Sunbow at Blakeney Point today, in the midst of a memorable birding day, with incessant flocks of thrushes and wildfowl arriving and goldcrests, bramblings and short-eared owls in the Suaeda.

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 2d

What a stunning bird to come across today: the rare dark morph of the Atlantic Islands subspecies of the Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla heineken)!

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Lizzie Bruce @lizziebruce.bsky.social · 5d

🔉 Afternoon arrival of Whooper Swans at WWT Welney

They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 5d

A surprisingly glorious day on the Suffolk coast for my @naturetrek.bsky.social day walk ended with ace views of the Turkestan Shrike on Dunwich Heath #ukbirding

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Robert Vaughan @robertvaughani.bsky.social · 6d

But then I spotted these 2 ducks asleep in the harbour at Maheroarty. A comical wait for them to pop their heads up, Irelands first Harlequins! Great to hear they are back again this morning. #donegalbirding

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 5d

Christ! 🤯

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Mark Reeder @orgreavebirder.bsky.social · 5d

Bucket list birds don't get much better than a White-tailed Needletail in God's own county. Almost landed on the castle on 2 occasions. #Yorkshirebirding #UKbirding

White-throated Needletail, Scarborough, N Yorks

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Mark Coller @markcoller.bsky.social · 6d

Mourning dove on St Agnes today #islesofscilly

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Peninsula Birds @peninsulabirds.bsky.social · 6d

The Brown Shrike at St Davids today - a belter and a bit of a show off. Found it whilst driving down to Porthclais to look for Yellow-browed Warblers. First for Wales if accepted. Hope it sticks around. #birdingWales

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 6d

Currently trialling this...

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Dr Adrian Colston @dartmoorac.bsky.social · 7d

Mourning Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly

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Darrel @darrelbryant.bsky.social · 7d

Great views of the Turkestan Shrike this morning at Dunwich Heath . Pictures by my partner in crime Mike Ilett #rarebirds

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 7d

I've thought this through and I am going to re-find this at Trimley Marshes tomorrow morning.

I've let you all know - so don't be suprised.

#SuffolkBirding

RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 7d

MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks

First mainland record since 1991 😲

No sign at the moment but make sure you have the BirdAlertPRO app if its re-found.

Get a 30-day free trial here rarebirdalert.co.uk/realdata/bir...

📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com

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Chris Williams @hilbre.bsky.social · 8d

Buff-bellied (American) Pipit & Lapland Bunting were nice on St Agnes recently #ukbirding

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Peter Stronach @macstronach.bsky.social · 8d

When we found the Dusky Warbler on Shetland last week it was having a tack-athon with two blythi Lesser Whitethroats in the same trees, here is a recording of one of them... #birdingscotland

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 8d

Lapland Bunting, Dunwich yesterday. A scarce migrant through Suffolk (rarely over winters), Lapland Bunting numbers have varied from 6-21 (av. 11) in the county over the past 10 years and is now hard to connect with, so it was nice to find this #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

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Rachel Taylor @fidhw.bsky.social · 10d

Birds in stained glass, freestanding #art or wall sculptures, rarely window panels. My birds are celebrations, explanations, rants and sometimes tears; but like the birds that inspire them, they are all beautiful dancers-with-light…

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Lucas B Nature @lucasnature.bsky.social · 10d

A superb day, mostly at Dunwich, with @noahbai-123.bsky.social and other friends. Highlight was the super adult male Red-tailed Shrike, my 400th world bird species! Great supporting cast of Glossy Ibises, Yellow-browed and Dartford Warblers, Crossbill and a late Whinchat! #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 10d

What Cliff said 💯👏