Joncbirder
@joncbirder.bsky.social
Punk rock and roll birder.
Here for a lark, and learning… from North Lancs, currently living in Norfolk.
Here for a lark, and learning… from North Lancs, currently living in Norfolk.
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Exciting news! We’re hosting our very first Welsh Raptor Convention to celebrate the first season of Cudyll Cymru. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026
Find out results from the survey, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from the survey, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Exciting news! We’re hosting our very first Welsh Raptor Convention to celebrate the first season of Cudyll Cymru. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026
Find out results from the survey, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from the survey, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Another brilliant piece from the pen of @mrhenrymorris.substack.com
Tragic. Acerbic. Hilarious.
Tragic. Acerbic. Hilarious.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Another brilliant piece from the pen of @mrhenrymorris.substack.com
Tragic. Acerbic. Hilarious.
Tragic. Acerbic. Hilarious.
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There is still time to sign up to take part in the Winter Bird Survey on a BBS square near you. More information here: bto.org/winbs
It's December and time for your next Winter Bird Survey visit! Here are some thoughts from James Heywood, @bbs-birds.bsky.social and WINBS Organiser, after his second visit.
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
There is still time to sign up to take part in the Winter Bird Survey on a BBS square near you. More information here: bto.org/winbs
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MAGA Thanksgiving. High Resolution Download. £1. Whole amount going to Crisis at Christmas charity.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
MAGA Thanksgiving. High Resolution Download. £1. Whole amount going to Crisis at Christmas charity.
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Hang on, this is what we northerners have been calling the pub landlord or landlady, for years…
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hang on, this is what we northerners have been calling the pub landlord or landlady, for years…
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1/ 📢Looking for counters for the International Swan Census (ISC) on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 in Northumberland.
Please visit the vacant site map to request a site near you: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
Please visit the vacant site map to request a site near you: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
1/ 📢Looking for counters for the International Swan Census (ISC) on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 in Northumberland.
Please visit the vacant site map to request a site near you: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
Please visit the vacant site map to request a site near you: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
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Brand new podcast episode available now with the brilliant @drmjwarren.bsky.social ! Warm your heart cockles on this wintery day with tales of places named after birds, whisky and log fires and the bird that sh*tbombs its enemies!
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 41: Michael J. Warren
Michael J. Warren is a writer, naturalist, medievalist and teacher of English with a passion for the places and birds of Britain. Michael is the author of two books, most recently The Cuckoo’s Lea…
goldengrenades.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brand new podcast episode available now with the brilliant @drmjwarren.bsky.social ! Warm your heart cockles on this wintery day with tales of places named after birds, whisky and log fires and the bird that sh*tbombs its enemies!
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
True story.
"I said that Nigel Farage never abused anyone in a hurtful or insulting way. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a racist twat"
"You said he's a racist twat"
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
True story.
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We are hiring! Are you a keen birder? Does the idea of producing exciting and original birding content for a market-leading brand with more than 3 million unique users each year appeal to you? If so, we want to hear from you:
We are hiring!
BirdGuides is hiring! We're looking for a Content Creator to join the BirdGuides and Birdwatch team. This is a rare opportunity for you to become a key part of the UK's number one birding brand and pursue a career in media. Closing date for applications is 12 December 2025.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We are hiring! Are you a keen birder? Does the idea of producing exciting and original birding content for a market-leading brand with more than 3 million unique users each year appeal to you? If so, we want to hear from you:
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We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.
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Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Give the gift of nature this Christmas! 🎄🐦 With a BTO gift membership, your loved one can discover the curiosities of birds and their world with a full year of BTO membership, plus a book and a BTO beanie. 😀 Order today ➡️ www.bto.org/GiftMembership
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Give the gift of nature this Christmas! 🎄🐦 With a BTO gift membership, your loved one can discover the curiosities of birds and their world with a full year of BTO membership, plus a book and a BTO beanie. 😀 Order today ➡️ www.bto.org/GiftMembership
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And for the reluctant to click....
The PNG Courier on the carnage at the BBC
The PNG Courier on the carnage at the BBC
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
And for the reluctant to click....
The PNG Courier on the carnage at the BBC
The PNG Courier on the carnage at the BBC
According to some people (mostly those funded by big oil, or fans of those funded by big oil) climate change is a ‘con’.
Science says otherwise…
#ClimateChange #ornithology #birds #science
Science says otherwise…
#ClimateChange #ornithology #birds #science
How are hotter☀️ European summers affecting migratory birds?
Research by BTO & @Durham.ac.uk suggests that many birds are struggling to adapt to the effects of climate change.
www.bto.org/our-work/sci...
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #climatechange
📷 Swallow by Edmund Fellowes / BTO
Research by BTO & @Durham.ac.uk suggests that many birds are struggling to adapt to the effects of climate change.
www.bto.org/our-work/sci...
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #climatechange
📷 Swallow by Edmund Fellowes / BTO
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
According to some people (mostly those funded by big oil, or fans of those funded by big oil) climate change is a ‘con’.
Science says otherwise…
#ClimateChange #ornithology #birds #science
Science says otherwise…
#ClimateChange #ornithology #birds #science
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
@sainsburycentre.bsky.social
#Norwich
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
@sainsburycentre.bsky.social
#Norwich
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First- and second-year Northern Saw-whet Owls last weekend in Metchosin. 1CYs are characterised by a single generation of new (juvenile) flight feathers. 2CYs exhibit a block of old (juvenile) flight feathers which are sandwiched between new outer primaries and inner secondaries. 🇨🇦🧪🌎 #birdringing
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
First- and second-year Northern Saw-whet Owls last weekend in Metchosin. 1CYs are characterised by a single generation of new (juvenile) flight feathers. 2CYs exhibit a block of old (juvenile) flight feathers which are sandwiched between new outer primaries and inner secondaries. 🇨🇦🧪🌎 #birdringing
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The new RBBP report shows that some northern species are struggling. Numbers of Slavonian Grebes fell to just 16 pairs in 2023, the lowest total we have ever reported. There were only six pairs of Redwings, and no breeding Fieldfares at all. Read more at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #UKbirding
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The new RBBP report shows that some northern species are struggling. Numbers of Slavonian Grebes fell to just 16 pairs in 2023, the lowest total we have ever reported. There were only six pairs of Redwings, and no breeding Fieldfares at all. Read more at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #UKbirding
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A recent outbreak of bird flu in Britain is causing concern among scientists:
Whooper Swans hit hard as bird-flu outbreak worsens
The number of sick, dying or dead birds being reported has been increasing in recent weeks, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, with Whooper Swans particularly affected.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A recent outbreak of bird flu in Britain is causing concern among scientists:
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Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY
Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023
YouTube video by Rare Breeding Birds Panel
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY
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
They’re Field Blewit mushrooms. 🍄🟫 Had some in last night’s dinner, and I’m still here, so all is good!
#LazyForaging
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
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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Stewart Lee is over here writing throwaway descriptions like "Weetabix-haired news-badger Andrew Neil'. Join me at The Nerve.
Stewart Lee: From Charlie Kirk to CCHQ, the right has realised they can lie and get away with it. So let’s stop them
Is the problem with modern politics that voters are stupid, or is it that no one pushes back against the populist sideshow acts that mislead them? And is it wrong to think the government should act?
www.thenerve.news
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Stewart Lee is over here writing throwaway descriptions like "Weetabix-haired news-badger Andrew Neil'. Join me at The Nerve.
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Brilliant piece debunking the nonsense claim in the Daily Telegraph. But it’s dangerous nonsense, polarising attitudes & whipping up prejudice.
The DTelegraph is such a shit newspaper. Oh, and the photo? Staged - captive eagle, already-dead lamb.
The DTelegraph is such a shit newspaper. Oh, and the photo? Staged - captive eagle, already-dead lamb.
Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey in the UK are fueled by sensationalist fear-mongering like this, published routinely by mainstream media.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/28/a...
#RaptorResearch
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Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles ‘snatched’ five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to ‘shoot eagles’
The absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles had ‘snatched’ five Shetland pony foals on South Uist hit the headlines at the end of August. A crofter / farmer named Donald Cameron said that…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Brilliant piece debunking the nonsense claim in the Daily Telegraph. But it’s dangerous nonsense, polarising attitudes & whipping up prejudice.
The DTelegraph is such a shit newspaper. Oh, and the photo? Staged - captive eagle, already-dead lamb.
The DTelegraph is such a shit newspaper. Oh, and the photo? Staged - captive eagle, already-dead lamb.
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The latest BTO Migration Blog looks at the cryptic Jack Snipe as it arrives in Britain for the winter, as well as more arrivals of winter thrushes, Yellow-browed Warblers and the latest rare vagrants #ukbirding
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
Photo credit: Jack Snipe by Allan Drewitt / BTO
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
Photo credit: Jack Snipe by Allan Drewitt / BTO
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The latest BTO Migration Blog looks at the cryptic Jack Snipe as it arrives in Britain for the winter, as well as more arrivals of winter thrushes, Yellow-browed Warblers and the latest rare vagrants #ukbirding
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
Photo credit: Jack Snipe by Allan Drewitt / BTO
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
Photo credit: Jack Snipe by Allan Drewitt / BTO
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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
Enjoyed leading a guided birding walk this morning, and chatting to lots of folk.
Back for more tomorrow!
@btobirds.bsky.social
#Birds #Birding
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
Enjoyed leading a guided birding walk this morning, and chatting to lots of folk.
Back for more tomorrow!
@btobirds.bsky.social
#Birds #Birding