Rob Yarham
@robyarham.bsky.social
Nature writer, editor and photographer and RSPB and National Trust wildlife guide and conservation volunteer
Otter! Another one of those special Island Mere moments at RSPB #Minsmere last night - watching an otter dive after fish! Kingfishers were chasing each other across the water, great egrets and marsh harriers were active and a bittern flew in to the reeds in front of the hide #otters #birding
August 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Finally caught up with a couple of local rare birds on the #suffolk coast yesterday, firstly to Walberswick for the singing zitting cisticola (sorry, no pics of the bird - too far away, too windy!) and then to @rspb.bsky.social Boyton Marshes for the long-staying and confiding young black stork!
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Finally caught up with a couple of local rare birds on the #suffolk coast yesterday, firstly to Walberswick for the singing zitting cisticola (sorry, no pics of the bird - too far away, too windy!) and then to @rspb.bsky.social Boyton Marshes for the long-staying and confiding young black stork!
It’s been a wonderful weekend on Orford Ness with a brilliant #astrophotography overnight event, after which I went for a #dawn #birding walk around the Ness in preparation for our #dawnchorus walk next Saturday - check out @nationaltrust.org.uk for more info and to book!
April 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It’s been a wonderful weekend on Orford Ness with a brilliant #astrophotography overnight event, after which I went for a #dawn #birding walk around the Ness in preparation for our #dawnchorus walk next Saturday - check out @nationaltrust.org.uk for more info and to book!
Today’s @rspbminsmere.bsky.social treat - a spectacular Emperor Moth on the café window frame! #moths #suffolk #suffolkcoast #loveminsmere @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today’s @rspbminsmere.bsky.social treat - a spectacular Emperor Moth on the café window frame! #moths #suffolk #suffolkcoast #loveminsmere @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
A busy day on a fully booked @nationaltrust.org.uk Orford Ness yesterday and we welcomed lots of wonderful visitors - who enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day and lots of birds, including great views of avocets, marsh harriers and spoonbills, and our brown hares put on a good show!
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A busy day on a fully booked @nationaltrust.org.uk Orford Ness yesterday and we welcomed lots of wonderful visitors - who enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day and lots of birds, including great views of avocets, marsh harriers and spoonbills, and our brown hares put on a good show!
Another glorious morning in paradise! We’ll be welcoming lots of visitors to the amazing @nationaltrust.org.uk Orford Ness today - and I’ll be leading a #nature walk. Our summer breeding birds are settling in so we’ll be watching from a safe distance to avoid disturbing them!
April 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Another glorious morning in paradise! We’ll be welcoming lots of visitors to the amazing @nationaltrust.org.uk Orford Ness today - and I’ll be leading a #nature walk. Our summer breeding birds are settling in so we’ll be watching from a safe distance to avoid disturbing them!
Many thanks to everyone who joined us on @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Orford Ness yesterday for our Walk with Us event. We were blessed with sunshine and great company and some good birds: redshanks, lapwings, avocets, godwits and great views of a hunting barn owl @nationaltrust.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Many thanks to everyone who joined us on @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Orford Ness yesterday for our Walk with Us event. We were blessed with sunshine and great company and some good birds: redshanks, lapwings, avocets, godwits and great views of a hunting barn owl @nationaltrust.bsky.social
“I have two cats.” Um. [sits back and smiles, satisfied with his immense contribution to ongoing Bluesky cat discourse]
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“I have two cats.” Um. [sits back and smiles, satisfied with his immense contribution to ongoing Bluesky cat discourse]
Overcast morning but silvery #suffolkcoast light breaks through the clouds and makes the water and mud glisten on the River Alde at Snape. Redshanks calling and feeding along the water’s edge
December 21, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Overcast morning but silvery #suffolkcoast light breaks through the clouds and makes the water and mud glisten on the River Alde at Snape. Redshanks calling and feeding along the water’s edge
Snape Nocturne (I see John Atkinson-Grimshaw’s been messing about with the sky again!) Tawny owls calling #suffolkcoast #moonlight
December 14, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Snape Nocturne (I see John Atkinson-Grimshaw’s been messing about with the sky again!) Tawny owls calling #suffolkcoast #moonlight
A great guided walk with @rspbminsmere.bsky.social volunteer guides Sue and Tim from Snape Maltings to Iken Cliffs - bird highlights included marsh harriers, curlews, lots of wildfowl and a close fly-by by a magnificent great egret! @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #suffolk #birding
December 14, 2024 at 3:04 PM
A great guided walk with @rspbminsmere.bsky.social volunteer guides Sue and Tim from Snape Maltings to Iken Cliffs - bird highlights included marsh harriers, curlews, lots of wildfowl and a close fly-by by a magnificent great egret! @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #suffolk #birding
Good morning from a dark, drizzly Orford! It’s somehow appropriate, though, on St Lucy’s Day, as it gives me an excuse to read one of the greatest poems in the English language again: 'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's…’ #poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
December 13, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Good morning from a dark, drizzly Orford! It’s somehow appropriate, though, on St Lucy’s Day, as it gives me an excuse to read one of the greatest poems in the English language again: 'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's…’ #poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
Wonderful to see - and hear! - two common cranes feeding at the back of @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere this grey afternoon! (Sorry - too far away for pics but they were somewhere over there in the far distance!) @rspbengland.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Wonderful to see - and hear! - two common cranes feeding at the back of @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere this grey afternoon! (Sorry - too far away for pics but they were somewhere over there in the far distance!) @rspbengland.bsky.social
Yesterday evening at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere after another day’s volunteering - whooper swans, caspian and yellow-legged gulls, male goosander & water pipit were among the wildfowl & waders on the scrape and, over the reedbed, a few of the 30+ marsh harriers roosting on the reserve this winter!
November 30, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Yesterday evening at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere after another day’s volunteering - whooper swans, caspian and yellow-legged gulls, male goosander & water pipit were among the wildfowl & waders on the scrape and, over the reedbed, a few of the 30+ marsh harriers roosting on the reserve this winter!
A cold, cloudy start to a chilly, sunny day on @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Orford Ness but plenty of birds around, including wintering ducks and waders, marsh harriers and a great egret - and, of course, plenty of brown hares! @nationaltrust.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
A cold, cloudy start to a chilly, sunny day on @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Orford Ness but plenty of birds around, including wintering ducks and waders, marsh harriers and a great egret - and, of course, plenty of brown hares! @nationaltrust.bsky.social
I wish I could sleep as peacefully as our cat Freyja. Goodnight, everyone!
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I wish I could sleep as peacefully as our cat Freyja. Goodnight, everyone!
It really is - refreshing! Hope it stays this way! Glad to hear you’re busy and yes, the Suffolk coast and its birds are working their special magic!
November 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM
It really is - refreshing! Hope it stays this way! Glad to hear you’re busy and yes, the Suffolk coast and its birds are working their special magic!
Dusk at Island Mere at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere - a goldeneye duck diving and two rely arrived whooper swans calling to each other across the mere, announcing that winter’s here @rspbengland.bsky.social #suffolk #suffolkcoast #winterwildlife #wildlife
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Dusk at Island Mere at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere - a goldeneye duck diving and two rely arrived whooper swans calling to each other across the mere, announcing that winter’s here @rspbengland.bsky.social #suffolk #suffolkcoast #winterwildlife #wildlife
Eastbridge looked splendid in the morning sun between the showers as I made my way to volunteer at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere this morning. @rspbengland.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Eastbridge looked splendid in the morning sun between the showers as I made my way to volunteer at @rspb.bsky.social Minsmere this morning. @rspbengland.bsky.social
Two woodlarks were singing from their usual spring territory trees near our home in Orford this morning - I don’t think I’ve ever heard woodlarks singing in November before! 🤨 #birdsong
November 7, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Two woodlarks were singing from their usual spring territory trees near our home in Orford this morning - I don’t think I’ve ever heard woodlarks singing in November before! 🤨 #birdsong
Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight for a fabulous @rspb guided walk at #paghamharbour ! Lots of birds tonight, including marsh harriers, lots of brent geese, black-tailed godwits, dunlin and four ruff! Find out more about our walks by Googling “RSPB Pagham events”
February 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight for a fabulous @rspb guided walk at #paghamharbour ! Lots of birds tonight, including marsh harriers, lots of brent geese, black-tailed godwits, dunlin and four ruff! Find out more about our walks by Googling “RSPB Pagham events”
Had to stop at the bridge at Pulborough #westsussex to take in the sunrise by the river, before heading on to lead a guided walk at #Medmerry yesterday! Lots of birds at @rspbengland.bsky.social Medmerry huge flocks of lapwing and golden plover, hunted by marsh harriers and a young female peregrine!
January 28, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Had to stop at the bridge at Pulborough #westsussex to take in the sunrise by the river, before heading on to lead a guided walk at #Medmerry yesterday! Lots of birds at @rspbengland.bsky.social Medmerry huge flocks of lapwing and golden plover, hunted by marsh harriers and a young female peregrine!
A glorious guided walk at @rspb.bsky.social #paghamharbour North Wall yesterday afternoon at dusk - curlew, lapwing and hundreds of brent geese flying in, as well as hunting peregrine falcon and four marsh harriers coming in to roost @rspbengland.bsky.social
December 9, 2023 at 9:15 PM
A glorious guided walk at @rspb.bsky.social #paghamharbour North Wall yesterday afternoon at dusk - curlew, lapwing and hundreds of brent geese flying in, as well as hunting peregrine falcon and four marsh harriers coming in to roost @rspbengland.bsky.social