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Jonny

@suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social

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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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 1d

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

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Peter Stronach @macstronach.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

What Cliff said 💯👏

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Lizzie Bruce @lizziebruce.bsky.social · 3d

The first Whooper swan families of 2025 arrived at WWT Welney this weekend.

Encouraging to see several broods of 4.

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 3d

‘Turkestan Shrike, adult male’

acrylic, 13 x 18 cms.

Turkestan Shrike, also known as Red-tailed Shrike, is a very rare visitor from Central Asia to the UK. Along with the closely related Daurian Shrike it was once considered one of the sub-species of Isabelline Shrike.
#turkestanshrike
#birdart

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Peter Howlett @cardiffbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Desertas Petrel between the Desertas Islands and Madeira on a Madeira Wind Birds tour last week #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #naturephotography

The bird banks away from the photographer showing the mainly dark underwing contrasting with the white undersides and a triangle of white at the base of the wing

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 3d

Whilst walking away from the shrike also had a Glossy Ibis owa. Cheeky self found ✅️

Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 3d

Because there isn't many paps of it out there - thought I'd best share a few of the Turk from this morning. You're most welcome...
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#SuffolkBirding

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Gary Watton @garywatton.bsky.social · 4d

Went to see the Turkestan Shrike at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk yesterday. Waited nearly three hours before it left a small copse with thick shrub onto the heathland by the cliff. The wind, rain and poor light made taking pictures tricky. Happy to get a life ✅️

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 4d

A Nashville Warbler perches in Calico Aster, a flower of Fall.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 4d

A male Pileated Woodpecker — males have the red mustache — working his way up a tree.

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Mark Dennis @markcdennis.bsky.social · 4d

A Clay-coloured in our Cape Sable Island yard this morning, a scare bird in NS, doesn't breed here. Scilly birders, make sure you check all those Chipping Sparrows carefully, oh, wait! #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching.

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 4d

What a stunner! Will go for a walk that way in the morning 🤞

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 4d

Some better views and photos of the male Turkestan Shrike on Dunwich Heath this morning. Windy conditions not helpful #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 5d

Superb 👏

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Ed Keeble @edkeeble.bsky.social · 5d

Rainy day paint project- here's three bandits doing a backlit autumnal thing earlier in the week. #Birdart

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Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 5d

Ah, it finally got out in the open. Was least shrike-like shrike ever just skulking 🤣

Jonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 5d

Went up Dunwich at lunchtime. Not entirely sure the shrike is actually still there today?
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Anyone actually got photos/ seen the bird in the open? @birdguides.bsky.social

#SuffolkBirding

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 6d

Turkestan Shrike - ad male, Dunwich Heath this afternoon. An excellent bird and find; photos in gloomy light not the best and was a little elusive early evening #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

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West Coast Birdwatching @westcoastbirds.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic to find 2 American Golden Plovers on Dale Airfield, Pembrokeshire, this afternoon. Such an elegant wader. #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK

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Jamie Partridge @jamiepartridge.bsky.social · 7d

Juvenile Pallid harrier this afternoon over Foxhill down, then again over the top fields at South Foreland. A dream patch find for me , perhaps negotiating the channel from Dunge.more pics on the blog www.perdixbirding.com #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk

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