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Interested in wildlife in Suffolk and beyond

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Suffolk Bird Group indoor talk poster. Hobbies and Stonies by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3

Suffolk Bird Group indoor talk poster. Hobbies and Stonies by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3

Suffolk Bird Group indoor talk - "Hobbies and Stonies" by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th 19:30 at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3 #suffolkbirds

22.01.2026 23:46 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Possibly. I found the issue was one of the power banks I was using. Did try separate cables as well but it was one the power banks causing the noise

30.11.2025 11:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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SUFFOLK BIRD GROUP November 27th Indoor Talk #SuffolkBirds

24.11.2025 00:08 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Indeed, I had some noisy Mallards fly over and it didn't pick them up. The main thing is, it is giving me an idea of what's there when I'm out to work or flying over at night, which occasionally includes a new species for the garden. #BWPUC

29.09.2025 22:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A highlight this morning, I saw Chiffchaff come up on the app again so went in the garden to check it out, but was greeted by a Raven going over - a garden tick and a huge surprise as I live in a town and they're still rare in Suffolk. The PUC also picked it up #BWPUC

28.09.2025 22:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree, despite me regularly noting corrections it repeats them. Curlews are always sirens etc. Saying that, it has got some new garden birds this year with Common Sand and Greenshank. Plus a few records of Chiffchaff and a Willow Warbler (NFG) I heard first, and then stayed for four days #BWPUC

28.09.2025 22:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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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

24.09.2025 21:59 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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On coastal walks Choughs (12 in one flock), Ravens and a few Painted Ladys. #BirdingWales

18.09.2025 22:19 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Recent early September holiday to New Quay, Ceredigion. A treat to seawatch over a few days from the apartment with lots of Manxies, 3 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Sabine's Gulls, Arctic Skuas, Fulmars, Gannets, Common Scoters and Shags and more, plus forgetting many Bottle-nosed Dolphins #BirdingWales

18.09.2025 22:17 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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First visit to @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for #migfest - lots to explore with loads of Meadow Pipits on the move. Really enjoyed the weekend, interesting talks and great to meet with friends, old and new. The Red-necked Phalarope was a fantastic find by @adamfaiers.bsky.social #Spurnbirds

17.09.2025 22:27 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🦉 Good news — in the next few weeks we’ll be swooping into a couple of primary schools to chat all things Barn Owls! Feathers, pellets & a bit of owl magic coming to the classroom… wish us luck with the small humans! ✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

17.09.2025 17:05 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Fears over impact of dry summer on Lakenheath reserve wildlife Lakenheath Fen has

This is the driest #RSPBLakenheathFen has ever been
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.09.2025 21:50 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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North Wiltshire Ringing Group ringing control: Sedge Warbler ringed 9th August 2025 at Trimley Marshes, Suffolk, controlled by us on Salisbury Plain on the 16th August 2025. 7 days since ringed, 238km movement west #birdringing #Migration

11.09.2025 08:02 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

I saw Andrew and he said he'd never seen one on the reserve and they'd be rarer than the Falcons!

05.05.2025 21:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My PUC has picked them up, unfortunately I haven't managed to connect yet! #BWPUC

05.05.2025 12:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Red-footed Falcons - two first-summer females at Carlton Marsh

Red-footed Falcons - two first-summer females at Carlton Marsh

Red-footed Falcon - first-summer male at Carlton Marsh

Red-footed Falcon - first-summer male at Carlton Marsh

Grey Partridge at Carlton Marsh

Grey Partridge at Carlton Marsh

The Red-footed Falcons at Carlton Marsh @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social were too tempting, so visited yesterday. Superb views of four birds roosting, with a fifth more distant. Nice to have two Grey Partridges fly in and land on the walk up - turns out they're a reserve rarity too! #SuffolkBirding 🪶

05.05.2025 10:32 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Common Tern

Common Tern

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Common Whitethroat

Common Whitethroat

Finally went through photos from super @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social trip to Essex the previous weekend. Great to hear loads of Warblers and Nightingales, amongst a number of other highlights #ukbirding 🪶

05.05.2025 10:24 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In my garden pond, Common Water-measurer feeding on a hoverfly

In my garden pond, Common Water-measurer feeding on a hoverfly

In my garden pond, a Common Newt feeding on a hoverfly after taking it off the Common Water-measurer

In my garden pond, a Common Newt feeding on a hoverfly after taking it off the Common Water-measurer

The other day I came across a Common Water-measurer feeding on a hoverfly in the garden pond. The movement then alerted a Common Newt that then preceded to eat the hoverfly #insects #nature

18.04.2025 09:05 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An adult Swift prospecting a new nest box, one of many installed around the Suffolk

An adult Swift prospecting a new nest box, one of many installed around the Suffolk

Save Our Suffolk Swifts have a full project update talk next Thursday 24th April in Hintlesham Community Centre IP8 3PS at 7:30pm. 231 Suffolk boxes were used in 2022 & 263 in 2023. How many in 2024? @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social Suffolk Swift lovers are most welcome.

15.04.2025 17:45 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Female Marsh Harrier

Female Marsh Harrier

Male Marsh Harrier

Male Marsh Harrier

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Early morning walk at Boyton Marsh on Sunday. Several Sedge Warblers along the dykes plus two Ruff, two Green Sandpipers and a Greenshank on the new scrape #SuffolkBirding 🪶

16.04.2025 21:41 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks, yes please

14.04.2025 21:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Common Buzzard

Common Buzzard

Common Lizard

Common Lizard

Green Tiger Beetles

Green Tiger Beetles

Minotaur Beetle

Minotaur Beetle

Suffolk Sandlings for a @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social trip today - Yellow Wagtail and Whimbrel heard going over, plus picking up the White Stork distantly. Woodlark and Dartfords with a nice selection of other wildlife #SuffolkBirding

12.04.2025 21:25 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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The White Stork feeding in the paddock at Bawdsey #SuffolkBirding

12.04.2025 17:35 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
White Stork at Bawdsey

White Stork at Bawdsey

White Stork at Bawdsey

White Stork at Bawdsey

White Stork at Bawdsey

White Stork at Bawdsey

Great to find a cracking White Stork at Bawdsey this morning prior to a @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social field trip #SuffolkBirding

12.04.2025 17:31 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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I've not found a way to change colours, I too would like a better contrast. I've had a look on the Community forum and cannot see any information there. To make a post see the image, Click New Topic and it gives the option to fill details in to post #BWPUC

09.04.2025 21:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Swift nest bricks high on newly built houses

Swift nest bricks high on newly built houses

SOSSwifts help house builders to plot S-bricks onto their developments; high above the insulation line where there is a clear line of flight, in groups. These provide nesting space for Swifts for the lifetime of the building. How many nest bricks can be seen here? @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

09.04.2025 16:47 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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How are migration sites connected?
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
This blog from three months ago is the most widely read WaderTales blog of the year.
#ConservationScience🌍

09.04.2025 21:02 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Avocets at Minsmere

Avocets at Minsmere

Brief, but beautiful early morning visit to Minsmere @rspb.bsky.social Everywhere alive with the sound of birds. Had to pop to Viking Optical to sort digiscoping adapter/scope - great service as always #BirdingGear #SuffolkBirding

08.04.2025 21:08 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great to see that these Swift nest boxes have gone up on The Star Inn in Wenhaston where Swifts nest already under their roof tiles. Big colony coming @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Can you guess where the Swift boxes were made @adamfaiers.bsky.social?

29.03.2025 18:06 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Save Our Suffolk Swifts have a talk this coming Wednesday 2nd April in Glemsford near Sudbury at 7:30pm. Glemsford Village Hall, Tye Green CO10 7RH. Learn about Swifts, their plight and how easy it is to help them. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social Swift Conservation Works.

29.03.2025 11:17 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0