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.
Make your birding count! Join the tens of thousands of active birdwatchers contributing to #citizenscience!
You know it makes sense…
#Ornithology #UKbirding #NewYear
You know it makes sense…
#Ornithology #UKbirding #NewYear
New Year's resolution
Thinking of giving something back to birds in 2026? A wide range of BTO surveys needs volunteers, writes Chris Harbard, and there's something suitable for every birder, whatever your level of experience:
Thinking of giving something back to birds in 2026? A wide range of BTO surveys needs volunteers, writes Chris Harbard, and there's something suitable for every birder, whatever your level of experience:
Chris Harbard: New Year's resolution
Thinking of giving something back to birds in 2026? A wide range of BTO surveys needs volunteers – from urban greenspaces to winter swan counts – and there's something suitable for every birder, whatever your level of experience.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Make your birding count! Join the tens of thousands of active birdwatchers contributing to #citizenscience!
You know it makes sense…
#Ornithology #UKbirding #NewYear
You know it makes sense…
#Ornithology #UKbirding #NewYear
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Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
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Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
They genuinely had Easter Eggs on display in my local supermarket on New Year’s Eve.
What was once a gag, has become reality.
#ModernLifeIsRubbish
What was once a gag, has become reality.
#ModernLifeIsRubbish
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
They genuinely had Easter Eggs on display in my local supermarket on New Year’s Eve.
What was once a gag, has become reality.
#ModernLifeIsRubbish
What was once a gag, has become reality.
#ModernLifeIsRubbish
A lovely stroll in The Broads, on a sunny New Year’s Eve, was made that little more enjoyable by seeing this fine beastie. Great watching it hunt, and then scoffing its unfortunate prey… (FYI it’s a Black-winged Kite)
#UKBirding #UKBirds #Ornithology
#UKBirding #UKBirds #Ornithology
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A lovely stroll in The Broads, on a sunny New Year’s Eve, was made that little more enjoyable by seeing this fine beastie. Great watching it hunt, and then scoffing its unfortunate prey… (FYI it’s a Black-winged Kite)
#UKBirding #UKBirds #Ornithology
#UKBirding #UKBirds #Ornithology
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Discover what BTO has achieved in 2025 for birds and people ➡️ youtu.be/NDZ96B_tVZM
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, and helped make our work possible. 💚
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, and helped make our work possible. 💚
BTO in 2025
Discover what BTO has accomplished during 2025, for both birds and people.
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Discover what BTO has achieved in 2025 for birds and people ➡️ youtu.be/NDZ96B_tVZM
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, and helped make our work possible. 💚
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, and helped make our work possible. 💚
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Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
I mean, it’s one way of looking it…
December 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I mean, it’s one way of looking it…
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December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you get really bored over the festive period, you can always have a listen to me blabbing about the ‘12 Birds of Christmas’ on this fine podcast…
BTO's Media Manager, Jon Carter, is back by popular demand on the Bird Brain Podcast! 🐦🦆🦅
Have a listen to this festive episode, discussing the birds of the 12 Days of Christmas➡
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️ ☃️🎄❄️🎁🎅
#ornithology @joncbirder.bsky.social
Have a listen to this festive episode, discussing the birds of the 12 Days of Christmas➡
podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/t...
️ ☃️🎄❄️🎁🎅
#ornithology @joncbirder.bsky.social
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Podcast Episode · Bird Brain · 23/12/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you get really bored over the festive period, you can always have a listen to me blabbing about the ‘12 Birds of Christmas’ on this fine podcast…
Nice to see The Spectator filling its pants as the threat of Polanski gains momentum… 💚
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
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Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nice to see The Spectator filling its pants as the threat of Polanski gains momentum… 💚
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Our new festive BTO blog post looks back at BTO Christmas cards across the years.
Grab yourself a cuppa (or a mulled wine), sit back and enjoy.🎄☃️❄️
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology
Grab yourself a cuppa (or a mulled wine), sit back and enjoy.🎄☃️❄️
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our new festive BTO blog post looks back at BTO Christmas cards across the years.
Grab yourself a cuppa (or a mulled wine), sit back and enjoy.🎄☃️❄️
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology
Grab yourself a cuppa (or a mulled wine), sit back and enjoy.🎄☃️❄️
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology
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Spend spring where migration happens 🌿
We’re looking for Residential Spring Volunteers to live & work at Spurn in 2026.
Accommodation + expenses provided.
Know someone perfect? Please share!
Apply 👉 forms.gle/9u4X65F4Vn5M...
More info ▶️ spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/were-re...
We’re looking for Residential Spring Volunteers to live & work at Spurn in 2026.
Accommodation + expenses provided.
Know someone perfect? Please share!
Apply 👉 forms.gle/9u4X65F4Vn5M...
More info ▶️ spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/were-re...
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Spend spring where migration happens 🌿
We’re looking for Residential Spring Volunteers to live & work at Spurn in 2026.
Accommodation + expenses provided.
Know someone perfect? Please share!
Apply 👉 forms.gle/9u4X65F4Vn5M...
More info ▶️ spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/were-re...
We’re looking for Residential Spring Volunteers to live & work at Spurn in 2026.
Accommodation + expenses provided.
Know someone perfect? Please share!
Apply 👉 forms.gle/9u4X65F4Vn5M...
More info ▶️ spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/were-re...
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There once was a fellow called Trump
Who promised a document dump
But he wasn't impacted
As the files were redacted
Now everyone's getting the hump
Who promised a document dump
But he wasn't impacted
As the files were redacted
Now everyone's getting the hump
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There once was a fellow called Trump
Who promised a document dump
But he wasn't impacted
As the files were redacted
Now everyone's getting the hump
Who promised a document dump
But he wasn't impacted
As the files were redacted
Now everyone's getting the hump
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Ooh, poop sample from the grackle from Calshot, Hampshire, Nov 25, shows it was Great-tailed, not Boat-tailed as thought. Analysis by @tessaroo.bsky.social poop by @wjrpb.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
Analysis.by
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ooh, poop sample from the grackle from Calshot, Hampshire, Nov 25, shows it was Great-tailed, not Boat-tailed as thought. Analysis by @tessaroo.bsky.social poop by @wjrpb.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
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Unsure which tern you saw? Cover all bases with our orange-billed terns t-shirt! ;-) aluladesigns.co.uk/s... #BirdArt #ByBirdersForBirders #UKBirding
December 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Unsure which tern you saw? Cover all bases with our orange-billed terns t-shirt! ;-) aluladesigns.co.uk/s... #BirdArt #ByBirdersForBirders #UKBirding
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Here’s a poem called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
December 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
I saved myself a few quid, and many hours, (not to mention my dignity) by not travelling to South Wales to twitch the Scops Owl. I simply recreated the experience in my own home. ✅ #UKBirding #UKTwitching #Birds
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I saved myself a few quid, and many hours, (not to mention my dignity) by not travelling to South Wales to twitch the Scops Owl. I simply recreated the experience in my own home. ✅ #UKBirding #UKTwitching #Birds
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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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November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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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