Phil Jones
@philj61.bsky.social
“Don’t Let Me Hear You Say Life’s Taking You Nowhere”
Birder, Natural History Lover, Painter, Vinyl Collector, Allotmenteer😎
Music lover - Bowie, Kate Bush etc…
BOU 536🐦⬛
Birder, Natural History Lover, Painter, Vinyl Collector, Allotmenteer😎
Music lover - Bowie, Kate Bush etc…
BOU 536🐦⬛
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Finding a Firecrest in my back garden in Stoke this morning was a nice surprise! My second garden record after one in 2003(ish). Thanks for the pic @philj61.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Finding a Firecrest in my back garden in Stoke this morning was a nice surprise! My second garden record after one in 2003(ish). Thanks for the pic @philj61.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
Sketch book Grackle, Calshot, Hants - a bird with plenty of character #Boat-tailedGrackle
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sketch book Grackle, Calshot, Hants - a bird with plenty of character #Boat-tailedGrackle
You know you want to 😆 Boat-tailed Grackle, Calshot, Hampshire.
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
You know you want to 😆 Boat-tailed Grackle, Calshot, Hampshire.
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I was delighted to receive this beautiful 2026 calendar from @hollygroganart.bsky.social , it is stunning! Thank you very much Holly and keep up the great work!
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I was delighted to receive this beautiful 2026 calendar from @hollygroganart.bsky.social , it is stunning! Thank you very much Holly and keep up the great work!
Some sketchbook Clearwings and a Hawkmoth from this summer 🌤️
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Some sketchbook Clearwings and a Hawkmoth from this summer 🌤️
This is the NINTH White-rumped Sandpiper in land locked Staffordshire this week🤷🏻♂️Birds Hey - Bloody Hell !!!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is the NINTH White-rumped Sandpiper in land locked Staffordshire this week🤷🏻♂️Birds Hey - Bloody Hell !!!!
After being underwhelmed by the female Siberian Thrush I saw in Fife this was like seeing a new bird🙂 The male at Loch of Asta, Shetland this month. Can do prints - please dm me if required.
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
After being underwhelmed by the female Siberian Thrush I saw in Fife this was like seeing a new bird🙂 The male at Loch of Asta, Shetland this month. Can do prints - please dm me if required.
Merveille du Jour - Wonder of the Day #MothMonday
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Merveille du Jour - Wonder of the Day #MothMonday
Candidate for the best Siberian Thrush photo by Dave Spencer - incredible #Shetland2025
October 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Candidate for the best Siberian Thrush photo by Dave Spencer - incredible #Shetland2025
For a full hour the male Siberian Thrush was on full view today unheard of for such a shy species. With only a handful of us watching it it was one of the highlights of 38 years of British Birding and one of the reasons I keep coming up here #Shetland2025
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For a full hour the male Siberian Thrush was on full view today unheard of for such a shy species. With only a handful of us watching it it was one of the highlights of 38 years of British Birding and one of the reasons I keep coming up here #Shetland2025
Staffs (and Leics) birders on tour Shetland 2025😎 the register includes amongst others @belvidebirding.bsky.social @nickpom9.bsky.social @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @archieraven.bsky.social @ashmabirder.bsky.social @julianallen.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Staffs (and Leics) birders on tour Shetland 2025😎 the register includes amongst others @belvidebirding.bsky.social @nickpom9.bsky.social @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @archieraven.bsky.social @ashmabirder.bsky.social @julianallen.bsky.social
Another enjoyable day on Shetland today before the weather halted proceedings 🌧️Goldcrests at our feet at Sumburgh, Pink footed geese migrating overhead and nice views of a confirmed Western Subalpine Warbler the highlights.
October 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another enjoyable day on Shetland today before the weather halted proceedings 🌧️Goldcrests at our feet at Sumburgh, Pink footed geese migrating overhead and nice views of a confirmed Western Subalpine Warbler the highlights.
After a surprisingly comfortable night on the ferry being rocked to sleep by Amy we headed straight to Loch of Asta for this, my second Siberian Thrush😎hope I haven’t peaked too soon(pic by Simon Bound)
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
After a surprisingly comfortable night on the ferry being rocked to sleep by Amy we headed straight to Loch of Asta for this, my second Siberian Thrush😎hope I haven’t peaked too soon(pic by Simon Bound)
A decent week locally with Shag at Ford Green, Med Gull at Westport (thanks to @thevicar70.bsky.social ) a Glossy Ibis at Sandbach and a Clifden Nonpareil incredibly in Tunstall (thanks to @rjsutton1975.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A decent week locally with Shag at Ford Green, Med Gull at Westport (thanks to @thevicar70.bsky.social ) a Glossy Ibis at Sandbach and a Clifden Nonpareil incredibly in Tunstall (thanks to @rjsutton1975.bsky.social
Found an old ‘crappy’ photo I took in Croatia so go on #RepostaWryneck 🙂
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Found an old ‘crappy’ photo I took in Croatia so go on #RepostaWryneck 🙂
A Yellow-rumped Cacique for the #notonabranch theme is my #BirdOfTheDay🙂 Photographed at Tamboparta, Peru in 2024
September 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A Yellow-rumped Cacique for the #notonabranch theme is my #BirdOfTheDay🙂 Photographed at Tamboparta, Peru in 2024
It’s not all about the birds in Autumn🙂 It’s always a good sign of things to come when one of these turn up. Monarch Watercolour & Gouache.
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s not all about the birds in Autumn🙂 It’s always a good sign of things to come when one of these turn up. Monarch Watercolour & Gouache.
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LESSER KESTREL on #StKilda! Retrospectively identified from Will Miles' excellent images on 16th Sept. We'd recorded a Kestrel from 12th, possibly the same bird, but sadly not relocated today.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
LESSER KESTREL on #StKilda! Retrospectively identified from Will Miles' excellent images on 16th Sept. We'd recorded a Kestrel from 12th, possibly the same bird, but sadly not relocated today.
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I was hoping for a rarity this week but never thought it would be a Moth. Silver Striped Hawkmoth - last one in Staffs was 1898 !!
September 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I was hoping for a rarity this week but never thought it would be a Moth. Silver Striped Hawkmoth - last one in Staffs was 1898 !!
I hear #BirdofTheDay is Starling and also as it’s #TwosDay here are a pair of Brahminy Starlings all cosied up at Kanha NP, India
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I hear #BirdofTheDay is Starling and also as it’s #TwosDay here are a pair of Brahminy Starlings all cosied up at Kanha NP, India
So it’s looking good for a Yank next week 🤗 how about one of these !! They move early🤔 Chestnut-sided Wblr photographed in Costa Rica
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So it’s looking good for a Yank next week 🤗 how about one of these !! They move early🤔 Chestnut-sided Wblr photographed in Costa Rica
Good numbers of Curlew Sandpipers (15) and Black Terns (30+) at Blithfield this morning also Dunlins, Ringys, Ruff, Blackwit, Greenshank, YL Gull, Red Kite……
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Good numbers of Curlew Sandpipers (15) and Black Terns (30+) at Blithfield this morning also Dunlins, Ringys, Ruff, Blackwit, Greenshank, YL Gull, Red Kite……
Great to see the local Jay’s busily preparing for Winter this weekend with lots of toing and froing with acorns - rough pencil & water colour in the sketchbook
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Great to see the local Jay’s busily preparing for Winter this weekend with lots of toing and froing with acorns - rough pencil & water colour in the sketchbook
4 Landlocked Staffordshire Seabirds for #SuperSeabirdSunday Sadly it rarely ends well for them so far inland - Gannet Chasewater, Fulmar Blithfield, Manxy Belvide and Guillemot Stubbers Green which is ‘Old Staffs. First 2 pics not mine.
August 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
4 Landlocked Staffordshire Seabirds for #SuperSeabirdSunday Sadly it rarely ends well for them so far inland - Gannet Chasewater, Fulmar Blithfield, Manxy Belvide and Guillemot Stubbers Green which is ‘Old Staffs. First 2 pics not mine.