Joncbirder
joncbirder.bsky.social
Joncbirder
@joncbirder.bsky.social
Punk rock and roll birder.
Here for a lark, and learning… from North Lancs, currently living in Norfolk.
The irony wasn’t lost on me that I visited an exhibition called ‘Can We Stop Killing Each Other’ on Remembrance Sunday…

@sainsburycentre.bsky.social
#Norwich
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A few of these have been springing up in the garden just lately.
They’re Field Blewit mushrooms. 🍄‍🟫 Had some in last night’s dinner, and I’m still here, so all is good!
#LazyForaging
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A cracking day at North West Bird Watching Festival at WWT Martin Mere today.
Enjoyed leading a guided birding walk this morning, and chatting to lots of folk.
Back for more tomorrow!

@btobirds.bsky.social
#Birds #Birding
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The last of my tomatoes… looks like Tim Burton may have been mucking about in my garden 🤔
October 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Had a top time at @wildsummituk.bsky.social in Bristol on Thurs, representing @btobirds.bsky.social with colleagues.
Met lots of great folk & old pals & familiar faces. Good to see the tremendous @mrhenrymorris.substack.com there, but sadly missed my chance to say hello… his loss, obvs.
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Blimey, just walked past this without spotting it. Thanks to my colleague for pointing it out!
21 years old… 😕

#Bristol #EddieCochran
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Another epic @krankenhausfest.bsky.social under the belt.
What a fab event.
Great music, brill talks, ace walks, amazing weather, awesome location, lots of lovely people, and Stewart Lee reading #BTO News…

@muncastercastle.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On the anniversary of Elvis’s death it’s good to see that the #BBC are acknowledging this day by showing a load of Roy Orbison stuff…

#Elvis #ElvisPresley #RoyOrbison
August 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I hope this is true…

#PlasticineAction
August 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
July 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Came across this dazzling Scarlet Tiger (good name for a band or solo artiste, that) in #Wymondham cemetery.
What a fine critter.

@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
‘That’s close enough for jazz…’
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Caterpillar 🐛 of a Hebrew Character moth, lurking in my sweet peas… what a beauty!

@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Talbot, Blackpool.
The UK’s first Reform pub.

No matter what you order, you just get bitter.

@secret-reform-mp.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Top flight gig by The Courettes at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket last night. Ace fun.
@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Another top performance by the ever-brilliant @joanaspolicewoman.bsky.social at @norwichartscentre.bsky.social last night. What a treat for Easter Monday!
April 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Always a treat to see the first Grass Snake 🐍 of the year! This fine fellow was on the @btobirds.bsky.social Nunnery Lakes reserve, where we also found 3 Slow Worms, accompanied by an overhead trickle of House & Sand Martins & Swallows 👍🏼 #LoveSpring
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh my. This is looking like another absolute cracker of a fest… #LoveKrankenhaus 💚

@krankenhausfest.bsky.social
@muncastercastle.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Had a fab evening in the company of the esteemed Tim Birkhead - he talked auks and eggs, & we chatted about extinction & the challenges faced by #birds in modern times. Some great questions from the audience too.
@litfest.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@chiffchat.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Popped along to my old workplace #RSPB Leighton Moss today. What a treat. The icy vista lit by winter sun was a glorious sight to behold. @iolowilliams.bsky.social and I had our unplanned annual catch-up and I got see my old boss Jarrod. And Water Rails. Ace.
January 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One of the highlights of 2024 for me, was the upgrading of Ross’s Goose to Cat A on the British list. In particular, a bird that I stumbled across on Aldcliffe Marsh back in 2008 became one of the exalted 18 to make the grade! ✅
Now, that’s really low-carbon birding! @britishbirds.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Hallelujah, he has risen! Let the festivities begin!
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM
A mate of mine’s just found a Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland! Returning 2023 bird? @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Played here a few times… great little venue - if I’d been a better archivist, I could probably tell you the dates. 🤷‍♂️ #Boardwalk #Manchester @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 3:50 PM