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.
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
@sainsburycentre.bsky.social
#Norwich
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
@sainsburycentre.bsky.social
#Norwich
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
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 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
They’re Field Blewit mushrooms. 🍄🟫 Had some in last night’s dinner, and I’m still here, so all is good!
#LazyForaging
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
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
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
Enjoyed leading a guided birding walk this morning, and chatting to lots of folk.
Back for more tomorrow!
@btobirds.bsky.social
#Birds #Birding
The last of my tomatoes… looks like Tim Burton may have been mucking about in my garden 🤔
October 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The last of my tomatoes… looks like Tim Burton may have been mucking about in my garden 🤔
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.
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
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.
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.
Blimey, just walked past this without spotting it. Thanks to my colleague for pointing it out!
21 years old… 😕
#Bristol #EddieCochran
21 years old… 😕
#Bristol #EddieCochran
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Blimey, just walked past this without spotting it. Thanks to my colleague for pointing it out!
21 years old… 😕
#Bristol #EddieCochran
21 years old… 😕
#Bristol #EddieCochran
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
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
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
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
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
#Elvis #ElvisPresley #RoyOrbison
August 16, 2025 at 12:02 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
#Elvis #ElvisPresley #RoyOrbison
August 11, 2025 at 9:48 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
What a fine critter.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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
What a fine critter.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
‘That’s close enough for jazz…’
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
‘That’s close enough for jazz…’
Caterpillar 🐛 of a Hebrew Character moth, lurking in my sweet peas… what a beauty!
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Caterpillar 🐛 of a Hebrew Character moth, lurking in my sweet peas… what a beauty!
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
The Talbot, Blackpool.
The UK’s first Reform pub.
No matter what you order, you just get bitter.
@secret-reform-mp.bsky.social
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
The Talbot, Blackpool.
The UK’s first Reform pub.
No matter what you order, you just get bitter.
@secret-reform-mp.bsky.social
The UK’s first Reform pub.
No matter what you order, you just get bitter.
@secret-reform-mp.bsky.social
Top flight gig by The Courettes at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket last night. Ace fun.
@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social
@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Top flight gig by The Courettes at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket last night. Ace fun.
@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social
@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social
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
Another top performance by the ever-brilliant @joanaspolicewoman.bsky.social at @norwichartscentre.bsky.social last night. What a treat for Easter Monday!
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
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
Oh my. This is looking like another absolute cracker of a fest… #LoveKrankenhaus 💚
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@muncastercastle.bsky.social
@krankenhausfest.bsky.social
@muncastercastle.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Oh my. This is looking like another absolute cracker of a fest… #LoveKrankenhaus 💚
@krankenhausfest.bsky.social
@muncastercastle.bsky.social
@krankenhausfest.bsky.social
@muncastercastle.bsky.social
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
@litfest.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@chiffchat.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 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
@litfest.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@chiffchat.bsky.social
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
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.
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
Now, that’s really low-carbon birding! @britishbirds.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 12:02 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
Now, that’s really low-carbon birding! @britishbirds.bsky.social
Hallelujah, he has risen! Let the festivities begin!
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Hallelujah, he has risen! Let the festivities begin!
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
A mate of mine’s just found a Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland! Returning 2023 bird? @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
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
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