Suffolk Bird Group indoor meeting April 26th at 19:30. BRING FARMING AND NATURE TOGETHER. Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome - admission £3, students free

Suffolk Bird Group indoor meeting April 26th at 19:30. BRING FARMING AND NATURE TOGETHER. Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome - admission £3, students free #SuffolkBirding

What a cracking day at Farm & Country Day at Trinity Park with BTO Suffolk! ☀️🦉 Huge thanks to Cheryl, Anne & Wendy for all their help—absolute legends. Brilliant fun with the kids. @learnerbirder.bsky.social @cheryldeeks.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @waveneybirdclub.bsky.social

What a lovely evening with SWT Woodbridge talking all things barn owls 🦉✨ Thanks so much for hosting us—great crowd, great questions, and plenty of owl appreciation. Always a joy sharing the magic of these birds! @dave09.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Swoop by if you’re free—we’d love to see you! 🦉 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Save Our Suffolk Swifts have a talk this coming Saturday in #Waldringfield, flyer below. We will discuss Swifts’ plight, why they need our help and how easy it is to do so. We will drill into these numbers too. #Swift conservation works! @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

'Significant' rise in endangered swifts using Suffolk nest boxes Save Our Suffolk Swifts says 504 boxes were used at 138 different locations in Suffolk in 2025.

An interesting BBC Swift article here. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Obviously an act of sheer vandalism has taken place at Levington Creek in Suffolk where the new fencing wire has been cut in 4 places this fencing was to protect the habitats there

Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick showed 6 times in 70 minutes this morning viewing from beach; please do not walk out into marsh along raised bank (like this person), there is no guarantee you will see it (like this person)... #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

Dog owners face unlimited fines for farm livestock attacks Police will have new powers to seize and detain dogs that have attacked or chased farm animals.

It would be good if similar legislation could be leveraged to ensure compliance with dog rules on nature reserves
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A lovely afternoon with the Melton WI talking all things barn owls and the work of BOSS. A brilliant audience, great questions… and of course the all-important WI cake selection! Thanks to @dave09.bsky.social for helping with the talk 🦉
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We have a change in venue for next Saturday’s Save Our Swifts talk, the halls renovations aren’t finishing as swiftly as hoped for. We will be along the road at the Methodist Chapel now @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Our beloved Barn Owl are gearing up for spring.

Pairs are bonding, and yes… they’re giving our recently installed boxes the once-over (no pressure, lads). Males are out hunting to impress. Romance, owl-style 🦉

We’re keeping everything crossed for a good year ahead.
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Save Our Suffolk Swifts have this talk in Peasenhall in March, all are most welcome @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social
SOSSwifts have free Swift Community Sets to donate to prominent elevations of public buildings. Also some nest boxes available for you to add to nest sites

We were at Love Our Planet Discovery Day at Christchurch Mansion today.

Tiny bones everywhere, wide-eyed kids, brave parents, and more “ooooh that’s a skull!” than you could shake a femur at.

Nothing says family fun like dissecting what a barn owl had for tea 🦉
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Putting up owl boxes is brilliant – and we’re doing lots of that – but boxes alone aren’t enough. An owl box without good habitat is a bit like a house without a fridge… there’s nothing to eat! Rough grass, field margins and fewer poisons make all the difference 🦉🌾 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

SOSSwifts have ‘inherited’ the RH pile of buff and red coloured #Swift boxes, they have a 20mm stand off at the back for a bonus bat space too. We will happily donate these to #Suffolk locations where Swifts nest already, or next door. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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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 - "Hobbies and Stonies" by Ed Keeble. Thursday January 29th 19:30 at Hintlesham Community Hall. All welcome. Admission £3 #suffolkbirds

Take South East Water into public ownership NOW South East Water has failed households in Kent and Sussex. It is time to bring it into public ownership.

Water privatisation has failed

South East Water spent more on shareholder dividends than on infrastructure

Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex

Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, bring South East Water into public ownership immediately

Sign the petition 👇

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Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says

Hugely depressing read, but no surprise, considering the destruction Sizewell C is allowed to inflict on a supposedly protected landscape
"The government will not meet its targets to save wildlife in England and is failing on almost all environmental measures..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wishing you an owl-together wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year 🦉✨ Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported BOSS this year — we truly couldn’t do it without you. With heartfelt thanks from the whole team 🦉🎄
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Sign the petition: Water companies should pay to clean up the pollution they cause Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for...

Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers: 38d.gs/water_mess_e...

This roof hosts Starlings in spring, Swifts in summer & House Sparrows year round. The RHS house has just been re-roofed to modern standards & anti-bird combing can be seen under the new tiles. Valuable nest space lost, so nest boxes added. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Fantastic to have the 2024 Suffolk Bird Report land in the door mat. Swifts obviously checked first. 379 nest boxes were used in 2024, up from 272 in 2023 and 231 in 2022. We are chasing up data for 2025, please do let us know your records. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social