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🐦⬛
A mate suggested that my ‘Long-tailed’ Shrike’s tail shouldn’t be hidden behind foliage so here it is ‘the full shrike’
Phil Jones@philj61.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis time last week I was just returning home from Barnsmuir Fruit Farm with a punnet of Strawberries and a Second for Britain under the belt 😁 Long-tailed Shrike, Fife.
This time last week I was just returning home from Barnsmuir Fruit Farm with a punnet of Strawberries and a Second for Britain under the belt 😁 Long-tailed Shrike, Fife.
Spoonbill showing nicely from the causeway at Tittesworth, Staffs a nice find by Local Patcher Steve Gibson
A couple of the hugely popular Western Reef Heron currently loving life in N Wales. For those that know, the ‘Stanpit Egret’ fiasco has finally been laid to rest 🙂
4 years ago this week after many false alarms Eleonoras Falcon finally made it onto my UK list 🙂 This originally had a white background that I never really liked I much prefer the blue.
20 years ago the memorable Isle of May Calandra Lark twitch, we feared lives would be lost 🙂
Couldn’t resist painting this, already my bird of the year - Khok Kham, Thailand in January #SpoonbilledSandpiper
My 6th Hooded Merg in the UK!! Is this the tickable one🤔 a nice find by my favourite Warwick’s birder @archieraven.bsky.social
Here’s a #SuperSeabirdSunday especially for #MotheringSunday - White-tailed Tropicbird mother & youngster, Aride Island, Seychelles last year.
God awful pic of a Lesser pecker from this week, Seven years since my last, love them🖤🤍
The misty morning did the trick at Westport, SOT today with this adult Kittiwake🩶🤍
A Common Scoter shared Westport Lake with this gorgeous adult summer Mediterranean Gull this morning🖤🤍
30 Whooper Swans on a sunny cloudless day in the middle of SOT were a bit of a surprise today, with these, YBW, Bean, WF Goose & Shorelark all within 10k it’s been decent start to 2026😎
Rare foray into Warwick’s today for a very elusive Humes Leaf Warbler a new edition to my West Midland Bird Club Region List which now stands at 294 (photo of a bird from a few years ago)
Shorelark still loving life on the Staffs/Cheshire border at Mow Cop this am 😊
Some Thai Marshland birds, the ever present Red-wattled Lapwing, Open-billed Stork, Eastern Cattle Egret and Grey-headed Plover which may look familiar to UK twitchers🙂
Great to watch an estimated 2 million Asian wrinkle lipped bats leaving their cave this evening near Khao Yai. Crested Goshawk, Shikras, Peregrine & Kestrel all trying to catch one🦇
Some Thai Critters from the last few days Giant Black Squirrel, Slug Snake, Sun Bear & White-handed Gibbon🐵
The Wader Fest continued today with the pick being 100’s of Nordmanns Greenshanks, Asiatic Dowitchers, Terek Sandpipers, Great Knots, Red-necked Stints……
Sun Bear taking advantage of the facilities behind the cafe at the top of Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
Thought there would be little chance when I arrived on site this am with 1000+ waders in front of me and most of them asleep then this little beauty picked its head up🥳 Spoony Sand, Khok Kham, Thailand
Remembering AND looking forward to Summer - some random Moths🙂
Just realised it’s 38 years since I saw my first major rarity in the UK!! Right place right time for me when an adult Ross’s Gull flew in and landed in front of the hide at Seaforth. #NoteBooksFromThePast
Apparently it’s Sunday which means it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and sad news regarding the Texel Spectacled Eider which was taken into care this morning 😕 So glad I made the trip last year.
Boxing Day 2024 I was watching a Yellow Warbler in Kent - Boxing Day 2025 it’s a Yellow-browed Warbler in Staffs ‘Westport’ ✔️ (Pic by Steve Seal)
