Phil Jones
“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🐦⬛
- 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.
- I meant last winter not 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)
- Happy Christmas Folks - Eat, Drink and be Merry🎄
- A watercolour from almost 20 years ago for #SuperSeabirdSunday A Roseate Tern a long way from the sea at Blithfield Reservoir in Staffs.
- A bird with many names for #SuperSundaySeabird the Black Guillemot or Tystie in Norse or Sea pigeon or Greenland dove or Scraber in the Hebrides or Black William (Gwilym Ddu) in Welsh
- Here’s some sketchbook Pinks for your Friday night 🙂
- How about a couple of Bairds Tapirs, mother & calf photographed in Costa Rica for #TwosDay
- Reposted by Phil JonesMy bird of the year (so far)! Spent today putting a frame on this beauty - the magnificent Loch of Asta Siberian Thrush by the hugely talented Phil Jones. A fitting memento for what has been a very special year. #ukbirding
- Reposted by Phil JonesFinding 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
- A late entry for #TwosDay - Two blinged up Seychelles Magpie Robins from earlier this year on Aride Island 🏝️
- Sketch book Grackle, Calshot, Hants - a bird with plenty of character #Boat-tailedGrackle
- You know you want to 😆 Boat-tailed Grackle, Calshot, Hampshire.
- Reposted by Phil JonesI 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 🌤️
- 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.
- Merveille du Jour - Wonder of the Day #MothMonday
- 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
- 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.
- 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
