Suffolk
Bird
Group

We are delighted to report that early indications suggest Suffolk's Barn Owls are having a much better year in 2026. After the disappointments of last season, we are receiving lots of positive reports from across the county, with Barn Owls appearing to have started breeding earlier than usual. We are especially pleased to say that we have already ringed our first owlets of the season, and we are finding encouraging signs in many of the nest boxes monitored by the project. Whi

On Sunday 21 June Suffolk Bird Group are doing a day of birdwatching activities – either walks or from watch points to showcase some of the birds we have in the county. With the date selected to coincide with the day being celebrated as Suffolk Day, where there are ceremonies and activities that celebrate the county of Suffolk; this was originated by Mark Murphy of BBC Radio Suffolk in 2016 with the first ceremony in 2017. The SBG committee decided that, with Suffolk Day bein

It is with sadness to announce that former SBG Chair, Roy Marsh, passed away recently. He joined SBG Council in 2010 and was thrust into the vacant Chair post in 2011, which he held for four years before continuing on the committee as Vice-chair for a further four years. While in the role of Chair he drove the group forward, coming up with ideas to enhance dwindling funds with activities such as an autumnal sponsored birdwatch, promotional days at a local supermarket and guid

Suffolk Bird Group have supplied Mike Turton with Starling and Spotted Flycatcher nest boxes for All Saints’ churchyard in Laxfield. The boxes are up and waiting for prospective homeowners to arrive. Starlings in the UK generally begin their nesting season in March and April. Whereas Spotted flycatchers are late spring migrants that arrive in the UK from their African wintering grounds between late April and early May, with some arriving as late as June . Mike will be ke