Tom Bedford
Obsessive patch birder in the Lye Valley, Oxford. eBird reviewer for Oxfordshire, bird surveys for BTO.
Part of a team that in 2024 set the Oxon Big Day record by bike, beating the motorised record 🚴🏼♂️👊🏻✅
Blog 👇🏻
https://www.outofthebluesky.co/?page_id=27
Starter Packs
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Oxfordshire Birding Starter Pack
An easy way to find birders in Oxfordshire on Bluesky. It’s a lot easier than finding birds in Oxfordshire.
@nickmarriner.bsky.social
Birder, surveyor. Dad; Landscape scale conservation at Chilterns National Landscape; Trustee at River Thame Conservation Trust. England Cricket & Brentford FC
@riverthamect.bsky.social
A Rivers Trust charity working to create a River Thame Catchment with healthy freshwaters and wildlife, valued and enjoyed by local people.
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
News for Oxfordshire. Est. 2022. Weekly newsletter: https://oxfordclarion.uk For stories: news@oxfordclarion.uk
@aliceedney.bsky.social
Seabird SRA for RSPB 🐣 Treasurer of The Seabird Group 🌊 Bird ringer💍 Nature lover 🌿 Outdoor adventurer ⛰ | she/her
@amythebirder.bsky.social
Birder, patch Titchfield Haven area. Ecologist, HOS Assistant Recorder. Loves nature & islands. Mostly wildlife & travel (🚲 [Fietser] 🥾🚏) posts but also interested in public health, climate, more sustainable living etc. Views my own.
@kingoforlestone.bsky.social
Keen Ashford(Kent ) birder. Ex RSPB Warden( Dunge/Minsmere. My twitching days are over!! Im King of Orlestone forest ! Protector of the land! My eyes see everything. Keen raptor lover. Big Leeds Utd fan. Up the Whites.
@plewin.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist interested in navigation, migration and collective movement | DPhil student in the OxNav group studying Manx shearwaters | BTO ringing trainer
@rich-arthurs.bsky.social
Musician/ Music Teacher from Gullane. Casual/obsessive patch birder whilst walking. Beaches, Birds and Messiaen.
@alex-penn.bsky.social
29 | Birder and BTO A Ringer | Head of Ornithology @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social | Fair Isle 🏴🏳️🌈🦉
@nijmegenbirder.bsky.social
Scottish birder, mostly Fife and Dundee, SBRC Secretay and assistant editor of Scottish Birds, the quarterly journal of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club
@ccbowarden.bsky.social
Monitoring, researching and recording bird migration & the wildlife of Cape Clear. Part of Birdwatch Ireland, the largest independent conservation organisation in Ireland. CCBO is an accredited member of the Bird Observatories Council.
@magnuswdhh.bsky.social
Quantum Chemist. Owner of the Headington Shark House. ▶️: http://youtube.com/@TheHeadingtonShark 👤: http://facebook.com/HeadingtonShark
@q365procycling.bsky.social
Racing to positively change the future #RacingTheFuture
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
Notts birder. Work/Gym/Bird/Repeat #UKBirding Mostly #LowCarbon choices Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished 💚 #Vegan
@sportsorla.bsky.social
Sports broadcaster, podcaster and columnist. Creator of two humans and founder of Ten Times Braver. Dogs, cycling and rugby chat all welcome.
@budlebirder.bsky.social
Birder with over 45 years patch watching #BudleBay in NE #Northumberland. Opinions are own.
@saloplarus.bsky.social
Gulls, Geese, Goshawks, Aurora, Astronomy and everything else in the sky. #lookup #salopobs - the unofficial bird observatory in the heart of Shropshire 😏
@iansherriffs.bsky.social
Birder mainly around Oxon, Glos & Cotswold Water Park I BTO A-Permit Ringer with West Oxfordshire Farmland Bird Project I eBird reviewer for Wiltshire I Moth-er VC22 I
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@finalwordcricket.bsky.social
World's best cricket chat, according to people who like it. Adam Collins & Geoff Lemon plus a deep roster: Bharat Sundaresan, Daniel Norcross, Izzy Westbury, Cameron Ponsonby, Ben Jones, many more. Help us make the show: patreon.com/thefinalword
@janstansfeld.bsky.social
Cycling instructor, singer, community builder, scientist, nature lover
@magnusphotog.bsky.social
Birder. Photographer. On a bike. Picture editor. Guitar strummer. Gig goer. Gooner. Mostly birding though. #LondonBirds #LowCarbonBirding #VisMig #AntiFa
@radleylakestrust.bsky.social
Radley Lakes is an area of former gravel quarries close to the River Thames, between Abingdon and Radley in Oxfordshire. It is a thriving area for nature, looked after by Radley Lakes Trust. radleylakestrust.org/ Profile photo credit: Amanda Hartley
@wlangdon12.bsky.social
PhD student studying effects of nitrogen pollution on insects, likes butterflies and moths.
@patchbirding.bsky.social
A #patchbirding challenge across the UK and Ireland, + Dutch and Belgium mini-league, where the aim is to see and find as many birds as possible on your patch. For more info, go to our pinned post. Join our Bluesky buzz by tagging us in your posts #PWC2025
@longnabbirder.bsky.social
Local patch Long Nab, North Yorkshire. Chair of Scarborough Birders. Kittiwake studies. Bird guide. Vismigger/seawatcher. Sheffield United⚔️
@birdingcyprus.bsky.social
Frequently birding, fascinated about bird migration. Bird Guide and Cyprus Bird Recorder. Pretty good at taking bad photos.
@wild-beijing.bsky.social
Celebrating the wildlife of China's capital city and beyond | Wildlife Conservationist | TEDx Speaker
@rlewington2.bsky.social
Wildlife illustrator, photographer and invertebrate enthusiast - A Curious Bug-er from Oxfordshire. F.R.E.S. - President of Abingdon Naturalists’ Society www.richardlewington.co.uk
@andy-1963.bsky.social
Bristol-based sports journalist with a passion for birding. Mostly retired now and spending more time on my local Severnside patch, though still prone to twitching on occasion.
@notquitescilly.bsky.social
Mainly birds, moths, other nat. hist. Mainly W Dorset & E Devon, UK https://notquitescilly2.blogspot.com
@seankerrigan1.bsky.social
Cyclist, Bird Watcher, Europhile, Reader ‘Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light’
@shiphaybirder.bsky.social
Independent South Devon Birder. Trying to keep it relatively local. The occasional overseas trip. A Hope's Nose 'Irregular'.
@friebos.bsky.social
✍🏼 of Mountain High (& Higher), Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal & Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was (09/06/22). One bit of The Cycling Podcast & ITV cycling.
@martincade.bsky.social
@birdlifesa.bsky.social
Giving Conservation Wings South Africa's leading bird conservation organization Dedicated to protecting birds and their habitats
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
Promoting the study & conservation of seabirds via conferences, grant provision, newsletters & our open access, free-to-publish journal 🌊
@bas.ac.uk
We're the UK's polar research institute 👋 Uncovering the secrets of Earth's frozen places, doing science for a sustainable planet. Looking for a seriously remote job? https://bas.ac.uk/vacancies
@britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social
@robhatch.bsky.social
Talker on the telly Broadcast Sport Commentator of the Year 2024 The Gruppetto: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRwK4ixsZHPZvg9CMcTGvb75WRT798YTQ&si=zgngUu9WiPti93nk
@tverc1.bsky.social
Enabling data-driven decisions to better enhance and protect our natural environment. Sharing environmental information in Berkshire and Oxfordshire: www.tverc.org https://linktr.ee/TVERC
@jeuneguillou.bsky.social
Journaliste au Monde. Extrême droite, vélo , dopage, parfois les trois en même temps. Pseudo non contractuel.
@pippayork.bsky.social
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides and these blue skies are so much better