Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social A club for birders, ornithologists, scientists & nature lovers of all ages & abilities. We record, study & report on birdlife across Sheffield, Rotherham & NE Derbyshire.
Talks, Field Trips, Reports & Publications sbsg.org
Registered Charity (est 1972)
Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu STScI is the Science Operations Center for Webb, Hubble, and Roman space telescopes, & Mission Operations Center for Webb. We help humanity explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and data archive. news.stsci.edu
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com Bird art and @pigeonpost.shop 🔡🐦
https://links.alex.gd
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Al @valezina15.bsky.social Gardener, birder and insect enthusiast. Happiest outdoors!
Jim Leary @jimleary.bsky.social Archaeologist & writer. Senior lecturer at Uni of York. Books: The Story of Silbury Hill; The Remembered Land; Footmarks, a journey into our restless past. Agent: JP Marshall.
Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf.bsky.social At @GeoTdF.bsky.social we answer your questions on landscapes and geology cycling races | see Geo-Sports.org for more information!
Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @uoncsva.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social Author of Wild Air & Raptor.
Literary Agent: James Lockhart Agency: jameslockhartagency.com
Jeffw @jeffw.bsky.social Jeffw, actor, illustrator/artist, bad life choice guru, procrastinator, professional idiot & French. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏾🏴🏴☠️
il/lui
https://ko-fi.com/jeffwni
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social Birding through the hellscape.
Antrim: 166
World: 494
Increasingly concerned about AI
https://ebird.org/profile/MjMzNDk1NA
RSPB England @rspbengland.bsky.social Restoring habitats, saving species and connecting people to the wonder of nature, across England. Together, we fly.
Working Hours @workinghourspod.bsky.social Working Hours is a podcast about a place called Leeds (UK), a time called now and an activity called work.
@eborbirder.bsky.social @eborbirder.bsky.social 
licia @astra99.bsky.social 
Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Steve Duffield @wiwildlife.bsky.social Usually found outside either birding, in the hills or running around.
Owner and guide for Western Isles Wildlife
Dylan Burgess Photography @dylanburgess.photography Welcome to my photographic journey!
I'm a passionate wildlife and nature photographer based in the stunning North East of England.
Portfolio/shop: dylanburgess.photography
Michael Napier @michaelnbooks.bsky.social Former military and commercial pilot - now author of books on military aviation history
Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. UK-based.
Newsletter sign-up: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2233713/forms/183477923653617261?fresh=1%2Fpopup
Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com The multi-award-winning all walking, talking and singing podcast, presented by @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Find out more at www.folkonfoot.com.
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social Artist, photographer, and author of 12 books from Yale University Press, on the natural history of the Atlantic coast. Latest book: "PONDS: An Illustrated Guide." More personal stuff on facebook.com/patrick.lynch1, and coastfieldguides.com
Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social York Area Birder, Wheldrake Ings patchworker, Walker, Rotherham United sufferer, Half Man Half Biscuit.
@wanderingpath.bsky.social @wanderingpath.bsky.social 
Nosterfield Nature Reserve @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social 
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social Professional art director/illustrator/comedy photoshopper. I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa
Trumpton @trumpton.bsky.social Trumpton is a small town run by an egotistical Mayor who isn't really qualified for office, very much like the UK. Created by @mikedicks
Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com Habitat-first ecological growing 🌱 🌿 Books: Grower Gatherer (out 3 Sept), A Greener Life & Wild about Weeds 🌳
Newsletter: WildWay.info
(Yorkshire 🇬🇧 H4 / 8b-9a)
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk Advancing Ornithology | Home of #theBOUblog | Upcoming events #BOUasm26 #BOU2027
https://bou.org.uk
Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism from Yorkshire | IMPRESS regulated
To write, edit or help behind the scenes, email editor@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaChEIR4NVidtlOgFu0I
Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire @mayorofwy.bsky.social First elected Mayor of West Yorkshire.
First woman to hold a Metro Mayor role in England.
Building a brighter West Yorkshire that works for all.
Graham Sigsworth @grahamsigsworth.bsky.social Birder, Butterflies and Wildflowers, Rubbish photographer, Instrumentation Control and Automation Engineer. Lives in God's own county, North Yorkshire. Local patch Dalby Forest
BatRachy @rjleighphotography.bsky.social Rach. She/her.
Doing right by nature.
Probably can't hear you, usually muddy.
Equine rescue & rehab, photography, cats, mental illness, lifting heavy things.
Queer, AuDHD, Cumbrian // Chaotic, passionate, opinionated.
@richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social Mainly here for the birds.
UK lifelist #309 Black storks
Dr Linda Cotterill @arkleton.bsky.social Geologist and retired chartered accountant, mad about ancient volcanoes of NW Scotland and Iceland, especially St Kilda, Ardnamurchan and Mull. Geology PhD Cambridge. Passionate about rocks, birds, volcanoes & wild remote places. No DMs please.
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social TV Writer: Midsomer, Midwife, ACGAS and Dreamers (still available to stream on C4).
WGGB, Slung Low Shorts and Leeds Care Leavers Christmas.
Buseum @buseum.bsky.social 
Moorland Association @moorlandassoc.bsky.social Moorland Association members are passionate in their care for 860,000 acres of heather moorland in England and Wales.
Friends of the Dales @friendsofthedales.bsky.social We are the leading voice campaigning for a sustainable future for the Yorkshire Dales.
#EyesontheSkies is our latest campaign - learn more at: www.friendsofthedales.org.uk
Ana Lucía González @anlugonz.bsky.social 💼 Visual projects @theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ana-lucia-gonzalez-paz
🗺️ Maps shape you https://a-map-inside.webflow.io/
And more https://linktr.ee/analuciagonzalez
Hecha en 🇨🇴, formerly BBC
Ron Efrat @moveandconserve.bsky.social Conservation*Movement Ecology.
Postdoc, Max Planck Inst. of Animal Behavior.
Soaring, running, swimming, if it moves and can carry a GPS tag, I'm in.
National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social Unlocking the answers to climate change, high-risk weather and air pollution 🌏 We are NCAS - leading atmospheric science in a changing world.
Latest news, events, courses, jobs: https://linktr.ee/atmosphericscience
John Altringham @johnaltringham.bsky.social Scientist, conservationist (emeritus professor), mountain-lover, artist. Happiest outdoors.
Climate change and biodiversity crises are real.
Live in N. England. Often in Scotland.
All photos and other artwork mine. No AI
https://johnaltringham.co.uk
Bob D 🦋 @bobathon.bsky.social physicist interested in quantum theory, cosmology, climate change, stars, yorkshire, wildlife, birds, fell running, mindfulness, mindlessness, the world and stuff
Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk The Dales has many moods; wild, windswept, calm, peaceful, with valleys of hay meadows, dry stone walls and barns. One of the country’s most picturesque places. The official National Park Authority BlueSkySocial account
Richard Birchett @rmb-wildlifephoto.bsky.social 🇬🇧Pro Wildlife & Conservation Photographer 🇨🇦
📷Photography Guide Ecoterra Adventures
🏔️Ambassador fstopgear | fotopro | Tragopan
🦅Ethical Photographer
🎥YouTuber www.youtube.com/c/richardbirchett
Sonja Ludwig @sonjaludwig.bsky.social Research ecologist, PhD | Uplands ecology, conservation, conflict resolution, birds of prey, hen harrier, working together | Views my own
Hen Harrier Action UK @henharrieraction.bsky.social Protecting and restoring #HenHarrier populations across the UK through conservation, education & advocacy. 🦅
Website: https://www.henharrierday.uk
Kai-Philipp Gladow @kpg13.bsky.social Dr. rer. nat.
Postdoc at Bielefeld University 🎓
Community Ecologist & Ornithologist working on Species Interactions 🦉🦅
Labour Unionist ✊ Social Democrat 🌹 #IchBinHanna
Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social A bunch of stardust with ADHD. Scientist working on the ecology of mosquitoes and bats at Oxford Uni. Used to be @hammerheadbat on twitter. Runner, photographer, guitarist. He/him
anotura @anotura.bsky.social Birds, mainly.
Neil Simms @rns55.bsky.social Keen outdoor fan with a lifetime interest in nature. Particularly enjoy my local area of Guisborough and the North Yorks Moors with binoculars and camera to hand. Nikon P1000, Z6,RSPB, Wildlife Trust, TBC member. UTB
@jamie-brass.bsky.social @jamie-brass.bsky.social 
Thierry St-Laurent Dion @tstld.bsky.social Traditional artist from Montreal
Artworks and prints available
Website: thierrystlaurentdion.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thierrystlaurentdion?igsh=NGNsdHk1Y2p2YXhv
REVIVE @revivecoalition.bsky.social The coalition for grouse moor reform #OurMoors:
Common Weal, Friends of the Earth Scotland, League Against Cruel Sports Scotland, OneKind, Raptor Persecution UK
Find out more: https://revive.scot/
Luke Haigh Photography @lukehaigh.bsky.social UK bird photographer capturing native species in the wild. Canon R5ii | Daily posts | All photos original |
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Retacof @retacof.bsky.social Miss Wheat Harvest 1958
Golf, Bicycle, Kayak, Hiker and traveler, Women’s rights. No dm’s.
@frankwhitney.bsky.social @frankwhitney.bsky.social Scottish by birth , moved to England and live on a Canal boat as close to nature as possible, love travelling, Football and Photography 📸, weapon of choice Canon R6 m11 RF400 F2.8 +1.4 or2.0 when appropriate 😀
Dorset Raptor Study Group @dorsetraptors.bsky.social Aims to further knowledge and protection of birds of prey and owls in the county of Dorset, with a special interest in Hobby. Support us at drsg.co.uk
Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social An idiot, but not one of the useful kind.
SJ Bradley @bradleybooks.bsky.social Short story writer, novelist, audio playwright. Maps of Imaginary Towns,The Netflix Reviewer (Substack), Uneasy Listening (podcast). PGcert Teaching Creative Writing (Cambridge), K Blundell Trust Award.
linktr.ee/bradleybooks From Wakefield, now NI
Sarah Clarke @saraheclarkephoto.bsky.social Visual storyteller/photographer
Dog mom 🐕
Crafter
Book lover 📖
UK based
📷 Canon R6 mk2
📱 Samsung S24 Ultra
She/her
All photos my own unless stated otherwise
Phil Pickin @philpickin.co.uk Photographer, features writer & journalist. Working with The BTO, Alamy, Vine House Farm and Bird Watching magazine.
Sarah Brooks @sarahbrooks.bsky.social Writer, reader. Debut novel 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands' published by W&N (UK) and Flatiron Books (US). https://linktr.ee/sarahbrookswriting
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF 🚀 Fantasy 🧜♂️ Spec Fic ✨, and Horror 🧟 Part of Profile Books 📚 https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
GPWigglesworth @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social 'The Book Lover's (& Movie) Quiz Book' (1 & 2) author. Book quiz host - The Betsey Trotwood (next one 15/09). Sales & marketing manager at British Library Publishing. All opinions my own! All quiz dates etc here - https://www.gpwigglesworth.co.uk/
Alan @lobb66.bsky.social Birding, mostly … Cornwall, mostly …
www.stivesbirders.co.uk
The Messy Ecologist @themessyecologist.bsky.social I’m campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and let’s Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers 🦫
Founder of the Wee Pond Project 🐸
Ed Betteridge @edjbetteridge.bsky.social Birder
Head ringer Lower Piddle Valley RS, Dorset
Ex AW Bardsey/Calf of Man Bird Obs
Suzanne Atkinson @suzanne11a.bsky.social It’s all about the birds!
Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social UK based fine artist. Painter (mostly). Dog person (obviously). Abandoned/derelict building enthusiast. Wayfarer. Visionary. Procrastinator.
No NFTs. No AI.
http://www.leemadgwick.co.uk
leemadgwickart on instagram
superhackers @superhackers.bsky.social The Cool Shenanigans of Tech Nerds
dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social Place-names, maps, languages dgplacenames.wordpress.com
auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
Tim Roberts @zaphodiom.bsky.social 
Ruth’s Portraits (Ruth Weaver) @ruths-portraits.bsky.social Avian Artist | Birder | Ecologist & ECoW | Illustrator
https://linktr.ee/ruthsportraits
Deborah Malcolm Art @deborahmalcolmart.bsky.social Artist from Chichester, UK.
Pointillism & fantasy landscapes mainly in acrylics. Bright colours & bold designs. No AI.
My work is licensed with several Diamond Painting companies.
www.deborahmalcolm.com
@pwf3.bsky.social @pwf3.bsky.social 
Andrew Craig @andrewcraig.bsky.social Co-editor of Head In The Clouds: The Best Stories From 50 Years of Free Flying. Get it from xcmag.com or your local bookshop. Paraglider pilot, cyclist. Krypton Factor champion 1992, twice Mastermind semifinalist, winner on The Chase. Former BBC journalist
Ruth Saxton @leedsbird.bsky.social Loiner. LUFC. Film. Arts. Animals.
Marketing Manager at Red Ladder Theatre Co.
Procrastinating author of part-finished children's novel.
Louise @plw18.bsky.social Cyclist #bikesky, vegetarian, educator, sourdough lover. Currently working for a social mobility charity. Past jobs: Systems Analyst, Swimming Development Officer (Leeds CC), Senior leader, Economics teacher. Proud mum of two Oxford 1st class graduates!
RSPB Investigations @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social The RSPB’s Investigations Team is dedicated to protecting birds of prey. Together, we can end raptor persecution. Follow us for updates.
Fabian Hamilton @fabianhamilton.bsky.social Labour MP for Leeds North East. UK Trade Envoy to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. Constituents email - fabian.hamilton.mp@parliament.uk
Opticron @opticron.bsky.social Bringing people closer to nature since 1970.
www.opticron.co.uk
Calf of Man Bird Observatory @calfofmanbirdobs.bsky.social Bird Observatory since 1959 🐦🔭 @manxheritage.bsky.social , managed in partnership with @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social | A jewel of #ManxNature 🇮🇲
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Jonathan Pomroy @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social ASWLA. North Yorks based wildlife and landscape artist. Gilling East studio. Writer. Naturalist. Swift and house martin conservation, author of On Crescent Wings. Birdscapes Art for Conservation award 2023. Website
https://jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com/
Aivo Oblikas @aivooblikas.bsky.social Wildlife photographer from Estonia. My passion is to photograph birds of prey, but I also like to take landscapes and drone photography. I take photos with Canon R5 and DJI drones
IG -aivo.oblikas FB- AivoPhoto www.aivooblikas.com