Harry Orchard @harryorchard

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A nice start to the day at Needingworth gravel pits. Finally got some good Turtle Dove views @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
#ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding

13.06.2025 09:07 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Mist over one of Needingworth quarry lakes with sunrise over the distant treeline.

An atmospheric morning at Needingworth gravel pits. Purring Turtle Doves, booming Bittern and a Cuckoo was quite the soundtrack to start the day. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding

14.05.2025 08:39 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

An early cycle to @rspb.bsky.social Ouse Fen this morning was rewarded with great views of the Great Reed Warbler, plus little ringed plover, common sandpiper and dunlin @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #lowcarbonbirding

28.04.2025 07:35 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

A very obliging Short-eared Owl at Ouse Fen this evening. It sat in this patch of grass for around 30 mins, giving great views. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding #cambirds

13.04.2025 20:23 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Reminder to check in (and through!) every bush - you never know what might turn up. In this case a patch year tick of a pair of avocets at Needingworth quarry lakes this afternoon. Brief phone-scoped footage through heat haze and vegetation won't win any prizes. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

08.04.2025 13:38 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Nice to see a pair of red-crested pochard among the black-headed gull colony on Barleycroft Lake this afternoon @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding

29.03.2025 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

2 spoonbill high over Needingworth gravel pits just now before heading NE. Presumably the pair who've been frequenting the washes at Earith recently.
#ukbirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

21.03.2025 13:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Had the first three sand martin of the year over Ouse Fen this evening @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

09.03.2025 20:31 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Feeling very fortunate to see a preening bittern on my lunchtime walk today, on the gravel pits on the west side of Ouse Fen #UKbirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

07.03.2025 16:29 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A red fox in a grassy field, looking back at the camera.

A red fox in a grassy field with a rabbit in its jaws.

Saw a nice fox on my lunchtime walk. Turns out the fox was also on a lunch break...

#FoxOfTheDay #nature
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social

05.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@harryorchard is following 20 prominent accounts

RareBirdAlert
@rarebirder

EAUC
@theeauc

EAUC is the leading membership body for sustainability in the post-16 education sector in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We serve over 300 organisations whilst working to change systems that enable sustainability action.

Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals
@isepglobal

Formerly IEMA, ISEP members set the benchmark for sustainability and environmental professionals globally – transforming the world today for a sustainable future.

Brendan Doe
@laziobirder

Cambs Birder, Gulls, Ouse Washes, Fair Isle, Ventotene

British Birds Rarities Committee
@britishbirdsbbrc

Mark Hawkes
@grafhamwbirder

Birding Grafham Water from Aug 1997 (236 for the patch) | WeBS counter | Cambs List 302 (233 self-found) | Former County Recorder | terrible photographer

Rachel Lennard
@birdergirl

Birding!

Octopus Energy
@octopus.energy

Floating about. We believe energy should be better - a better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money. Need help from our social media team? https://octo.ps/bluesky-help

Jon Heath
@jonheath

Natural Science and Photography, but mainly Birds 🐦 | Cambridgeshire County Bird Recorder | Born at 356 ppm

Dave Roberts.
@djrlincsbirder

Birds, Moths, Nature etc.

Guy Shrubsole
@guyshrubsole

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

Low-Carbon Birding
@birdingclimate

A climate-friendly approach to ornithology Book: https://bit.ly/38khIeT Website: https://lowcarbonbirding.net/

@megapode

Cambridgeshire birder.

Ouse Fen Birder
@brickert

I think therefore I bird. Local patch RSPB Ouse Fen and RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes. Achieved birding ambition of seeing a representative from every bird family worldwide in 2024.

Rewilding Britain
@rewildingbritain.org.uk

The official Bluesky for Rewilding Britain NGO 🌱 🐳 Our aim is the mass restoration of ecosystems so that nature and people can thrive. #ThinkBigActWild #Rewilding

Jack Baddams
@jabaddams

Bird ringer, watcher and nest finder based in north Derbyshire 🐦

Great Fen
@greatfen.org.uk

The Great Fen project is one of the most exciting habitat restoration projects ever undertaken in Britain. It will create a 3,700 hectare wetland. www.greatfen.org.uk

Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS)
@bbs-birds

The UK Breeding Bird Survey & Waterways Breeding Bird Survey; monitoring bird species with skilled volunteers. A @btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social partnership. https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/breeding-bird-survey

Patchwork Challenge
@patchbirding

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

Cairngorms National Park
@cairngormsnews

Fàilte! Find out what’s happening across the Cairngorms National Park and be part of a community that’s helping nature and people to thrive together. https://cairngorms.co.uk/