Luke Bailes @lukebailes1 - Bluesky Profile

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Great to catch this snipe amongst other species ringing on a private water treatment works in south Herefordshire. Also, on the theme of well camouflaged species, this tawny was also roosting on a tree on site.

18.10.2025 19:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Check out this Land for sale on Rightmove Land for sale in Ripple, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, GL20 for £700,000. Marketed by Fisher German, Worcester

Ripple Pits for sale - I hope @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social and @worcswt.bsky.social can give the acquisition of this important site with huge potential serious consideration
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

14.10.2025 18:55 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

A ringing session yesterday in Worcestershire produced this little beauty (a lesser spotted woodpecker) A recapture from last year, which is quite significant given only a couple are ringed each year (recaptures are extremely unlikely).

13.10.2025 22:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A great evening at @worcswt.bsky.social Trench Wood and surrounding land highlights including 5+marsh tit, buzzard, sparrowhawk, buzzard, 4+brown hare, and loads of roe Deer and hirundines.

10.08.2025 10:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill Arguments for a legal challenge against the government […]

We've been granted a permissions hearing at the High Court for our legal challenge against Angela Raynor's assertion that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill 'will not reduce environmental protections', which we say was both untrue & unlawful.

Press release 🔽

wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...

08.08.2025 07:50 — 👍 90 🔁 43 💬 3 📌 3

Help us secure and protect a rare and precious wetland landscape 💚

Two passionate bird enthusiasts have pledged £20,000 in matched funding to help inspire others to give. While the pot lasts, your donation will be matched pound for pound.

Donate now 👇

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/appeals/prot...

29.07.2025 18:02 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Protecting Worcestershire’s Wetland Wildlife | Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Worcestershire Wildlife Trust has a rare opportunity to purchase land on Longdon Marsh, near our Hill Court Farm and The Blacklands nature reserve. This is a rare opportunity to provide connectivity i...

The fields opposite Hill Court Farm entrance where the Snow Bunting was discovered earlier this year now up for grabs! Would make fabulous roadside wetland scapes! Please donate if you can. Protecting Worcestershire’s Wetland Wildlife #worcsbirds www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/appeals/prot...

04.08.2025 08:47 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

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27.07.2025 12:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Forgot to post this a few weeks ago.
297birds caught in a busy ringing session in Herefordshire, including 9 new ringing ticks for me. Most notably all three wagtail species including one adult and three juv. Yellow wagtail.

27.07.2025 12:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Songthrush and Whitethroat amongst the species I've seen lately at cherry orchard nature reserve.

03.07.2025 21:15 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I didn't realise there were any little owls left around Worcester.

08.02.2025 14:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

@lukebailes1 is following 20 prominent accounts

Thermal4Birding
@thermal4birding

We are the UK leading supplier of Thermal Imaging Tech for Birders, Bird Ringing, Ecologists and Conservationists. Contact us if you have any questions. #iamtheHolly

British Birds
@britishbirds

British Birds publishes articles on identification, distribution, migration, conservation and taxonomy. We're THE bird journal of record in Great Britain.

BTO Northern Ireland
@bto-ni

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is the UK’s leading bird research organisation. Discover BTO projects, news and events from across Northern Ireland right here. https://www.bto.org/about-bto/national-offices/bto-northern-ireland

BTO Scotland
@btoscotland

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is the UK's leading bird research organisation. Follow us to discover project updates and bird news from across Scotland. https://www.bto.org/about-bto/national-offices/bto-scotland

BTO England
@btoengland

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is the UK’s leading bird research organisation. Discover research updates, project news and events from across England right here. https://www.bto.org/

RSPB Science
@rspbscience

Research, reports, and citizen science from the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science

Quite Interesting
@qi.com

A Quite Interesting account from the team behind the BBC show QI.

Patch Hopcroft
@patch67

Local patch birder at Grimley/Holt Worcestershire

Dorset Raptor Study Group
@dorsetraptors

Aims to further knowledge and protection of birds of prey and owls in the county of Dorset, with a special interest in Hobby.

Lee Barber
@lee00barber

Bird ringer, Ornithologist, Conservation, BTO Nest Record Scheme Organiser, BTO CES and RAS organiser, EV lover, veg grower, Bobby Dazzler.

Bird Observatories Council GB&I
@birdobscouncil

The Bird Observatories Council co-ordinates and promotes the work of the Bird Observatories at a national level in Great Britain, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. https://www.birdobscouncil.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

Fair Isle Bird Observatory
@fairislebirdobs

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Landguard Bird Observatory
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Suffolk's Migration Watchpoint

Jonathan Dodds
@jdbirder

Birding between Ramsgate and Sandwich Bay 📍 Following migration 🐦‍⬛ Ecologist | Long-term Volunteer for: Spurn, Bardsey & Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory

BirdTrack
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Free online and in-field tool for your bird sightings, run by @btobirds.bsky.social Make your records work for birders and conservation science: join the community! #BirdTrack www.birdtrack.net

Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP)
@webs-gsmp

The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) and Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP) are volunteer-based UK monitoring schemes for non-breeding waterbirds. https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/wetland-bird-survey

Hampshire Ornithological Society
@hosbirding

Hampshire Ornithological Society (HOS) records and publishes information about wild birds in the county of Hampshire, England #HantsBirds www.hos.org.uk

Gower Ornithological Society
@gowerbirds

Official BlueSky feed for the Gower Ornithological Society #Gowerbirds #NPTbirds #GowerRingingGroup

Sheffield Bird Study Group
@shefbirdstudy

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)