1512 : No Appetite For Destruction (14/3/26)

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Yet more habitat destruction around the eastern half of Dundee made for a soul-destrying day's birding, with the only real highlight being a new addition to my 2026Dundee150 list.

#BirdingScotland #naturewriting

Blog of our March monthly short break by bus and train, to St Ives, Huntingdon & Godmanchester.
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Expect the usual #NatureWriting, with added architecture, history, politics and revolution....

... y por otro, el pasado mítico y futuro incierto de uno de los animales más fascinantes del planeta , ‘Ocho osos’, de la periodista especializada Gloria Dickie 💚📖Los tenéis en #Urueña y también os los envío encantada.
#librosdenaturaleza #naturewriting #montaña

1511 : Perseverance Or Pointlessness? (11/3/26)

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Trying again for the Tayport Glaucous Gull (a 2nd bird this year).

#naturewriting #BirdingScotland

1510 : Reservoir Rewards (8/3/26)

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A trip up to (the Dundee) Clatto Reservoir in search of raptors in the sunshine...

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Country diary: Look again at these unassuming spiky bundles – they’re firestarters | Phil Gates Deerness Valley, County Durham: Rushes were matches before matches were invented, vital to the rural poor for a little light in the dark. Time to give them a try myself

Making rushes into candles isn't straightforward, as Phil Gates finds out in today's @theguardian.com country diary.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Lap-wing, Flap-wing
Black-wing, Silver-wing
Dawn-lit, Spring Pee-wit

💚 #noticingnature #dailynature #naturewriting

#naturewriting Wood anemones and wild daffodils in the ancient woodland of Lesness Abbey Wood

Bird place-name of the day 142: CARNFORTH (Lancs). OE cran + ford. ‘Cranes’ ford’. #PlaceNames #birdsandplace #naturewriting

A sky mottling from greys to cadmium white, moves in still shot, trees black reach towards it

Clouds the chin of a fin whale,
Impasto striped
pearl glades in pebble swathes,
a single cluster cauliflower
unfurls it's slow body:
caterpillar
dragon
soup.
Air prepared for show,
Listen to what you can see.

#DailyNature
#NatureWriting #NaturePoetry #Poetry #Sky #Nature #Photography #Colour

Crikey. In some esteemed company on the bookshelf in the wonderful Woodstock Bookshop. What it is to have a surname beginning with M (or N). 'This Is Not My Land' in all good bookshops, including Woodstock. Thank you for stocking. #nature #naturewriting #slowtravel #books #Oxfordshire #Cotswolds

Rig and Furrow on proximity

In the heart of Queens Park, Glasgow, the bones of medieval agriculture are still clear to the eye and easily felt underfoot. This month's essay weaves my discovery of old rig and furrow - and its legacy of collective care - with the realisation of my own garden's season of isolation. #naturewriting

Country diary: Spring is here – a mad mix of joy and discipline | Paul Evans The Marches, Shropshire: The call of the chiffchaff and the turning of the allotment soil – these are seasonal rituals honed over time

Spring has sprung, the grass is riz... in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

💧Happy publication day to #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social!

Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources, saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries, spectacular lochs, crystal-clear chalk streams, blanket bogs and more.

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If you’re a Gloucestershire resident, come and hear me talk about cuckoos and all sorts of other birds in our place-names … how did our ancestors’ connect to their localities through nature? chippingcampden.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social #AuthorTalk #naturewriting

Books received in the post today (without the aid of a tripod—sorry).
#ReadingPoets
#TheChronicLife
@honnopress.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
#NatureWriting
#BookSky

Flora, fauna and fine art: £1m grant to explore natural history Funding ties in with current rise of the 19th century’s favourite discipline

Congratulations to Francesca Mackenney for securing a £1 million grant from @leverhulme.ac.uk to investigate the rise of natural history in the 19th century.

#NatureWriting
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Country diary: My garden log pile is teeming with life | Kate Bradbury Hove, East Sussex: Loading it up with many different species – oak, elder, hazel, willow and birch – has turned it into a thriving ecosystem

Take a peek into @katebradbury.bsky.social's busy log pile in today's @theguardian.com country diary...

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Bird place-name of the day 141: CRANFIELD (Beds). OE cran + feld. ‘Cranes’ open land’. #PlaceNames #birdsandplace #naturewriting

MY PANDA PROBLEM An essay by Tom Guzzio on the complex relationship between humans and animals. Exploring themes of anthropomorphism, animal conservation, and personal stories of dogs and cats, Guzzio examines how our...

Since I’m relatively new to Bluesky, I’m posting a few essays from the before times.

This one explores the "mysterious intersections of humanity and kingdom animalia," from the menageries of the Medici to a feral dog in the American suburbs who became mine. #EssaySky #NatureSky #NatureWriting

1509 : Same Again? (7/3/26)

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Another long walk round the Eastern half of Dundee.

Introducing Common Spring Moths Oak Beauty Biston strataria - Dorset 23.3.26 If you are new to moth recording then Spring is a great time to start. Moth numbers are manag...

Spring is an ideal time to start meeting moths. Here are the common ones.
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#teammoth #moths #naturewriting

Country diary: The miracle of bursting buds – tiny yet astoundingly powerful | Amy-Jane Beer Welburn, North Yorkshire: Limited to the garden, I’m able to admire up close how buds are, very literally, a force of nature

Today's @theguardian.com by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social is a very touching account of the way the marvels of the natural world offer solace, distraction and remind us of our own resilience.

#naturewriting #countrydiary

1508 : Outside And In (4/3/26)

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Two relatively short birding 'halves' with a meeting about birds/wildlife in the middle made for an interesting sort of day on 4th of March.

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Thank you to all the contributors who made the internet & this blog a joyous nature filled space:

@jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social @petergknight.bsky.social @noswpod.bsky.social @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social @mixaeljones.bsky.social @martinbr.bsky.social @charlie-alice-raya.org

#NatureWriting

Wakeful Rest: March #DailyNature Roundup (Weeks 2–3) Happy Ostara! On Wakeful Rest, Forgetting, and Top Community Posts from Weeks 2–3 of the Daily Nature Challenge

I truly had not forgotten the latest #DailyNature Ostara roundup but winds of internet gods were telling me to slow down - so I listened.

When was the last time you let yourself be a part of wakeful rest? Eyes open, mind quiet, nature infusing...

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#NatureWriting

...while insects included Eupeodes corollae and Nomada zonata, as hundreds of 7-spot Ladybirds and Velvet Mites clambered on the bursting Alexanders.
#WildEssex
#NatureWriting

A book held in a man's hand on a train

Just finished reading The Brilliant Abyss by @helenscales.bsky.social after realising I just didn't know enough about hydrothermal vents. Brilliant abyss, brilliant #naturewriting. The deep really is full of wonders, to explore and to defend from predatory extractivist capitalism.

Country diary: A truly special combination of beach, hill and church | John Gilbey Mwnt, Ceredigion: There are many isolated spots along this stretch of coastline. On a rare sunny day, I take a walk to one of them

Late posting of @theguardian.com today. After a wonderful weekend at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social, I slept for nearly 24 hours! (Need to build in time to recover when you live with energy-limiting conditions.)

So here's John Gilbey's lovely diary on the Mwnt coastline...

#naturewriting #countrydiary

IN TREES: An Exploration by @robertmoor.com drops on April 7th. I just got a sparkling hardcover and my cat approves 🥰

#NatureWriting #BookSky #Trees