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Amanda Tuke

@amandatuke.bsky.social
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Nature writer, urban naturalist, 30-minute Birder columnist in Bird Watching Magazine. Author of #WildPavements. Order here lnk.to/WildPavements

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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Excited to be in Frome, Somerset, today for the inaugural Consider the Wondrous #naturewriting festival. & here' my book in the window of Sherlock & Pages. Of you're nearby, there are a few tickets on the door for my urban nature walk at 2.30
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was fun going back to @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social to talk to PhD students from a range of institutions at the Leaving Footprints Conference - part of their doctoral training programmes.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Autumn phase of my book tour getting underway, with lots of fun things #urbannature #booktour
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great to see Wild Pavements in RHS Wisley's shop. Urban gardeners - with their expertise in plant id & love of plant diversity - have such a vital contribution to make in caring for our wild #urbanplants as I explained in the Aug 26 issue of The Garden magazine #urbannature @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interesting, in principle, recent newspaper feature which recommends gardeners eat the "weeds" in their garden. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Can’t beat them? Eat them! Ten of the tastiest garden weeds
Edible weeds grow in abundance in our gardens, streets and parks. With a little know-how, you can harvest delicious, nutritious, free greens
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There's nothing more fun than taking folks out to look at the amazing #pavementplants which find a roothold in our towns & cities and seeing the wildlife they support. Join me for a prowl at Consider the Wondrous Festival. Tickets here www.ticketsource.com/considerthew... #urbannature #naturewalks
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is extremely serious! Watching the #solareclipse in a busy S London park last night, we witnessed numerous blatant egs of #communitycohesion triggered simply by nature. Folks shared eclipse glasses & pinhole cameras & chatted w/ complete strangers. Help! @london.gov.uk
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Best place for #urbanbirding on a scorching day? Near water of course for that faintly cooler breeze. & last Sunday with the London Bird Club @lnhs.bsky.social at Staines Reservoir in W London, we found not 1 Black-necked Grebe, not 2, not 3, but a fab 4. #urbanbirding #urbannature #WildPavements
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hey birder friends. I'm writing a feature about "holiday patches" - an area you visit regularly, perhaps on a family holiday, & birdwatch Mine's here, Skern Bay, Taw Torridge estuary, N Devon, a nice contrast w/ London birding. I'd love to hear about yours. 🙏. #birdwatching
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's so lovely to have the opportunity to enthuse about wild #urbanplants & plug the amazing work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social to the 1mill plus readers of RHS's The Garden - Aug issue out now. The landscape photos were taken by the amazing Rachel E Billings #urbanbotany #urbannature
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thanks so much to my BSBI pals 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I'm absolutely made up to hear that I'm on this year’s @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlist for Wild Pavements. & many congrats to all the nominees, in particular @nicolawriting.bsky.social & @drmjwarren.bsky.social who have been wonderfully supportive.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The peace of a Glastonbury Festival fallow year is the perfect op to explore the fun wild #railwayplants growing at Castle Cary station, including this cute little Green Field Speedwell sprawling across the ballast. #urbanplants
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This was such fun to do, conceived and directed by the wonderful Jen & filmed by camera operator, Callum. #urbannature #pavementplants
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Very much looking forward to my next Wild Pavements walk & bookshop event at the fab Hewson Books, Kew, Fri 19 Jun starting 2pm. Nab one of the last few tickets for a gentle afternoon ramble & in-shop social. www.hewsonbooks.co.uk/event-info/w...
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Walking 'Wild Pavements' with Amanda Tuke | Hewson Books
Meet the Author of Wild Pavements: Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist, and discover some local wildlife by walking around Kew. The £3.00 ticket price is refunded if you purchase th...
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I've been squeezing in some #urbanplant surveys & workshops around book promo events. Yesterday I was at the @nhm-london.bsky.social learning to id #flies with the inspirational @flygirlnhm.bsky.social. This little cutie is a Soldier Fly (Oxycera).
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Congratulations David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social on the 20-year anniversary of The Urban Birder.🥳 But hang on, is this David as we've never seen him before - looking down rather than up?
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I'm writing a column for Bird Watching Magazine provisionally titled "It's behind you!" about missing bird sightings because you're looking in the wrong direction. I'd love to quote others (brief please!) anecdotes if you've had any experience of that? Please message me directly. Many thanks. 💚🙏
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Taking stock 3 mths into book promo. Reflections: 1) What a diff a fab publisher marketing team makes; 2) Some indie bookshops are v, v good at hosting buzzy author events; 3) Def worth exploring other promo ops too #1stBookDiary #naturewriting #urbannature freelancenaturewriter.com/2026/05/19/w...
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Wild Pavements book tour – 3 month review
As a first time author, I realise from talking to other authors how lucky I am to be working with such a communicative, creative and pro-active marketing team at Flint Books. It is inevitable, thou…
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Within reach of Crystal Palace, London on Sun 21 June? Please do join me on the summer solstice to celebrate the publication of my book **Wild Pavements** & support a very special indie bookshop, Bookseller Crow. Details/tickets in thread 👇 #naturewriting #urbannature #urbanbotany #indiebookshop
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Still some tickets left for a relaxing 2-hour #naturewriting workshop with me on Sat 16 May 10:30-12:30 as part of the #Bath Literature Festival. No prior creative writing experience needed. I'd be grateful for sharing. www.bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/wor...
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Workshop: Nature Writing With Amanda Tuke
In this two-hour creative writing workshop, participants will be collecting field notes to use as the basis for short pieces of prose which explore the theme of urban nature. Please bring a notebook a...
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Obvs I'm a fan of celebrating London's #urbannature, but this was a missed opportunity to promote #wildlifephotography best practice too, like this from the Wildlife Trusts www.wildlifetrusts.org/other-ways-g..., in particular "Don't get too close." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Photographers urged to capture London's wildlife
Londoners have until 27 May to submit their best snaps in a new competition.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Is Spindle Ermine Moth having a bumper year? I've noticed large colonies of the caterpillars & stripped Spindle bushes in both Cardiff & Kent hedgerows this spring #moths
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I'm interested in factors which affect feeding wild birds in the UK for a feature I'm writing & have set up a very short anonymised survey on google forms about this forms.gle/JmdDYkJdforQ.... I'd be super grateful for responses from nature/birdwatchers over the bank holiday weekend (& reposts). 🙏 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm so grateful for this lovely review of Wild Pavements by the inspirational nature writer Vanessa Wright in @britishwildlife.bsky.social 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A whirl of a book tour. Tonight Penarth. 5 May @goldsborobooks.bsky.social, Brighton. Then Thurs 7 May I'll be chatting all things #urbannature at @booksontherise.bsky.social a much loved indie bookshop in #Richmond. Tickets still available 💚 booksontherise.com/event/wild-p...
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Wild Pavements: Exploring Britain's Cities w/ Urban Naturalist Amanda Tuke
In Wild Pavements, naturalist Amanda Tuke shares her delight in the overlooked and underappreciated wildlife in our UK cities...
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Come on down to @goldsborobooks.bsky.social in #Brighton on 5 May 5pm for a #pavementplant prowl or join us at 6pm when we return to this lovely #indiebookshop for an author social about all things #urbannature
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
For the first bookshop event of my Wild Pavements tour, I visited the lovely Word on the Street bookshop in sunny Ashstead, Surrey, where I had a great time chatting about all things #urbannature, #pavementplants & seeing city streets differently. Penarth, Brighton, & Richmond up next.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I'm leading a FREE Wild Pavements #pavementplant walk, Sat 25th April 11:30-1pm in #Beckenham Place Park BR3 1SY. Beginners very welcome, & an ideal op to kick off your 2026 #100PlantsChallenge @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Registration & details here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #urbannature 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Great pics, Amy 💚.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Aw, thanks so much Brigit. I'm delighted you enjoyed it & very grateful for your recommendation. 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Very pleased to see that Wild Pavements was chosen as Book of the Month in the May 2026 issue of Bird Watching Magazine 💚. #urbanbirds #urbannature #1stbookdiary
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Very grateful for this lovely review of my book 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm leading a FREE Wild Pavements plant hunt as part of the Books in the Park festival in Beckenham Place Park, S London. Saturday 25 April at 11:30. Details and how to register for a place here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #urbannature #pavementplants #urbanplants
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Fun book promo things... How often do #pavementplants & #urbannature get talked about on local radio? Not enough imo, but Robert Elms' fab BBC Radio London show helped redress this last weekend, when I popped over to Broadcasting House for a chat (about 2hrs in) . www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'm honoured to be leading this relaxed early evening Wild Pavements walk for the @linneansociety.bsky.social in June. Do register for your place asap as numbers will be limited. More details in Eventbrite👇 #urbannature #pavementplants
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Unbelievably exciting! I'll be chatting to Robert Elms on BBC Radio London this Saturday 28 March at midday about all things Wild Pavements and #urbannature 💚https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7kb/episodes/player
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thanks so much for flagging this, Jo. #MyBookintheWild #urbannature
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
So looking forward to chatting to #urbannature legend, David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social for the "In Conservation with..." series Thurs 26 Mar 7pm, about our tenacious & gorgeous #pavementplants & the stories behind them. FREE to join here 👉 www.theurbanbirderworld.com/tub-webinars...
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A lovely photo by inspiring @concretebotany.bsky.social of a Fleabane I'm not familiar with. We've several Fleabane species from the Americas growing as #pavementplants in Britain, but I don't think we have this one yet!? @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Spent a lovely weekend at the Shaftesbury Book Festival listening to fab talks by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @drmjwarren.bsky.social & @lucylapwing.bsky.social. The event was close to one of the most recognisable streets in Britain - Gold Hill. & this is the usual view. 🧵
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Last weekend I co-led a delightful London Bird Club walk at Beddington Farmlands, one of London's bird record hotspots & one of my favourite urban patches. This - my first Little Ringed Plover for the year - was voted #BirdoftheDay, but a Firecrest was a close 2nd #UrbanNature #UrbanBirds
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Chuffed to see Wild Pavements reviewed in Chris Schuler's lovely substack newsletter. #urbannature #naturewriting #1stBookDiary cjschuler.substack.com/p/wild-about...
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Wild About Cities
Finding nature in unexpected places
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Looking forward to meeting members of this network tomorrow to talk about my book, Wild Pavements, & what #naturewriting might have to offer for communicating some fundamental principles of #ecology. You can register free using link below 👇
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Had the most amount of fun at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social last night for the launch of Wild Pavements, with lovely folk, who are either already #urbannature #pavementplants enthusiasts or hopefully open to being converted 💚😊💚. (Pic credits: Jen Jones & Sarah Jackson - thnx)
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I enjoyed it so much, & very grateful for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's enthusiasm and support.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
So pleased to hear that #WarrenFarm has officially received Local Nature Reserve status, & props to the local groups who've achieved this. #urbannature @brentriverpark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Southall park confirmed as local nature reserve by council
Warren Farm in Southall is already home to nesting skylarks, wildflowers, butterflies and bees.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#Toad heroes like @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social's hubby feature in my new book, Wild Pavements. Sadly #toads are relatively scarce in London so it's even more essential we care for them. #urbannature #urbanwildlife
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Like @commonbynature.bsky.social, I'm a #pavementplants enthusiast. Newcastle's a fab city for exploring #urbannature (it's featured in my book Wild Pavements) & I'll definitely be taking a copy of James' books when I next go there 💚
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy #IWD &, to celebrate, here's a wild Daffodil in one of the few areas of Greater London which urban botanists believe still has a truly indigenous population of Daffs, rather than naturalised garden throw-outs... #urbannature #urbanplants
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