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Chantal Lyons

@chantallyons.bsky.social
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Sci Comms writer & naturalist. Debut non-fic GROUNDBREAKERS on the return of Britain’s wild boar out w/ Bloomsbury 1 Feb 2024! Rep’d by James Macdonald Lockhart.

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I have taken the perfect photo of my dad and his dog
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Would be so cool to but I’d be self funded and would have to get the time off work, so unfortunately unable to…
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Reminder to all in the Bristol area/surrounding environs that I'll be talking about the future of #WildBoar in Britain at the gorgeous Belmont Estate next Wednesday evening! Tickets here 👉 belmont.estate/events/
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This book is sublime. That is all.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Blueskyers, what do you think - is the creature in this (hilarious) video a #WildBoar or a peccary? Looks like the latter to me… www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhT...
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RESGATANDO JAVALI INGRATO
YouTube video by Wende Crispim
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
SUPER interesting new paper here from scientists in Argentina which find that termites incorporated megafauna bones into their nests & may have thinned out the Pleistocene fossil record in parts of South America as a result! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thank you so much Anand!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The wonders of our world are infinite www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video
Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two species working together.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
At Chaparri Bear Reserve in Peru (bonus trip while out here for work). Their habituated peccaries take belly rubs therefore we must assume wild boar would also enjoy them
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Currently obsessed with this new paper which infers that North America is missing a large bioturbating herbivore which basically means that feral hogs are ground sloths in pig’s clothing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
That is so cool, I’ve never seen that before!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Sorry Lynda, I don’t run the website! @walklistencreate.org can you help?
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Just 7 days left to enter your poem or flash story on the theme of “In the dark” to the @walklistencreate.org writing competition! (And I’m a judge 😍) write.walklistencreate.org/wr_instance/...
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Write About Walking – In the Dark
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Frustrating when you come across a glaring error in a well-reviewed book that makes you wonder if other “facts” therein are wrong too. Thylacine ancestors in Australia date back at least 30 mya? Maybe getting confused w/ dingo. Vital for authors to check & re-check text before publication…
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🤩🤩🤩
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🤩
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I did not want to see the news tonight that Jane Goodall has died. But what a life. What a human. What an impact she had on our understanding of our fellow Earthlings and their right to life. We are so much poorer for having lost her.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
And yes I have been known to walk into glass doors at times
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
When your fiancé is reading a biography of Francis Crick, who was married to your great aunt Odile, and points out this bit and says “Look, your accident gene runs in the family”
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Congratulations!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🤣
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The funny thing about this article is that… it’s not a very big number??
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Yes - it doesn’t seem like a very big number to me!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I am so glad you fought for that
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I was utterly charmed by @bsbicountries.bsky.social’s quest to find a medley of Britain’s endemic species. Also, YES to Pokémon references in nature writing
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Online this Tuesday evening. Delving into the exciting & urgent question of how we can include the lives & experiences of nonhumans in writing w/ fellow author Emma Geen, hosted by @walklistencreate.org! Tickets here: walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
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Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals
How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...
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Peter Cairns @petecairns.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Books that intelligently poke at our complex relationship with wild nature, should be compulsory reading - this is one of them. @chantallyons.bsky.social immerses herself in the world of wild boar and those people with an opinion on their growing presence. www.waterstones.com/book/groundb...
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Believe there are still tickets going for my panel with @sophiepavs.bsky.social & Peter Cairns at the Edinburgh Book Fest tomorrow morning - if you’re around, come! www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Peter Cairns: Landscape, and Beavers, and Boars (Oh, My!)
From Wed 20 Aug - Sharing their deep understanding of what we're lucky to have in nature and how to repair the damage done, Wainwright Prize-­shortlisted author of Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons, To Ha...
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Two brilliant new reads on coexistence with creatures great & small - @adamweymouth.bsky.social on wolves, & @julianhoffman.bsky.social on fellow humans, bears, wrens, swallows & beyond in Greece ❤️
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I wondered that but they don’t seem to look like the photos I can find online?
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I’ve always heard that damsons are generally too sour to eat as they are - but I’ve found a tree near me whose fruit is green-fleshed yet divine (like miniature Victoria plums). Are my tastebuds off or have I found a Magical Damson Tree?
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
On 2 Sept at 7pm, I'll be holding an online @walklistencreate.org writer's salon with Emma Geen (author of one of my all-time favourite sci-fis) on the deeply fascinating question of how to write the worlds of other animals. Book a ticket and join us! walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
walklistencreate.org
Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals
How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Sorry but this photo of my parents’ rescue dog from Sri Lanka being walked in the rain kills me
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Thanks so much Dave :)
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A highly readable account not only about the life-generating powers of beavers, but also the hard graft of campaigning often required by passionate individuals and fleet-footed small NGOs to make positive change happen. 2/2
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Loved @argatyredkites.bsky.social’s new book on his ultimately triumphant battle to save #beavers from being shot & bring them to his land in Scotland. 1/2
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
March 2025: Defra withdraws GL45 amid concerns of Avian Flu. June 2025: BASC starts legal proceedings against this decision June 2025: Avian Flu outbreaks start popping up across the UK, including at commercial gamebird rearing facility. Defra 1 - BASC 0. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/07/d...
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DEFRA withdraws licence for release of gamebirds on Special Protection Areas due to high risk of avian flu – BASC starts legal challenge
In 2020, Wild Justice won a significant legal challenge against Defra, forcing it to introduce a licensing scheme for the release of gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges) on or near Nat…
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I’m just so shocked that it took so long for this to come to light - they left such a trail!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Raced through this by @drjuliashaw.bsky.social - had no idea of the issue of illegal gold miners in South Africa! Compelling storytelling throughout.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Wonderful to see the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social going from strength to strength & to see so many deserving books on the longlist this year! It remains an absolute honour for my book to have been Highly Commended in the Conservation category last year ❤️ wainwrightprize.com/news/longlis...
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Longlists and Judging Panels Announced for 2025 Wainwright Prizes - Wainwright Prize
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
So cute that you think Texas has a monopoly on experiences of living with wild boar
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
An entire Dorset village faces eviction, proof that private money rules rural England. On 5 July, join Right to Roam for a peaceful trespass at Bridehead to protest the feudal grip on land. #RightToRoam #Bridehead #LittleBredy #Dorset www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We must protect the precious babirusa 🥲
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Oh honey no, wild boar are native to Europe.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thank you so much Nic 😍 (I think we spoke at the Small City Bookshop event?)
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thank you so much Tom - it’s always a pleasure to get a nuanced review like this one!
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I could watch boar wallow videos all day
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Awwww! Very good camera trap placement ;)
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thanks so much Bill! Libraries are the BEST
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Alick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
My book ‘Treated Like Animals’ is now available in paperback - direct from the publisher, from bookshops, physical and on-line. pelagicpublishing.com/products/tre...
Extract from Pelagic Publishing’s new books  newsletter showing a book by Alick Simmons entitled Treated Like Animals.
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