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Jen Ratcliffe @jenratcliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A word & nature fueled day! Lovely to see people joining in with a new #dailynature challenge 🧡 I'm hosting a 1hr online writing workshop 'How to Hybrid-Haiku' 20th October 7pm [Pay-what-you-can] Where human bends with tree 🍂 Sign up below🔻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #NatureWriting

Writing Workshop:
How To Hybrid Haiku
20th October 19:00 [GMT]
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

that's about £28m a day renewables have saved the UK sending to petrostates since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 01/10/2026

🌳 Britain's rarest native timber tree might surprise you! The true native Black Poplar, Populus nigra, has only ~7,000 wild specimens left – and just ~600 are female. Learn to identify this and other poplars with Russell Miller on 8 Dec. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1996125969... @tverc1.bsky.social

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Planning presents for December? I've got signed & stamped copies of Land Beneath the Waves, one of BBC Wildlife's Best Books of 2025, in hardback & paperback. Ideal for anyone who loves #naturewriting, #landscape, #countrydiary & for those living with #chronicillness @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

The front cover of Land Beneath the Waves with teal waves on a sandy background and a golden red kite at the top.

Copy of Land Beneath the Waves on a rock in front of the blue sea.

A copy of Land Beneath the Waves open at the title page with signature of the author and a golden red kite stamp.

A copy of Land Beneath the Waves under the water in Nic's local chalk stream. It's all a bit wet! (No books were harmed - much - in the making of this image)!!

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Butterfly Conservation Norfolk @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reports received of Swallowtail caterpillars feeding on Fennel. These are likely to be the Continental Swallowtail (gorganus), not the British one (britannicus) which is found only in the Norfolk Broads. We would be interested to hear of any sightings of the Continental form.#savebutterflies

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Only today to go - please help if you can...

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Ingolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you an experimental plant ecologist? Keen on working with great colleagues in a thriving scientific environment and a unique global change experiment? Join us! recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/V… #ecology #ecologyjob #ecoevojob

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Leading Scientist (f/m/x) in Biodiversity Research

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GlobalBirdfair @globalbirdfair.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🇻🇺 Hello Nadine in Vanuatu 🇻🇺 Nadine will be on Tanna Island, Vanuatu participating in October Big Day on Saturday 10 October Make sure the birds near you are counted on this special day for nature www.globalbirding.org

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government

Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a miserable lot they are! Shield-bugs are wonderful! I was amazed at the soft coral-pink colour of this Hairy Shield-bug I watched emerging from its larval case a few years ago...

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Make a difference! £42.6K-£46.6K Send your application by 19/10! South & Mid: swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... North & Mid: swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... 1 post requires Welsh speaking skills. @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

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Kent Field Club @kentfieldclub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lots of love for shieldbugs here in Kent ... www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/projects/shi... #shieldbuglove

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An Atlas of the Shieldbugs and Allies of Kent | Projects| KFC

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love Shieldbugs! Here's one of my favourites. bsky.app/profile/natu...

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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They are the wonderful Striped Shieldbug, a very familiar species to wanderers through Mediterranean fields. And for the past five years or so, we have them in the UK in the Lea Valley. I wrote about our visit to Waltham Abbey to hunt them out last year. www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/exploring-th...

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Exploring the Lee Valley | Chris Gibson Wildlife

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Three days to go for @northwildlife.bsky.social to raise £30M to buy the Rothbury Estate. Impressively, they've secured over £27M in donations & pledges. But that still leaves a shortfall. I can only hope they're given more time by the seller. Or that he waives the difference. You can chip in here:

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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts

Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please send me your shieldbug photos. Let's big up these little bugs...

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Awww poor things. Love shieldbugs. Here’s a hairy shieldbug I found last year in my local stomping grounds. Pretty things 😍

A photo of a shieldbug in grass not very well camouflaged - it’s got a burgundy body with some green in the middle, and stripy sides and antennae.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Poor shieldbugs! The below-the-line commenters this morning don't seem to be big fans...

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Laura Rocklyn @lauralostintime.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks to the #BrontëParsonageMuseum and all the speakers for an inspiring weekend at the #BrontëWomensWritingFestival! Spending time in #Haworth is always a treat and getting to listen to so many #writers talk about their work and the ways they have been influenced by the #Brontës is an added joy.

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Ian Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes at auction you find some real gems... Dartmoor Auctions next weekend, Lot 1035. Pitminster near you @iand777.bsky.social ? @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social Tempting...

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A great writerly afternoon at Haworth. 📚😊

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just getting ready for chatting this afternoon with @wendypratt.bsky.social and Anna Caldwell at the #Bronte Women's Festival of Writing in #Haworth.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hill and sky. A horizon. I'll be sad to leave Haworth later.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found this extremely useful.

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spotted #Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on the median of Columbus Boulevard in 2019. I'm sorting galleries for the species now. It's such a beautiful noxious invasive. #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #SpottedKnapweed

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Such cool rooftop dudes. Wouldn't mind coming back as a jackdaw.

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Anna Caig @annacaig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The paperback of The Wise Witch of Orkney is published on 1 October and I've been feeling a little overwhelmed by all the 'shoulds' and eveything I'm not doing. So, I've decided to focus on a mini tour of Yorkshire with writers I hugely admire. Please come along if you can 😊📚📚

Three book events in Haworth, Sheffield and York

Come along and celebrate the publication of The Wise Witch of Orkney

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That's not a wall. THIS is a wall! 😍

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Can't quite get my head round the fact I'll be taking part in the Women's Writing Festival in the Old School Room where the Brontës taught. Pinch me! 📚 😲

A plaque explaining that Charlotte Brontë taught here.

A quote from Emily Brontë written on a window. Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Room with a view in Haworth. 😍

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Steam train across Brontë country to Haworth.

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

England's Wildlife Trusts are ~90% of the way to raising £30M to buy 3,800 hectares of #Northumberland. If you have some spare money, even just £10, they can really use it *before September 30th*! 🙏 #rewilding #wildlife 🦅🐿🐺🦉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm on #Penrith station. It is chucking it down. I feel so at home. 😊🌧️

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