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Nick Acheson

@themarshtit.bsky.social
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Nature conservation. Low carbon living. Classical music and opera. Theatre and books. Gruesome lefty vegan tree-hugger. 🏳️‍⚧️ ally. Happiest when muddy. 🦆🌱🚲🏳️‍🌈📚 themarshtit.com

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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 6h
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Russell Chalk streams in crisis @russellb1ggs.bsky.social · 9h
Cuteness overload 😍 Baby 🦫 Kit collecting it’s supper ❤️#ChalkStreams
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My friends at @norfolknats.bsky.social and @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social are hosting a joint conference on nature recording for nature recovery. Details below. It’ll be good!
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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We are absolutely delighted to share that Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social was awarded a Highly Commended recognition for Nature Writing at last night's 2026 Wainwright Prize @wainwrightprize.bsky.social #Booksky #Nonfiction Congratulations, Nicola! 🎉
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Suffolk Naturalists’ Society @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
SNS and NNNS JOINT CONFERENCE 2026 Saturday, 10th October, Diss Corn Hall. Recording for Nature Recovery – how biological recording will benefit wildlife in crisis Please see link for details and booking. Non-member tickets available from 1st September sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...
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SNS meetings and events – Suffolk Naturalists' Society
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We did a thing swla.co.uk/support-us/t...
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We did a thing swla.co.uk/support-us/t...
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pouring in this week Chris ☺️
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
😍😍
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A very happy Big Pinkfoot Push Day to all who celebrate
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
East of a line from the Humber to The Solent, there are more Zitting Cisticolas living & breeding than there are Willow Tits (now effectively zero).
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Seago clouds, full of swallows
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My first dropped onto Pat’s in (probably) 1988. I miss EVERYTHING being thrilling and new, but especially I miss the species we’ve lost and the erstwhile excitement of species that have since been turbo-charged by climate change.
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Happy ducks 🦆
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Very late for #wildflowerhour: small scabious
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Same view, fifteen minutes apart. The first as I frantically got my laundry in. Swifts overhead, in a great swirl of house martins. Doubtless the last swifts I’ll see here this year. Go safely wild ones.
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Go safely, my beautiful friends [volume up]
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hop springs eternal
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sunset over the marsh today. As the nights grow longer, you have to seize every opportunity to jump in the sea.
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Please don’t take her even though you can
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It is 🏰
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James McCallum @jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Exhibition at Cley VC up and running...
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
☺️
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Went to Wales Stayed four weeks Had no WiFi Wrote 20,000 words Read two and a half books Saw The Odyssey Walked 350,000 steps Reacquainted myself with dippers, common hawkers and gold-ringed dragonflies Was deeply grateful
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I don't want to have to engage in protest. I'd rather just get on with my research, and I found it quite emotional But while my government is considering pouring more fuel on the fires, despite everything we know and everything we're experiencing, what else am I supposed to do?
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Haywain 2026
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NNNS are saddened to hear that Carl Chapman passed away on Friday. Carl made a massive contribution to the Society, as a Trustee, Chairman & through the creation of the Liaison Committee (which he also chaired)- a body that helped strengthen links between NNNS and other local wildlife charities. 1/x
A man wearing a brimmed hat is smiling. In front of his face is a Purple Emperor butterfly that is perched on the end of a grass stem.
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
All well, thank you. I hope you are too Andrew. I’m just very busy trying to write something and keeping distractions to a minimum ☺️
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Bless you, I’m fine thanks. Just have my head down writing something big and trying to limit distractions ☺️
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Say What: Woman's Expressive Reaction
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
😢
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The swallows in this village have no respect for personal space
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1) fat hen, greater plantain, knotgtass sp., annual meadow-grass. 2) annual meadow-grass. #geometricalbotany
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
😞
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I am profoundly thankful for trees
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I lost a pillowcase in the laundry this morning. Is it too early to blame Andy Burnham?
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Succinct review
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Asteraceae doing the heavy lifting for this week’s #wildflowerhour #stillflowering challenge: musk thistle (with painted lady caterpillar) on chalk grassland, Canadian goldenrod, wall lettuce (in this case door lettuce) and (not Asteraceae) entangled tendrils of tufted vetch and hedge bindweed.
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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Great idea. One of the most inspiring books when I was young, then I was lucky enough to get to know Keith in person, then later to employ Alan's daughter! Any young birders need this book.
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Dr Marcus Rhodes @marcusrhodes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#BigButterflyCount is here! Between now and the 9th August: - spend 15 mins in a sunny spot - count the butterflies you see - submit your sightings Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
Butterfly Conservation Big Butterfly Count

Get out for the count. Spend 15 minutes in a sunny spot and gather vital data to save butterflies and moths.

17 July to 9 August

Take part. Identify and record your sightings at bigbutterflycount.org or scan the QR code to download our free app.

Exclusive media partner BBC Gardeners' World magazine

#BigButterflyCount

Image: Peacock butterfly by Gundula Vogel
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wild things from yesterday: black bryony berries a wasp subduing a (still living) peppered moth a painted lady caterpillar on musk thistle
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Me too 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Smooooooth
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Exactly that Tim 😭
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Speckled wood and black darter in West Norfolk today
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I just heard a dark bush-cricket. It’s winter.
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Riggit innit
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