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Laurence Rose

@windhovering.bsky.social
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Conservationist, writer, naturalist, resting composer. Next book 'Windhover' out 2026. laurencerose.co.uk

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🌿 UNWILDED by Alastair Humphreys What happens when we lose our everyday connection with nature? In Unwilded, Alastair Humphreys explores how our increasingly indoor, screen-based lives affect our wellbeing, our communities and the planet.
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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What an amazing contribution! I can't wait to enter mine to #BirdTrack - just need more days in the week!
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My, but Richmond's a beautiful spot. Looking forward to talking with @windhovering.bsky.social this evening as part of the @books-and-boots.bsky.social festival.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Looking forward to two days at #Richmond @books-and-boots.bsky.social Monday evening, @nicwilson.bsky.social in conversation with me, then my #naturewriting walk and talk Tuesday morning and lunchtime.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Terrible news.
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Richard Allen @richardallenart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My exhibition continues until 5 on Tuesday, open daily 10-5 #birdart #linocut #birdinguk
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hcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What if you could hear 100 million years of orchid evolution? 🌸 Kate Ellis performs the UK Premiere of Nick Roth’s 'Orchidées', translating DNA sequences into a 70-minute journey for solo cello. 📅 29 Nov, 4pm | 📍 St Paul’s Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/orchidees/
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eight wild-born Choughs have fledged in Kent, marking another step in efforts to restore the species to the county after an absence of more than 200 years:
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Eight wild-born Choughs fledge in Kent
Chough has bred in the wild in Kent following the release of captive-reared birds in 2023, with the county population now estimated at 35.
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Andrew Bibby @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A meeting of the UK's author-run publisher @gritstonebooks.bsky.social today and guess who arrived at the window as we were finishing. Well, we do publisher books on nature and the countryside. @cumbriapr.bsky.social @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social @windhovering.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
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hcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Artist Spotlight: Lauri Supponen We’re delighted to welcome Lauri Supponen to hcmf// 2026 as Composer in Residence. Experience his multiple perspectives woven throughout the festival. 20–29 Nov |📍 Huddersfield | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/2026-programme/
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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🌱 Emma Marsh @emmamarsh5.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The support we've received after the devastating wildfires on RSPB reserves has been incredible. Thank you to everyone who’s helped 💚 Now comes the challenge of recovery. We’ve launched an appeal for RSPB Minsmere. Please donate if you can and share widely www.rspb.org.uk/donate/minsm...
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Minsmere wildfire appeal
Wildfires have devastated RSPB Minsmere, causing incredible amounts of damage. We urgently need your help today.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Looking forward to our "in conversation" next month, Nic!
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thanks Stephen. Yes, GMH and his The Windhover feature in my Windhover.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
John Alec Baker born #OTD 100 years ago. Surely one of the biggest influences on later English-language #naturewriting My blog (and photo) to mark the occasion. laurencerose.co.uk/2026/08/j-a-...
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J.A. Baker's centenary - Laurence Rose
J.A. Baker was born 100 years ago. His 1967 book The Peregrine is a classic of modern nature writing.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A blog to wish #JABaker happy Centenary #peregrine laurencerose.co.uk/2026/08/j-a-...
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J.A. Baker's centenary - Laurence Rose
J.A. Baker was born 100 years ago. His 1967 book The Peregrine is a classic of modern nature writing.
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hcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🎟️ hcmf// 2026 is on sale now. Join us 20–29 Nov for 10 days of world & UK premieres, major commissions, installations, talks and workshops from leading international artists and bold new voices. Book now: hcmf.co.uk/2026-program...
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A blog to wish #JABaker happy Centenary #peregrine laurencerose.co.uk/2026/08/j-a-...
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J.A. Baker's centenary - Laurence Rose
J.A. Baker was born 100 years ago. His 1967 book The Peregrine is a classic of modern nature writing.
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
From my new collection "Hedgerow of Voices", JCStudio Press for #PromptCombo #Stand and @jenthorne.bsky.social my second and final contribution:
Great Crested Newt

Returning to the Under where I was born.
Through this Dark tunnel follow a scent trail,
feast on softness and crunch. Once Long Warm
is here I emerge from beneath the soil.

He swims, nudges me flashes silver striped tail, 
stands on his front legs in front of me 
arches his back waving his tail, invites.
He smells good. Leaves his jelly cone for me 

to pick up with my lips where my tail starts. 
I carry our children to the Under
where I will leaf wrap each as I was wrapped.
They will breathe and feed in this wet Under

body changes urge up to the Over where 
lungs will fill with fresh scents of ground and air.
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Kirsty @rabblechorus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh no, Dunwich Heath wildlife reserve is on fire, right next to Minsmere bird reserve too. 14 crews out & people evacuated. This is horrendous. Views from Sizewell & Eels Foot #Suffolk #Wildfire
Smoke billowing behind a construction siteSmoke billowing across countryside
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A chance to vote for birds to be featured on the new Euro banknotes. Felt a bit guilty turning down Beethoven but - birds!
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The local kestrel brood has fledged three weeks earlier than in the previous 3 years. A magpie objects. #kestrel #windhover
Young kestrel perched in a tree while a magpie sneaks up and grabs the tip of its wing
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Have you heard the one about the bishop and the kestrel? laurencerose.co.uk/2026/07/talk...
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Talking about kestrels - Laurence Rose
Laurence Rose has been writing a lot about kestrels lately, and will talking about them a lot at meetings up and down the country.
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Christopher Goddard @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I have finally completed the set! Books 3&4 landed yesterday. Now available at christophergoddard.net/product/the-... and christophergoddard.net/product/the-...
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Have you heard the one about the bishop and the kestrel? laurencerose.co.uk/2026/07/talk...
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Talking about kestrels - Laurence Rose
Laurence Rose has been writing a lot about kestrels lately, and will talking about them a lot at meetings up and down the country.
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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Publishing today 📚 🌿 Unwilded by Alastair Humphreys ♟️The Blindspot by Douglas Board & Martin Henwood 🎨 Super 8 Dream by Ray Robinson Three very different books, all publishing today. Which are you adding to your reading list?
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Oskareel @oskareel.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Windhover A kestrel hunting over @rspb Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, UK #photography #birds #birding @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #bop #birdofprey #birdphotography #Nikon
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EFE Verde @efeverde.com · 28/05/2026
SEO/BirdLife: El incendio en Doñana podría afectar a cerca de 400 hectáreas y alrededor de un centenar de especies #IIFF #IFDoñana
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SEO/BirdLife: El incendio en Doñana podría afectar a cerca de 400 hectáreas y alrededor de un centenar de especies - EFE Verde
SEO/BirdLife considera que hasta un centenar de especies podrían estar afectadas por el incendio en el paraje El Rincón del Membrillo de Almonte (Huelva)
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay !🌍🐦   Billions of migratory birds use flyways, like superhighways in the sky, to embark on an important journey to and from their breeding grounds.   Go outside and record the birds you see on eBird! Every bird counts.📱  Read more here 👉 www.birdlife.org/WMBD
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Andrew Bibby @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In #Halifax amazing @thepiecehall.bsky.social for 10th birthday of @gritstonebooks.bsky.social. @cumbriapr.bsky.social @windhovering.bsky.social @andrewmccloy.bsky.social @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 07/05/2026
Some veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be highly toxic to vultures and other scavenging raptors when birds feed on treated livestock carcasses. To support urgent action, a new fact sheet has been developed on NSAID risks to health and biodiversity: www.woah.org/en/document/...
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Expect me to repeat this umpteen times in the next few weeks: stop calling them #wildfires Almost always they are caused by people being negligent, stupid or bad. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wildfire at Peak District's Snake Pass 'under control'
Firefighters have now left the scene but are due to return on Saturday morning.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We should stop calling them #wildfire Virtually every instance is caused by people, not lightning strikes. Negligent arson.
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Richard Allen @richardallenart.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Practicing for your book 😁
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EFE Verde @efeverde.com · 25/04/2026
El candidato al Premio Nobel Amitav Ghosh considera "demencial" que el mundo avance "en dirección opuesta" en materia medioambiental ante un contexto de "crisis sin precedentes".
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Amitav Ghosh, sobre cómo el mundo actúa ante la crisis planetaria: "Es absolutamente demencial" - EFE Verde
Amitav Ghosh considera "demencial" que el mundo avance "en dirección opuesta" en un contexto de crisis planetaria sin precedentes.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Bye Viktor Orban! 👋
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hcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We are thrilled to announce that hcmf// 2026 will take place from Friday 20 – Sunday 29 November. Composer in Residence announcement coming soon — watch this space! 👀
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Contemporary Music for All @comanewmusic.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They may be one of the smallest CoMA ensembles, but for CoMA Sheffield that just means packing extra musical talent into each member! Thanks to everyone who joined us this afternoon as they soared high with their concert Sky Above the Clouds – the penultimate event of CoMA Festival 2026. 🧵1/2
Photo of six smiling members of CoMA Sheffield.Photo of CoMA Sheffield performing in a church and an audience watching.
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is the year for the unexpected. Out of the blue a previous publisher of mine tells me they want to publish my next book.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Rain, sleet, hail and snow today. Just frogs to go.
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fayay.bsky.social @fayay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
HABITATION is a sequence of poems by Angelina D’Roza, Steve Ely, Pete Green, Rob Hindle, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite Come hear us read at The Harlequin, Sheffield Tuesday 21st April at 7.30pm entry 7pm onwards Free to attend All welcome Booking at – www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/habitation...
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Habitation: a Longbarrow Press reading
Habitation is a sequence of poems by Angelina D’Roza, Steve Ely, Pete Green, Rob Hindle, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite.
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Peter Sheppard Skaerved @psskaervedviolin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Back on the ground, and back to the absolute joy of working with Michael Finnissy ( his latest quartet for us!), Three decades of exploration and inspiration. Composers Andrew Toovey and Max Knight (who took the photo) were along for the fun - with Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde, Mihailo Trandafilovski
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy of The Long Spring. It is now legal to read it in the northern hemisphere. #naturewriting
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Looking forward to returning to the #Grimsby #RSPB Group tonight for my talk Perspectives of India laurencerose.co.uk/talks/perspe... may drop in to @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social tomorrow
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Perspectives of India - Grimsby - Laurence Rose
Laurence Rose, author of Leopard Moon Rising, takes us to India to explore its diverse wildlife - from vultures to big cats and a huge variety of birds - and its culture, and the close links between t...
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The splashless plunge of the kingfisher inspired a faster, quieter, more efficient bullet train
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Thanks to #Buxton Field Club and @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social for a great meeting and successful book launch last night! #naturewriting @gritstonebooks.bsky.social laurencerose.co.uk/product/the-...
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The Long Spring 2nd edition - Laurence Rose
Laurence Rose spent the spring of 2016 travelling from North Africa to the Arctic coast of North Norway. It was a unique exploration of nature, culture and conservation, and the vital sense of place t...
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Looking forward to speaking about the history, present and future of species recovery 'Bringing them Back: stories from the brink' 7pm tomorrow night hosted by Buxton Field Club and @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social
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SaveDanesMoss @savedanesmoss.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Latest news in about Danes Moss North, it is now registered as an asset of community value :-) savedanesmoss.com/acv/
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The True Value of Danes Moss North - Save Danes Moss
Latest news Feb 2026: Dane Moss North is now included in Cheshire East Council’s register of Assets of Community Value
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Wild Horizons @wildhorizons.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hedgerows & Willow Tits ~ A thread Carmarthenshire holds more Willow Tits than any other county in Wales (Wotton, S. 2022). Looking at satellite maps of the county, it’s clear to see the potential for these birds, with areas of suitable wooded habitats, interconnected with unmanaged hedgerows.
Satellite image showing a patchwork of hedgerows, with a red circle indicating a 2026 Willow Tit territory.
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Laurence Rose @windhovering.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
RIP Éliane Radigue
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