Between two moons open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe...

Wow, this is exciting! My piece in Hinterland has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. #naturewriting substack.com/@hinterlandm...

They may look like landscape paintings but these are photos taken in the half-light of dusk with my phone… from the garden of my new home. What a view, huh? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Read this and weep. Then donate! #theecologist theecologist.org/2025/nov/04/...

Proud to see my piece, Being Heard, on the effects of human noise on birdsong in the latest issue of Paperboats zine. #naturewriting paperboats.org/category/zin...

In the chaos of moving, I forgot to share a link on here to my latest Substack piece, which is about... moving! open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting

Runner's World has just made my piece on running and menopause available online... www.runnersworld.com/uk/health/a4...

My new local hill - Sgor Gaoithe (the windy peak) - the most southerly of the Cromdale Hills.

Sometimes, I only want half a slice of bread. I can’t understand why my husband finds this annoying 😂

In this month's Substack, I've written about the strange compulsion to pick up and pocket nature finds when I'm out walking...

Vibrant rowan berries. The trees seem very early to fruit this year…. #wildflowerhour

Sneezewort 🤧 in Irvine, on recent visit to the Nature Library #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily

Morning from the Cairngorms. Mist on the hills today and a hint of autumn in the blustery wind…

Green Veined White on Devil’s Bit Scabious. Plus photo-bomber! Cairngorms. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Just as the birds fall quiet, my latest Substack on birdsong... open.substack.com/pub/timeonfe... #naturewriting

A Scottish toad enjoying the sunshine in Glen Tromie today. #cairngorms

Glorious Glen Feshie today. Walking, watching and learning. Sightings of Golden Eagle, Crossbill, Common Lizard and Pygmy Shrew.#scotlandbigpicture #rewilding

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social No helleborines but a lovely couple of Heath Spotted Orchids, along the boardwalk across the bog at Forsinard Flows in the far north of Scotland. #wildflowers

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Not an aquatic plant I’m afraid but this week’s exciting spot was a patch of twinflower - within walking distance of home - in the Cairngorms. Beautiful, but smaller than I’d imagined. #wildflowerhour

@ukrunchat.bsky.social I'm writing about getting older and slower and how we can still find joy and meaning in running in the absence of improvement/PBs. I'd love to hear any of your thoughts, runners. What motivates you once you're past your peak? #running

So many easy wins here... great piece www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Feverfew in a pavement gap on a walk in Blackheath, where I was walking down memory lane (my old route to school) #wildflowerhour

My piece on dog (and cat) empathy for @theguardian.com heavily features my terrier Morris… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My first mountain bumblebee (Bombus monticola) seen today on Cairngorm plateau. On bird’s foot trefoil.

In my latest Substack, I wrote about trees as individuals, rather than as a species… #naturewriting #trees Find the link in my bio. Free to read!

Loch Garten, Scotland. Yes, really…

These two… friends for life

It was announced today by the European Commission that Coca-Cola will change some of its labelling practices to remove misleading recycling claims, after BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation and its members lodged a greenwashing complaint to the Commission in 2023 which we supported. (1/5)

Just published this month's Substack. It was Gilbert White, 18th-century naturalist, who coined the phrase 'watching narrowly'. I think he watched a lot more narrowly than me, but the zooming in on detail is what matters... #naturewriting timeonfeet.substack.com/p/watching-n...

One moment it’s bare twigs scratching the sky, the next, everything is coming into leaf. It can’t happen overnight, but it feels that way… #naturewriting

This is my dog-nephew, Dexter. He’s definitely trying to tell us something, but what? I’m writing a feature for the Guardian on to what extent we can read our dogs’ emotions. And what about cats? Thoughts appreciated 🐶 🐱

Cloud theatrics as the sun sinks tonight #cairngorms

Warm and still up on the Cairngorm plateau today. Even at 1200+metres! #walking

@privateeyenews.bsky.social shame on you for falling for the lies and misrepresentations of the gamebird/hunting lobbyists. Bring back Wild Justice!

I've written about the depression that has waxed and waned for 3 decades on my Substack. Like the moon, it's currently waxing. It was impossible to write around the edges of it any longer; headlong seemed to be the only way. My Substack is 100% free. #depression #naturewriting #writingcommunity

Tree planting with #Cairngormsconnect in Strath Nethy today.

Not another ‘how running saved my sanity/life’ memoir, this NF book is a mix of personal story and research exploring the interplay between movement, mental health and ageing through the lens of a lifelong runner who's lost her mojo and sets out to find it. #scotwriterpitch2025

My nature memoir explores loss, acceptance and adaptation. When menopause ends our attempts at parenthood, I find comfort in the natural world. But the joy of reconnecting to nature turns to grief as I wake up to the ecological crisis. How can I learn to care without breaking? #scotwriterpitch2025

Run for Life, my ode to running, sold 200k copies in 2003. But 5 years ago, running stopped working its magic on me. Could I reclaim my joy? The answer is yes, but the lessons I learn go far beyond running; adaptation, letting go and embracing the power of community and nature. #scotwriterpitch2025

Menopausal, childless, lost in the blur of middle age, we ditch everything – jobs, house – and begin a 6-month adventure in the Scottish Highlands. It unearths a truer, wilder self; changes what I value. Back home, I no longer 'fit' my old life and must find a new way of being. #scotwriterpitch2025

My nature memoir explores loss, acceptance and adaptation. When menopause ends our attempts at parenthood, I find comfort in the natural world. But the joy of reconnecting to nature turns to grief as I wake up to the ecological crisis. How can I learn to care without breaking? #scotwriterpitch2025

A recipe for renewal: slip between the trees to emerge on the beach. Step slowly into the water. Breathe in the mountains and the rainbow. #naturewriting

A walk to the loch at the day’s close to watch the sun melt into the water. #naturewriting

I’m worried about brown hares. A couple of times recently, I’ve disturbed one, but they’ve moved off quite slowly. And today, I saw 2 like this one (excuse pic quality) which seemed confused, maybe blind? Any thoughts #nature people? I’m in Cairngorms.

Arrived home to my contributor copy of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social issue 16 'Journeys special.' So excited to see my work featured, and to read the whole mag! Confidence and focus ebb and flow as a writer, and mine has been more ebb of late, so this is good timing... #naturewriting #amwriting

Woodland edge. Pale sky, lichen and bare branches. The colour here is all in the birdsong. Sound on! #naturewriting #Cairngorms

Back in the flatlands of Kent for a few days. Spring much further advanced! Heard my first chiffchaff, and a yellowhammer, on the morning run.

Delighted to say that the latest issue of Hinterland, a Journeys special, is up for preorder now, packed with some fantastic writing by Jean McNeil, Elizabeth Lewis Williams, Alexis Keir, and many more besides: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...

This sizeable and colourful frog stood stock still on the track as I passed.

This, and the dawn chorus, to start the day. Blackbird first, then song thrush and robin, as the sun slips through a gap between the trees. #naturewriting #spring