Join naturalist and award-winning author @steverutt.bsky.social Blackwells Edinburgh on 1 April at 7pm, as he chats to Jen Stout about his lyrical and insightful new book #TheWaterlands. Tickets now on sale! 🎟️ bit.ly/4sbuDmR

30 seconds of skeins over Dumfries (just along from Lidl if we're being precise).

Looking forward to reading #TheWaterlands? Close your eyes and immerse yourself in Britain's watery landscapes with author @steverutt.bsky.social's playlist on Spotify: 🎧https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ib6U5Mayp8LuXk4BdFLTY?si=37ZlSZiqSrOfKeeaKLHz-g&pi=ZJglFI8ARkCiA&nd=1&dlsi=f7a09a9f067841dc

Species on the Edge. Echoes & Whispers - Explore the world of bats 🦇 in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by @steverutt.bsky.social and Claire Todd. Thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social speciesontheedge.co.uk/echoes-whisp...

A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...

Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle. Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams. Out 26 March

We are so excited to be publishing @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands, an evocative journey through British waterscapes revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea. 💧 Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social: www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

On the sandy soils of the Breckland, red-banded sand wasp is common. It catches caterpillars, immobilises them with a sting, lays an egg in them and drags them down a burrow. The egg hatches and the wasp larva eats it's way out of the living caterpillar.

I'm offering mentoring sessions now for writers of non-fiction. One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development. More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/

A walk in Galloway: common blues, bog asphodel & big orchids.

When the cinnabar finds the sunlight in a shady hedge.

Kite and clouds.

Scenes from a series of Galloway dawns.

Michael Warren has written a terrific book about birds, people and the past. I've reviewed it for British Birds. britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... @drmjwarren.bsky.social

Hair ice in the woods, lingering after the thaw. And a frost of fungi.

A train through the fens. It's all black fields and lines of golden reeds and hundreds of wild swans. Silvery skies. East Anglia always does something to me.

Exit jackdaws.

I love birch trees. Hard as nails. This one does not recognise your fence.

Into the last week of editing my words. Or as I prefer to think of it, moving the matchstick furniture on my scale-model of the Titanic.

Last night's stormlight

Love this news story: a twelve-year old girl in Slovenia is helping the cicada reintroduction to the New Forest www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Calm before the inevitable weekend weather.

Sunrise skein. And the view in the other direction.

Frost on the ground but the peacock persists, sunning on the sandstone.

In the space between dusk and dark, skein-lines drifting like a smoke

Morning, furred and thorned, the delicate bite of -3.

Delighted to read that Ronald Blythe's house is to become a nature reserve - amazing cultural heritage there as well www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hello. It's been a while. How are you doing? I've had a shocking year. But here are some things that brought me joy. Firstly, a mega skein over Dumfries at sunset.

1st September. Maybe three weeks until the geese return. I can't wait. A mood board from past winters.

Downriver at otter-speed.

I have reached the stage of parenting where we watch bees together. I have reached the stage of parenting where I try to stop the bee being patted.

Overflowers.

I love this sun-struck, tern-shreiking sweep of sand.