Profiles 📸 #NatureWithin

I’m fairly new to goodreads 📚 And I’ve found it a useful way to catalogue my reading lists and help me decide what to read next 🤔 But ratings and reviews also help authors connect with their target audience 😊 You can find a link to my author page through the linktree in my bio 🔗

Orange 🧡 #NatureWithin

Awe is a powerful thing #NatureWithin #Quote

Reticulate 🕸️ #NatureWithin

💬 ‘An exploration of connectedness in Nature can not only help us save the planet, but at the same time help save ourselves from ourselves.’ By neurologist and author Professor Andrew Lees 🔍 His full review of Nature Within can be found here: acnr.co.uk/book-review/... 🙏

Dotted ⚫️ #NatureWithin

👏 👏 for our wing-flapping friends! 🎥 By James Bashford 🎶 Flapper Rag by Sid Phillips And His Band ✨ Created in Edits #NatureWithin #TeamMoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Pairs 💕 #NatureWithin

Time to bring it back 🦋 #NatureWithin #Quote

Red ♥️ #NatureWithin

I stopped by the Riverside Bookshop near London Bridge on the commute home this evening (hence the 🚴 get-up) There’s now a signed copy of #NatureWithin in the building ✍️ 📖

❓I was asked a few questions about my new book Nature Within 🪏 And I had to dig deep for the answers 2️⃣ Here is the second one 🔗 The full written interview is here: tinyurl.com/mw799bdb 🎨 The painted borders were created by wonderfully creative wife Suzi 😊 I hope you enjoy!

Shiny ✨ #NatureWithin

Same but different. #NatureWithin

Splayed 🤗 #NatureWithin

We depend on a healthy planet 🌍 #NatureWithin #Quote

Green 💚 #NatureWithin

If you’re interested in our species’ inherent connection with the natural world, then please join me at Essex Wildlife Trust Belfairs on Sat 14 March at 2pm 🌿🪲🐝 #NatureWithin #BookEvent #AuthorTalk

Scored 📈 #NatureWithin

I will be talking about the Nature-health connection at Blue Bear Bookshop on Sunday 22nd Feb 🌳 🦋 🐞 It would be great to see you there! For tickets: tinyurl.com/NatureWithin... #NatureWithin #BookEvent @pelagic.bsky.social

Yellow 💛 #NatureWithin

Nature’s bookshelf 🌳

This is the Common Script Lichen 🩶 The tiny black lines are the lichen’s spore-producing structures. They also resemble an ancient text - just waiting to be deciphered 📜 #NatureWithin

Systems thinking is vital when it comes to the biodiversity crisis #NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social

Alder in the winter is magical ✨ Here the male catkins and last year’s cones provide colour and texture to an otherwise bare line of riverside trees 🪾♥️🤎 #NatureWithin

Spotted 😳

This may be the last of my cats and adults collection… 😮 But it’s by no means the least! 🌟 Pale Tussock: 🐛 🦋 (male) 🦋 (female) #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

It’s publication day! 📖 🍾 Here is an intro to #NatureWithin… @pelagic.bsky.social

I posted the larva and adult male of the Gypsy/Spongy Moth last week 🐛 🦋 But I forgot about these two from the same species… 🖤 🧡 Pupa 🤍 🖤 Adult female #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

Let’s have a little love for larvae… 🐛 🎥 By James Bashford 🎶 Caterpillar Crawl by The Lively Ones 🌟 Created in Edits #NatureWithin #TeamMoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Here’s a Grey Dagger cat 🐛 With either a Grey or Dark Dagger adult 🦋 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Thank you to Sarah from @pelagic.bsky.social for sending James Bashford's @wrenandbee.bsky.social new book, Nature Within

Really not sure about this pairing but I believe they both belong to the Cucullia genus 🐛 🦋 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

I enjoyed putting these together 🖤 🤍 Beginning with a colour photo, I wrote a code that stripped away layers based on contrast thresholds. Then I reconstructed those layers to form these faux-hand drawn images. They now appear in #NatureWithin

Spongy Moth 🐛 & 🦋 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Elephant Hawkmoth 🐛 & 🦋 So named due to the larval resemblance to an elephant’s trunk 🐘 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

A nod to the wonderful biodiversity of moths 🦋 🐛 How many species do you recognise? #NatureWithin @pelagic.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Here’s a delightful duo from Portugal 🇵🇹 🐛 & 🦋 of the Spanish Festoon #NatureWithin

Ironic that I paired this quote with a very unfamiliar species 😵‍💫 #NatureWithin #Quotes

Here’s a Jersey Tiger 🐛 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

❓I was asked a few questions about my new book Nature Within 🪏 And I had to dig deep for the answers 1️⃣ Here is the first one 🔗 The full written interview is here: tinyurl.com/mw799bdb 🎨 The painted borders were created by wonderfully talented wife Suzi 😊 I hope you enjoy!

🐛 A dragonesque larval contribution from the Knot Grass ♥️ 🤍 🧡 🖤 🦋 With its more understated adult form 🤍 🖤 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

💎 💎 Found this gem of a book 📕 on this gem of a barge ⛴️ near King’s Cross in London There are varied contributions in this wonderful book, including from @jon-moses.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @emlinford.bsky.social I even got a lovely barge stamp on the title page 💚

Here we have a 🐛 & 🦋 pair from a species called 6-spot Burnet Some bold colours on show! 💛 🖤 ♥️ #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

One of the smallest tigers… Ruby Tiger 🐛 & 🦋 🤎 ♥️ #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

Reliance reciprocated. #NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social

I have signed a number of copies of #NatureWithin at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden ✍️ 📚 Just in case you might like one 😊

Scarlet Tiger 🐛 & 🦋 The white and yellow persist ⚪️ 🟡 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

There’s a signed copy of Nature Within in the window @hernehillbooks.bsky.social ✍️ 📕