To celebrate 10 years since my original quest to American jungles (of all variety), I'll be penning a brand new FOREWORD about BABY BOOMERS, CONSPIRACY, and SELF-TAUGHT EXPERTS. There's even COLD-BLOODED MURDER, and that's before I get on to the REPTILES.

Excited to announce the new BUSHMASTER will be hitting the shelves (wooden, metal and digital) in NOVEMBER!!!! Will feature EXTRAORDINARY NEW FULL COLOUR PHOTOS of BUSHMASTERS and OTHER DENIZENS OF OUR ASTONISHING RAINFORESTS!!?

Gotta start working on the FOREWORD My brain is brimming with IDEAS!!

Gotta start working on the FOREWORD My brain is brimming with IDEAS!!

Lee was fab to catch up with last year. He'll be starrii in my next book "Wild Hope' in due course...

Excited to announce the new BUSHMASTER will be hitting the shelves (wooden, metal and digital) in NOVEMBER!!!! Will feature EXTRAORDINARY NEW FULL COLOUR PHOTOS of BUSHMASTERS and OTHER DENIZENS OF OUR ASTONISHING RAINFORESTS!!?

1. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Do you love ESOTERIC late 19th/early 20th century HISTORY, ridiculously long and deadly rare SNAKES, and a DAMN GOOD READ? If so, I'm pleased to announce the imminent relaunch of my book: BUSHMASTER: RAYMOND DITMARS AND THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST VIPER. www.amazon.com/Bushmaster-R...

@guyshrubsole.bsky.social Thanks for the follow back🙏 🙏

The banner’s up… the #DartmoorTorsFestival starts today! Lots to enjoy inc talks with writers, archaeologists, artists incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social and walks shorturl.at/Oomce

The stars are for everyone, forever, thanks to three years of tireless campaigning to ensure wild camping rights are safe on Dartmoor. Today we celebrated this historic victory at Haytor. Tomorrow we will continue to work for access rights for all, beyond Dartmoor.

Always look down

Do you love ESOTERIC late 19th/early 20th century HISTORY, ridiculously long and deadly rare SNAKES, and a DAMN GOOD READ? If so, I'm pleased to announce the imminent relaunch of my book: BUSHMASTER: RAYMOND DITMARS AND THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST VIPER. www.amazon.com/Bushmaster-R...

It's a thumping good read! www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2016/02/bush...

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I think about this book often - I learned a lot and recontextualized a lot.

To celebrate 10 years since my madcap quest to the heart of American jungles (of all types) I'll be writing a brand new FOREWORD about CONSPIRACIES, BABY BOOMERS and QUESTIONING EXPERTS. There's also COLD-BLOODED MURDER, and I'm not even talking about reptiles.

Do you love crazy C19/20th history, ridiculously long and deadly rare snakes and a damn good read? If so, you'll be pleased to hear that @skyhorsepublishing.bsky.social will soon be relaunching BUSHMASTER: RAYMOND DITMARS AND THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST VIPER. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1628...

Do you love crazy C19/20th history, ridiculously long and deadly rare snakes and a damn good read? If so, you'll be pleased to hear that @skyhorsepublishing.bsky.social will soon be relaunching BUSHMASTER: RAYMOND DITMARS AND THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST VIPER. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1628...

Knock at the door reveals delivery of a couple of boxes of HELLBLAZER OMNIBUS vol 2. Hefty tomes. Enfeebled by age, I needed assistance to get them indoors. Nice production, though. Pick one up... if you have the muscle, and spare cash.

Outrageous! Fraudster made £550,000 selling fake 'Scottish-grown tea' www.bbc.com/news/article...

... and a male Hedgehog Flea (Archaeopsylla erinacei) found 6.5.2025. Both this male and the female in previous post were found on an injured juvenile male hedgehog. #UKWildlife #Siphonaptera #Fleas

An old piece I wrote for @newyorkpost.bsky.social nypost.com/2015/06/21/h...

If you're interested in the history #snake husbandry... Another ancient piece for @theguardian.com for promoting my first book #Bushmaster www.theguardian.com/science/anim...

What have the #Romans done for us? Ummmm... Here's some ideas in an old piece I wrote for @historytoday.com to accompany my second book #InvasiveAliens www.historytoday.com/history-matt...

Those octopus with their in depth knowledge of our bylaws 'British seas have been invaded by huge octopuses taking advantage of local bylaws to devour crabs and lobsters.' www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

Those octopus with their in depth knowledge of our bylaws 'British seas have been invaded by huge octopuses taking advantage of local bylaws to devour crabs and lobsters.' www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

What have the #Romans done for us? Ummmm... Here's some ideas in an old piece I wrote for @historytoday.com to accompany my second book #InvasiveAliens www.historytoday.com/history-matt...

If you're interested in the history #snake husbandry... Another ancient piece for @theguardian.com for promoting my first book #Bushmaster www.theguardian.com/science/anim...

An old piece I wrote for @newyorkpost.bsky.social nypost.com/2015/06/21/h...

Those creepy octopuses www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

Those creepy octopuses www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

Human, Nature: A Naturalist’s Thoughts on Wildlife and Wild Places by @iancarter67.bsky.social is now available in paperback! Learn more ➡️ loom.ly/RiWaSt0 @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @daneatherley.bsky.social #humansandnature #wildlife #naturalhistory #nature #birds #conservation

Amazon bushmaster - Lachesis muta (Here we call her of 'surucucu') The largest venomous snake found in South America. #SciArt #TrupeNaturalista

Bolivia is home to over 270 species of snakes, one of them is the Amazonian Bushmaster (Lachesis muta), the largest venomous snake in the Americas and a rare find in tropical rainforests across South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru Great photo by: Eduardo Navia #wildlife #photography

If you’re near Kirkcudbright do come along. The lovely @gallovidiabooks.bsky.social bookshop is well worth a visit anytime. Lots of natural history books and very friendly, helpful owners. The town even has its own ‘wild’ Kookaburras. What’s not to like?

Reckon it's only a matter of days now till we hear the first angle-grinder of the spring gently gnawing through masonry

@jamiedelano.bsky.social Thanks for following back! Loving the reviews for Book Thirteen

The 1st class bedroom Charlie Chaplin reputedly slept in aboard ‘Hikawa Maru’ an old luxury ship, now preserved in Yokohama harbour, Japan. From another friend

Meanwhile another chum's been in Morocco

Here's a view from 3500 m up in Solden, Austria From a friend