Congratulations David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social on the 20-year anniversary of The Urban Birder.🥳 But hang on, is this David as we've never seen him before - looking down rather than up?

I'm writing a column for Bird Watching Magazine provisionally titled "It's behind you!" about missing bird sightings because you're looking in the wrong direction. I'd love to quote others (brief please!) anecdotes if you've had any experience of that? Please message me directly. Many thanks. 💚🙏

Taking stock 3 mths into book promo. Reflections: 1) What a diff a fab publisher marketing team makes; 2) Some indie bookshops are v, v good at hosting buzzy author events; 3) Def worth exploring other promo ops too #1stBookDiary #naturewriting #urbannature freelancenaturewriter.com/2026/05/19/w...

Within reach of Crystal Palace, London on Sun 21 June? Please do join me on the summer solstice to celebrate the publication of my book **Wild Pavements** & support a very special indie bookshop, Bookseller Crow. Details/tickets in thread 👇 #naturewriting #urbannature #urbanbotany #indiebookshop

Still some tickets left for a relaxing 2-hour #naturewriting workshop with me on Sat 16 May 10:30-12:30 as part of the #Bath Literature Festival. No prior creative writing experience needed. I'd be grateful for sharing. www.bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/wor...

Obvs I'm a fan of celebrating London's #urbannature, but this was a missed opportunity to promote #wildlifephotography best practice too, like this from the Wildlife Trusts www.wildlifetrusts.org/other-ways-g..., in particular "Don't get too close." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is Spindle Ermine Moth having a bumper year? I've noticed large colonies of the caterpillars & stripped Spindle bushes in both Cardiff & Kent hedgerows this spring #moths

I'm interested in factors which affect feeding wild birds in the UK for a feature I'm writing & have set up a very short anonymised survey on google forms about this forms.gle/JmdDYkJdforQ.... I'd be super grateful for responses from nature/birdwatchers over the bank holiday weekend (& reposts). 🙏 💚

I'm so grateful for this lovely review of Wild Pavements by the inspirational nature writer Vanessa Wright in @britishwildlife.bsky.social 💚

A whirl of a book tour. Tonight Penarth. 5 May @goldsborobooks.bsky.social, Brighton. Then Thurs 7 May I'll be chatting all things #urbannature at @booksontherise.bsky.social a much loved indie bookshop in #Richmond. Tickets still available 💚 booksontherise.com/event/wild-p...

Come on down to @goldsborobooks.bsky.social in #Brighton on 5 May 5pm for a #pavementplant prowl or join us at 6pm when we return to this lovely #indiebookshop for an author social about all things #urbannature

For the first bookshop event of my Wild Pavements tour, I visited the lovely Word on the Street bookshop in sunny Ashstead, Surrey, where I had a great time chatting about all things #urbannature, #pavementplants & seeing city streets differently. Penarth, Brighton, & Richmond up next.

I'm leading a FREE Wild Pavements #pavementplant walk, Sat 25th April 11:30-1pm in #Beckenham Place Park BR3 1SY. Beginners very welcome, & an ideal op to kick off your 2026 #100PlantsChallenge @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Registration & details here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #urbannature 💚

Great pics, Amy 💚.

Aw, thanks so much Brigit. I'm delighted you enjoyed it & very grateful for your recommendation. 💚

Very pleased to see that Wild Pavements was chosen as Book of the Month in the May 2026 issue of Bird Watching Magazine 💚. #urbanbirds #urbannature #1stbookdiary

Very grateful for this lovely review of my book 💚

I'm leading a FREE Wild Pavements plant hunt as part of the Books in the Park festival in Beckenham Place Park, S London. Saturday 25 April at 11:30. Details and how to register for a place here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #urbannature #pavementplants #urbanplants

Fun book promo things... How often do #pavementplants & #urbannature get talked about on local radio? Not enough imo, but Robert Elms' fab BBC Radio London show helped redress this last weekend, when I popped over to Broadcasting House for a chat (about 2hrs in) . www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'm honoured to be leading this relaxed early evening Wild Pavements walk for the @linneansociety.bsky.social in June. Do register for your place asap as numbers will be limited. More details in Eventbrite👇 #urbannature #pavementplants

Unbelievably exciting! I'll be chatting to Robert Elms on BBC Radio London this Saturday 28 March at midday about all things Wild Pavements and #urbannature 💚https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7kb/episodes/player

Thanks so much for flagging this, Jo. #MyBookintheWild #urbannature

So looking forward to chatting to #urbannature legend, David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social for the "In Conservation with..." series Thurs 26 Mar 7pm, about our tenacious & gorgeous #pavementplants & the stories behind them. FREE to join here 👉 www.theurbanbirderworld.com/tub-webinars...

A lovely photo by inspiring @concretebotany.bsky.social of a Fleabane I'm not familiar with. We've several Fleabane species from the Americas growing as #pavementplants in Britain, but I don't think we have this one yet!? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Spent a lovely weekend at the Shaftesbury Book Festival listening to fab talks by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @drmjwarren.bsky.social & @lucylapwing.bsky.social. The event was close to one of the most recognisable streets in Britain - Gold Hill. & this is the usual view. 🧵

Last weekend I co-led a delightful London Bird Club walk at Beddington Farmlands, one of London's bird record hotspots & one of my favourite urban patches. This - my first Little Ringed Plover for the year - was voted #BirdoftheDay, but a Firecrest was a close 2nd #UrbanNature #UrbanBirds

Chuffed to see Wild Pavements reviewed in Chris Schuler's lovely substack newsletter. #urbannature #naturewriting #1stBookDiary cjschuler.substack.com/p/wild-about...

Looking forward to meeting members of this network tomorrow to talk about my book, Wild Pavements, & what #naturewriting might have to offer for communicating some fundamental principles of #ecology. You can register free using link below 👇

Had the most amount of fun at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social last night for the launch of Wild Pavements, with lovely folk, who are either already #urbannature #pavementplants enthusiasts or hopefully open to being converted 💚😊💚. (Pic credits: Jen Jones & Sarah Jackson - thnx)

I enjoyed it so much, & very grateful for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's enthusiasm and support.

So pleased to hear that #WarrenFarm has officially received Local Nature Reserve status, & props to the local groups who've achieved this. #urbannature @brentriverpark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Toad heroes like @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social's hubby feature in my new book, Wild Pavements. Sadly #toads are relatively scarce in London so it's even more essential we care for them. #urbannature #urbanwildlife

Like @commonbynature.bsky.social, I'm a #pavementplants enthusiast. Newcastle's a fab city for exploring #urbannature (it's featured in my book Wild Pavements) & I'll definitely be taking a copy of James' books when I next go there 💚

Happy #IWD &, to celebrate, here's a wild Daffodil in one of the few areas of Greater London which urban botanists believe still has a truly indigenous population of Daffs, rather than naturalised garden throw-outs... #urbannature #urbanplants

This means such a lot from the author of already-a-classic 'Urban Plants', which of course is included in Wild Pavements further reading list💚😊

I'll take that 😀... &, yes, I will now be humming Ralph McTell when I'm #pavementplant hunting. #urbannature

Chuffed that Wild Pavements is featured today - publication day - on Melissa Harrison's fab Encounter Nature site & app www.encounter-nature.com/features/wil... #urbannature #pavementplants #naturewriting

Fab records of the #pavementplants of South Philly in these posts.💚

1 day until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and here I'm sharing the last one before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

The first wild plum to flower in SE London is this one - Cherry or Myrobalan Plum (Prunus cerasifera) - native of the Balkan Peninsula but now widely naturalised in Britain. #blossom #pavementplants #urbanplants #WildPavements #streettrees

2 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

Delighted to be contributing to @scicommsuwe.bsky.social's talk programme in a couple of week's time. One of the ideas I'll be exploring is... Does (or could) narrative #naturewriting widen understanding of ecology & conservation science? & how I've tried to do that in my book, Wild Pavements.

3 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

One of the more unusual #pavementplants leaf rosettes I see growing in SE London is the delightfully named Corky-fruited Water-dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides). It's fairly rare in London but abundant in a local housing estate lawn (which is on the other side of the wall in the pic).

4 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

5 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

6 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature #nonfiction

7 days until publication of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' on 5 March. I've kept a record of each step as a #1stBookDiary in 7 chapters, and I'm planning to share one each day before 'P-day'. #writing #creativewriting #naturewriting #urbannature

So, so, so exciting and I'm totally overwhelmed. My box of author copies has arrived, ahead of publication day next week on March 5th. & they are ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 💚. #WildPavements #urbannature #naturewriting #unboxing

I love #gulls! They're astonishingly beautiful & intelligent birds but they do need better PR. Living in a UK town or city, you could see several species, but would you recognise them? There are 4 in this pic of an urban wetland. #urbanbirds #WildPavements is out 5 March.