My photo published in @britishwildlife.bsky.social earlier this year has prompted this carefully considered paper. I wrote about my encounter with this ghost of an extinct species in my book The Long Spring #naturewriting

The Door-to-Door Poet, out today, is ‘a funny, self-aware chronicle of the year Rowan McCabe spent in pursuit of a madly brilliant project’, says NARC. magazine. Read more about that project in their interview with Rowan here narcmagazine.com/interview-ro...

Looking forward to returning to Leeds RSPB as part of this programme.

So very proud to have grown up with the RSPB, to have grown my children up with the RSPB & written for it for 21 yrs now. Exciting to see it respond, adapt, embrace, move & change. Birds & nature increasingly bring us together, to shape & connect the world around us. And that needs all of us.

Tomorrow we publish the paperback edition of Flint, Joanne Bourne’s deeply personal love letter to the magical stone that has fuelled three million years of human development. Order it direct from us for the next week and save 30%. Link ⤵️

GOOD NEWS: the peat burning ban is being extended in the English uplands. 👏 Peatlands lock up carbon, protect water & support rare wildlife. We hope today's announcement signals a move to end this damaging practice for good, and thank our supporters for helping make it happen.

Lovely recce visit to Bottoms Mill for Saturday's Nature Writing Walk with River Holme Connections. Dippers on the river and a forest in the sky await. www.riverholmeconnections.org/event/nature...

So that's Windhover finished and sent off, and ahead of deadline. Stay tuned for publication date, publisher info. etc. #naturewriting

Happy #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay Vultures are natures all-important clean-up crew, but in South Asia have hugely declined Find out how Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) partners are working to fix this 🌏 🪶 RSPB Species Spotlight: tinyurl.com/6mxxucf7

The eight members of @gritstonebooks.bsky.social, so far Britain's only author-led publisher, pose here at #Beverley Bookshop, a fine indy #bookshop, before heading off for our Awayday #coop meeting. @cumbriapr.bsky.social @windhovering.bsky.social @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social

Final editing of the 8th and final draft of the new book before it goes off to the publisher. #naturewriting #YorkshireOffice

Nice to see my new book The Borders- The Lands We Share on the shelves in @samreadbookseller.bsky.social in Grasmere. Support #indybookshops! @gritstonebooks.bsky.social @cumbriapr.bsky.social

Congratulations to my former @rspbengland.bsky.social colleague Matt Howard. I thoroughly recommend Broadlands.

Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look.

Congratulations to @bsbicountries.bsky.social James Harding-Morris on publication day. Got it, read it already! (Well I was writing a cover endorsement for it, tbh). Really important that we recognise the 700+(!) UK endemic species as a special responsibility. #naturewriting

An excellent review. The first I’ve seen to appreciate that this book has a clear agenda from the outset. Most readers have fallen for the ‘fair and balanced’ line in the blurb. Not Sam Hackney: www.britishwildlife.com/uncommon-gro...

This feels like the perfect post to reply to and announce this - but my book, Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain, which includes a chapter on the No Parking Whitebeam, comes out a week today. share.google/Rgyzzyr777Hi...

In September we publish The Door-to-Door Poet, RowanMcCabe’s joyful and thoughtful portrayal of his unusual mission to write verse for strangers. Pre-order it online from Waterstones using the code SUMMER25 and you get 25% off shorturl.at/yHchl

Giving 16- and 17-year-olds the vote is a long-overdue win for democracy — On this one I am happy to say well done, Labour. But let’s not stop here. It’s time to: * Abolish the unelected House of Lords * Introduce PR so every vote counts Young people deserve real representation.

Excellent if long overdue news. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9... 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election - live updates - BBC News

Finally! This is an historic win for all those who have spent decades trying to get the govt to act. Non-compliance is expected to be high so effective monitoring & robust enforcement must follow. Defra press release + commentary from me ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/10/p...

Jules’ book Arctic Insanity – ‘a captivating and hugely exciting memoir of his achievement; full of old-school derring-do, it’s a true Boy’s Own adventure for the modern age’ – is out tomorrow eye-books.com/books/arctic...

⚠️La UNESCO muestra su preocupación ante el deterioro de Doñana. Desde SEO/Birdlife celebramos que se inste a España a proteger uno de los humedales más valiosos del planeta. https://seo.org/la-unesco-muestra-su-gran-preocupacion-ante-el-estado-de-deterioro-de-donana-y-reclama-acciones-urgentes/

Love this. Longbarrow Press, keeping it real. Inventory open.substack.com/pub/longbarr...

#coop day at @foxandgoose.org coop pub in #hebdenbridge. And @gritstonebooks.bsky.social is here too. Britain's first author run coop. @coopnews.bsky.social @coopsmark.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopstudiesjournal.bsky.social @cumbriapr.bsky.social @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social

Wow. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I'll be there, as always.

Jules Mountain successfully flew 4,300 miles over the Arctic Circle in a lightweight helicopter with a range of 300 miles. Last week he landed at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social to launch his account of the adventure, Arctic Insanity, which is officially out next month eye-books.com/books/arctic...

A blog about my encounter with the spirit-kite. laurencerose.co.uk/2025/06/spir...

Day 20 #30DaysWild Book of the Day: @windhovering.bsky.social's Framing Nature: Conservation and Culture, a deeply satisfying melding of science and literature, meticulousness and rage, featuring @steveeely.bsky.social

RIP #AlfredBrendel

Lime hawk moth. Beautiful garden tick.

Valmik Thapar, who died at 73, was a fierce and lifelong advocate for India’s wild tigers, dedicating five decades to their protection. Despite setbacks, his efforts contributed to a rebound in India’s tiger population, securing a lasting legacy for both the species and the man who championed it.

It's #InternationalLeopardDay and my book Leopard Moon Rising is almost sold out! laurencerose.co.uk/product/leop...

Can't overstate the importance of this ruling. Great news.

Delighted that my poem "Old Moor" conceived at @windhovering.bsky.social Writing In Nature workshop is featured on the RSPB Old Moor Facebook site.

Wonderful to have my poem "Old Moor" on Laurence Rose's blog about his Nature workshop I attended: laurencerose.co.uk/2025/04/writ...

Good to see you again Paul and thanks for your contribution to the day - capturing the spirit of the place as only you can.

Female Kestrel hunting in Cornwall this morning. #UKWildlife #UKBirding #birding #birds

My present assignment is to report on one of the great success stories of species recovery, the formerly critically endangered Seychelles magpie robin. When the still critically endangered hawksbill turtle hatchlings need escorting to the sea, that's also part of the job. #naturewriting

Just caught up with the news of Sofia Gubaidulina's passing. An enormous loss. I'm a long way from home but when I get back I'll binge listen and read along to some of the best string writing around. RIP

Looking forward to meeting up with @naturesey.bsky.social colleagues tomorrow on my current #naturewriting assignment for @rspb.bsky.social Meanwhile here's the first endemic of the trip, Seychelles sunbird

Looking forward to returning to @rspbengland.bsky.social Bolton Local Group tomorrow. My talk Bringing Them Back - stories from the brink is about the long hard road to recovering our threatened species. Ultimately it's about hope and optimism. #naturewriting

This looks great

Always exciting to see a new title. The launch in Hebden Bridge of @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social new book: The Borders, The Lands We Share gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/bord...

@steveeely.bsky.social isn't this your guy?

Nice to see my book has prompted a potential new spring journal. The first days of the British spring come well before the last days of the British winter, always. #naturewriting

Huge thanks to all the participants on my #naturewriting workshop today for their inspired work

Really enjoyed meeting and working with a brilliant group of nature-inspired writers @rspb.bsky.social #OldMoor today.