It's Buglife's Be Kind to Spiders Week! 🕷️ To celebrate, we're offering a free download of our 2023 article on the fascinating but much maligned false widows, from @britishspiders.bsky.social's Alastair Lavery & Lawrence Bee, with artwork by @rlewington2.bsky.social Download link in comments👇

We've just shared the latest British Wildlife newsletter - our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the March newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

If you subscribe to the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social mag, you’ll find an article about birds in place-names in there this month. Right before @amyjanebeer.bsky.social’s always beautiful Wild Story column. #BritishWildlife #PlaceNames #birdsandplace

Heartfelt thanks to @steverutt.bsky.social & @britishwildlife.bsky.social for an incredible review. ‘Nobody else writes with this degree of sensitivity, the big picture interspersed with telling detail, the perfect descriptive phrase that is her knack & the unhurried, farm-pace of her narrative.’1/2

My review in their latest newsletter of @britishwildlife.bsky.social Wilding for Conservation is now out. www.britishwildlife.com/wilding-for-... An important publication & resource. @landethics.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @jmbecologist.bsky.social #rewilding

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the February newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

Our February issue is out! Topics this time include English nature laws in crisis, the Common Octopus, birds in place-names, action needed for protected sites and rewilding and birds at Mar Lodge. For more see: www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

New book on rewilding! A curated collection of 27 articles published in British Wildlife over the last 5 yrs So, accessible & nicely produced for a broad readership And I’m one of the authors. Cheap at the price (£16.99)! www.britishwildlife.com/wilding/

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the January newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

Essential reading in latest British Wildlife magazine. Really good article by @elliecrane.bsky.social on value & future of unmanaged British woodland, and restoring lost habitats through non-intervention. Great conclusions and I agree with every word.

I wrote a thing (my article is the one with the Star Wars reference 🤓)

Our December issue is out! Topics this time include beavers and orthoptera, ninety years of ecosystems, 'good' ecological status in rivers, the Yellow Meadow Ant, and woodlands: time to embrace the dark side? For more see: www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the November newsletter here: us6.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...

Our November issue is out! Topics this time include Wildcats in South-west England, jellyfish in British and Irish Seas, upland scrub and birds, UV surveys for caterpillars, and the Great Orme. For more, see: www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

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The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the October newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

Our October issue is out! Topics this time include Alpine Newts in Britain, Herefordshire’s ice age ponds, land flatworms, snowline slime moulds, and a tale of two teasels. For more, see: www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

With the October issue on its way we're about to start a new volume of British Wildlife. Which was your favourite cover from volume 36?

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the September newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

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

Just catching up with the latest issue of British Wildlife. This lead article on wilding/rewilding is an absolutely spot-on summary. A must read. Well done @britishwildlife.bsky.social. #wilding #rewilding

Pleased to share that my review of @tonyjuniper.bsky.social's Just Earth has been published in @britishwildlife.bsky.social's recent print edition. You can find it online here: bit.ly/4p7JU7c

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the August newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

Our August issue is out! Topics this time include Risso’s Dolphins in Britain, Holm Oaks and their moths, urban wall ferns, the importance of woodland grassland, and the conclusion to our wilding for conservation series. For more, see: www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

"Most of all, it is a brave & beautiful love letter to herself & those living with chronic illness. An acceptance of shifting inner & outer landscapes alongside a commitment to keep listening, learning & walking local paths, even when the ground shifts beneath the waves" @britishwildlife.bsky.social

It's #NationalMarineWeek, and what better way to celebrate than with the return of a long lost jellyfish? Read our story on the disappearance and re-emergence of the enigmatic Depastrum cyathiforme at: www.britishwildlife.com/lost-and-fou...

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...

Lovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just received my review copy of Renaturing by James Canton. Interesting title & hopefully interesting content, I'm reviewing it for the @britishwildlife.bsky.social newsletter. Sign up for it! @irishrainforest.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @rewildscotland.bsky.social

A good news invertebrate story for once in @theguardian.com by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social An extinct jellyfish found alive! And involving the great @britishwildlife.bsky.social wildlife magazine I write for too.. Do subscribe.. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the July newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

July's a great time to see some of our most spectacular caterpillars - here are some quick tips to help track them down. If you give it a go, let us know what you find!

We're really looking forward to @globalbirdfair.bsky.social this week - British Wildlife will be on the NHBS stand (S111-112) for all three days, so please come and say hello!

I love @britishwildlife.bsky.social and I'm excited to have an article in it this month on the lost #nightingales of #Hitchin and shifting baseline syndrome - an extract from my new book #LandBeneaththeWaves ⬇️ uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social #booksky #naturalhistory

For the final day of #30DaysWild, a male Linnet This has been one of the winners at ‪RSPB Hope Farm, a place that proves productive farming and nature recovery can be achieved in tandem; for a review of changes during the RSPB's first 25 years there, see www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

A roadside apple tree, likely originating from a discarded core #30DaysWild Britain does have truly wild apple trees, but their ecology and distribution have received little attention – we covered the pioneering work aiming to address this knowledge gap in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

A Great Pond Snail for day 28 #30DaysWild Our November issue featured an article on a smaller and much rarer relative, the Slender Pond Snail, with insights on its habitat preferences based on research in Scotland - for more on that, see www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

Some distant Risso’s Dolphins for day 27 #30DaysWild These secretive dolphins have been reported in unusually high numbers this spring, possibly linked to an abundance of their cephalopod prey. Look out for an article on this species in British Wildlife later this year!

Upland oakwood on Dartmoor, one of the last refuges in Devon for the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker #30DaysWild @lesserspotnet.bsky.social‬ provided a comprehensive account of the decline and challenges facing this species in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the June newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishwildl...

I've got a feature in @britishwildlife.bsky.social on my nature memoir #LandBeneaththeWaves and how vital natural history records (like the @hnhsoc.bsky.social's journals going back to 1875) are in identifying shifting baseline syndrome. @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @globalbirdfair.bsky.social

Western Bee-fly for day 25 #30DaysWild Bee-flies offer a gentle introduction into the (slightly daunting) world of Diptera; Brett Westwood describes his quest to find this species and the allure of other flies in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

A juvenile Starling for #30DaysWild There's a lot to like about these birds, not least their impressive repertoire of vocalisations and amazing flocking displays. ‪@stephenmossauthor.bsky.social‬ made the case for a greater appreciation of Starlings in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

"Much work needs to be done by politicians to articulate a positive vision for our shared future" I have a piece in the latest @britishwildlife.bsky.social on green (and Green) politics in Ireland...

A ribbon worm (or nemertine) on a colony of Star Ascidian #30DaysWild While most ribbon worms are marine, a handful have made it onto land where they occupy soil and damp leaf litter. We shared an introduction to Britain's terrestrial species in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

A typically fleeting view of a Goshawk for day 22 #30DaysWild This elusive raptor is making a recovery in Britain and starting to move out from forest heartlands into new habitats; Brett Westwood celebrates its resurgence in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

A young Atlantic Grey Seal #30DaysWild This is by far the most common seal species around here in Devon, but more recently its smaller relative, the Harbour Seal, has been making inroads into the south west; its spread along the Channel is described in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

Our June issue is out! Topics this time include the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, twenty-five years of RSPB Hope Farm, fifty years of legal protection for bats in Britain, a history of Munsary Peatlands, and Pine Martens in the New Forest. For more, see www.britishwildlife.com/back-issues/...

A mix of exotic and native plants reclaiming a street corner for day 20 #30DaysWild As part of our Wilding for Conservation series, Ian Rotherham argued that rewilding needs to embrace urban areas and the people who live there – see his commentary here www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

Chanterelles under a woodland canopy #30DaysWild The support network between trees and fungi – the so called ‘wood wide web’ – has captured public imagination, but the idea remains contentious among scientists. David Wilkinson explores this debate in www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...