I know you all know what cuckoo spit ACTUALLY is, but here I am telling you anyway … #naturewriting open.substack.com/pub/anotherd...

“Rusty Willow sounds more like the name of a children’s TV presenter than a plant I’d find out here.” #naturewriting open.substack.com/pub/anotherd...

⭐️COVER REVEAL⭐️ My second book TO HAVE OR TO HOLD is now available for💥PRE-ORDER💥 linktr.ee/tohaveortohold It’s an honour to soon be your narrator and introduce you to nature’s hidden relationships which are wilder, weirder, darker, more essential than you can imagine 🌍 @chiffchat.bsky.social

A joyful discovery in Vondelpark Amsterdam 😃

In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.

A reminder that, by adding googly eyes to the tap of a wine box, you can make your very own Shaun the Sheep.

I wrote about birds again. On the ice, blue tits, little egrets. open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

Entomologists, assemble! 💙 As has become a bit of a tradition for the last 8 years, on Blue Monday I like to share a beautiful blue bug or two and encourage others to join me. Why?… 🧵👇

A conversation on here earlier reminded me of a thing that I’ve always loved and occasionally bang on about. It’s the care taken by Mackenzie Crook to specify which bird species we can hear in the background for many scenes in Detectorists.

Here are some images from my new photographic project, ‘Entomoscapes’. It is art of my MA in Photography at @falmouthuniversity.bsky.social, which aims to explore the human-insect relationship. View the full project here: www.gailashton.co.uk/entomoscapes #Masters #Photography #Insects

A little press release for my upcoming book! 😍♥️ The book contains elements of parenting, grief, mental wellbeing and much more! If you'd like to chat about it then please get in touch 📚 #Book #Author #Nature #MagicOfBirds #Birds

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @derekniemann.bsky.social seeks the beavers that swim in the polluted waters of his local river. #countrydiary #naturewriting

I wrote about birds. Lists, robins, greylag geese, fireworks and Jimmy Carter. open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

This is a nice Substack from Janelle Hardacre about fulfilling her wish to see a murmuration. #naturewriting “Shoulder to shoulder with my love, I was witnessing my wish. Starlings cascading, whirling, forming, moving across the light grey sky.” open.substack.com/pub/janelleh...

I’m on my nonsense again. This weeks Six Things include: – moon – wood – cracker – map – ambiguity – mingle open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

“Like a good coastal visitor, Darragh has left only footprints here. The sole firm evidence that he passed through is the pattern of the grass, flattened in ripples like the waves reached land and decided to keep going.” #naturewriting open.substack.com/pub/anotherd...

Leaky boots, Anneka Rice and a bridge … open.substack.com/pub/anotherd...

📣 ✍🏼 the cat is out of the bag… … or is the parasite out of the host? ✨TO HAVE OR TO HOLD✨a wild, unruly, essential ride through nature’s hidden relationships, coming to you May 2025 @chiffchat.bsky.social consider this press release a tease… www.thebookseller.com/rights/bloom...

Fossil Fuel sponsorship in cricket? 🏏💀 No thanks. “All cricketers, cricket fans, clubs, cricket organisations... There’s a great opportunity here to put your hand up and say: ‘Look, we’re not OK with this." Our take on Exxon sponsorship of Global Super League: www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

Come join us as business development lead on Encounter Nature! www.encounter-nature.com/news/were-hi... honestly, we are not all early '90s jokes and nonsense, we are also excited about reconnecting people with nature and gathering data about what they see around them.

ICYMI: New Substack on Houdini the hedgehog: open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...

With #BlackFriday looming, we're asking how to make it greener on today's ep of For What It's Earth #podcast. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/55YY... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... 🚨 But the most vital question: 👋 @andrewrjones.bsky.social, which room are we helping you clean today?

I always look forward to Rebecca Hooper’s Sunday Substacks. Today’s is a thrilling account of humans chasing orcas chasing seals #naturewriting “This hunt is thrilling and wondrous and heartbreaking all at once.” open.substack.com/pub/betweent...

💩🌍 You ask, we answer!* On #ForWhatItsEarth this week: staying hopeful, picking up dog poo, and plogging for the planet. Every other Weds we tackle your listener questions. Send us your eco queries & green intrusive thoughts to be featured! Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/2DRy... (*try to)

This very good photo of a grey seal, taken by my wife, appears in my latest Substack post alongside questionable #naturewriting by me, like “females have the round head and wide eyes of a labrador who’s seen you with the cheese grater”. open.substack.com/pub/anotherd...

Shhh! If you're near a roosting barn owl, don't do what @derekniemann.bsky.social did - disturb it with a humongous sneeze! Barns, churches and light arrows in today's lovely @theguardian.com country diary... #naturewriting