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...
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Conservationist, writer, naturalist, resting composer. Next book due 2026.
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...
It's an important subject that as far as I know hasn't been covered before, and very entertainingly written. As I say on the back cover!
31.07.2025 21:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This 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.
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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
30.07.2025 09:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I knew his brother Humphrey when he was on the RSPB's governing Council. He told me that as children they were both into birdwatching and music. I think Humphrey played the cello if I remember correctly.
19.07.2025 11:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0and another birdwatching conductor.
18.07.2025 21:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Giving 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...
09.07.2025 10:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0⚠️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
06.07.2025 11:39 — 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0Love and condolences, Paul
03.07.2025 10:24 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I'll be there, as always.
02.07.2025 14:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Jules 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...
30.06.2025 10:04 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Leucistic red kite
A blog about my encounter with the spirit-kite. laurencerose.co.uk/2025/06/spir...
28.06.2025 13:53 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Day 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
20.06.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0RIP #AlfredBrendel
17.06.2025 17:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Lime hawk moth. Beautiful garden tick.
07.06.2025 20:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Valmik 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...
03.05.2025 10:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't overstate the importance of this ruling. Great news.
02.05.2025 13:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi Alex. Hopefully but it's up to @rspbengland.bsky.social Old Moor team. I have one coming up in September in the Holmfirth area if that's of any interest www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-wri...
01.05.2025 09:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Delighted that my poem "Old Moor" conceived at @windhovering.bsky.social Writing In Nature workshop is featured on the RSPB Old Moor Facebook site.
30.04.2025 08:38 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Happy birthday Lev!
27.04.2025 12:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It's a great poem Paul. #naturewriting @rspb.bsky.social
16.04.2025 14:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Wonderful to have my poem "Old Moor" on Laurence Rose's blog about his Nature workshop I attended:
laurencerose.co.uk/2025/04/writ...
I've worked with @richardallenart.bsky.social whose linocuts illustrate a couple of my books
10.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0