Nick Sidwell

Back in the summer, while walking in the Lake District, I came across a sign attributed to The Department of Lakeland Animism. I was curious about the group but can't find a single lead in online searches. Does anyone know anything about who is behind this?

Listening to the fascinating @jackashby.bsky.social unpack the hidden narratives and politics of natural history museum collections. I will never look at taxidermy the same way again.

@annikabow.bsky.social 👀

Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration Slow TV is attracting viewers with hits such as a knitting marathon, burning firewood and swimming salmon

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🫎 Delightful moose-watching opportunity 🫎

There's a paper just out on this too by @ericavonessen.bsky.social - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you @somersetwildlands.bsky.social for guiding me round your rewilding sites. I loved this worn, warped but still alive tree. It's exciting to think of what these patches of land might become months and decades (and centuries??) from now!

Can we call these "elecopters"?

A photograph of a giant sequoia, taken from the base of the tree and looking up into the canopy high above.

I met some giant sequoia this morning, in the appropriately named Big Tree Grove, just outside Bristol. There are apparently more sequoia in the UK than in their native US. Apparently their seeds arrived here in 1853. Given their long lives, this giant must be in its youth. doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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I've been looking forward to this one! Congratulations @digicologies.bsky.social

A photograph of a young newt on bare, muddy soil

Came across this critter at the allotment this morning. The first time I had met a #newt out and about. I don't suppose any herpetologists could ID it from this picture?

Proterozoic Rocks

That reminds me a little of this recent superb one from @xkcd.com

xkcd.com/3008/

@annikabow.bsky.social Is this Nik from TechLife? If so, this is Nick from TechLife 👋

Excellent pun and almost seamless Photoshop skills. Bravo @somersetwildlands.bsky.social

And great news about the voles too of course!

Guess what is back at Athelney? No not beavers, or wolves, or West Saxons.... something smaller but just as exciting...
www.somersetwildlands.org/news/highvol...

I'll be speaking at #COSummit24 on Thurs at 10.30 on co-production in conservation with Mark Hirons. The session's for those of you involved in conservation and policy. You can join online (or in person if you're in Oxford!) - see @conservoptimism.bsky.social for details.

#ConservationOptimism

Should universities shift from evidence producers to co-producers? This webinar will launch a new discussion document from the Agile Initiative exploring the relationships between environmental research, its use in policy, and the related trends for research to be im...

If environmental science and policy is your thing, how about joining for a webinar I'm co-presenting on 3rd June with the Oxford Martin School? www.agile-initiative.ox.ac.uk/events/event...

I'm used now to news articles referring to "X, formerly known as Twitter". Today I read one that referred to "Twitter, formally known as X".

Took a moment to realise what was going on

Hats off to the unknown subeditor.

Brilliant, thank you. Email sent 📨

That would be great, thank you. Please send a link or let me know if you need any info to add me to the list. I hope the event goes well!

A reminder that the Extinction, Endangerment & Environmental Storytelling event starts today. You can join remotely for any talks. newnatures.org/extinction/n...

Thank you, this looks wonderful. Will this be recorded?

This is so interesting. Slides are super! Thank you. I used to be in the books world. I always wished someone would do a research project on a publisher/imprint/sector and do what you've done across the list. I hope publishers read your work!

Writing a report on upcoming developments in natural capital accounting. Does anyone know of any interesting projects, plans, schemes or similar?

This is just to say William Carlos Williams was a wonderful poet!

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/...

A copy of the book The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar

First post and it concerns AI. Somehow I feel my new book would approve!