Nic Wilson

Country diary: Cherry plum blossom brings a little spring spangle to the hedges | Nic Wilson Hitchin, Hertfordshire: It’s often mistaken for blackthorn at this time of year, and you may be more familiar with its pink and purple varieties

I went to town on sepals here... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: A wet walk is worth it for the spoonbills | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett Isley Marsh, Devon: The birdlife is mostly staying still in the downpour, not least these large, striking waders that we’re lucky to have here

What a bird! Take a wet walk to see spoonbills with Elizabeth-Jane Burnett in today's @theguardian.com country diary.

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Country diary: A wet walk is worth it for the spoonbills | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett Isley Marsh, Devon: The birdlife is mostly staying still in the downpour, not least these large, striking waders that we’re lucky to have here

What a bird! Take a wet walk to see spoonbills with Elizabeth-Jane Burnett in today's @theguardian.com country diary.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Oh yes. Love 'em. And how persistent they are in certain towns and cities.

Love plants of Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites) at this stage of their short lives, their beautiful little rosettes gearing up to do their flowery thing in a few weeks time. Real urban pioneers, you can find them on pavements & walls in many towns & cities #UrbanPlants

The BEST most hopeful news to wake to this morning! Bravo Hannah Spencer MP, bravo @westberksgreens.bsky.social who went up to support & are building members here. Thank you Gorton & Denton, @zackpolanski.bsky.social Hope over hate, community over protecting power & wealth, politics is changing!

Yeah, so far I only do presents that have been coughed up by summat. Can't think why I don't get invited to many birthday parties...🤔

Why thank you 😊

Country diary: A tale of two oak trees | Paul Evans The Marches, Shropshire: Our ancestors were captivated by how browsing by elk and bison affected tree growth. Now I am too by the human version – coppicing

Coppicing celebrated in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans.

#naturewriting #countrydiary

Back at ya! 💚💚💚

Two Nics & a Derek selfie beside the little river Dunn

Takeaway tub containing owl pellets with ‘pelletory of the wol’ written on it.

A trio of Guardian Country Diarists in off the GWR in Hungerford! Lovely day with the brilliant @derekniemann.bsky.social & @nicwilson.bsky.social, plus excellent gifting from Nic-Derek. Homemade truffles? No! Owl pellets! With a top linguistic bird-plant joke, from Nic’s (non-naturalist) husband!

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Wow, that's quite a list. Me too re: bins.

Oh bless!

LIVE SOON: Water Book Club Live with Dr Amy Jane Beer & Jen Ratcliffe Starting Feb 26 at 2:00 PM EST

The lives and condition of our waterways are so intimately connected with our own, this conversation could go almost anywhere. Live chat this evening on writing rivers… and acting for them. Free to join open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Blimey. How marvelous!

What birds can you see from your bed and what are they up to?

#birdingfrombed

Yes, I guess this was way back before such "wisdom" was established?

Indeed it is! 😊

View out of a hotel bedroom window into roofs and windows in a red brick wall. Grey skies behind.

Pigeons nesting in the hanging baskets, jackdaws in the chimney pots, starlings in the eaves, seen a pied wagtail from bed and now there's a magpie. I like this hotel! #birdingfrombed

Country diary: A tale of two oak trees | Paul Evans The Marches, Shropshire: Our ancestors were captivated by how browsing by elk and bison affected tree growth. Now I am too by the human version – coppicing

Coppicing celebrated in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans.

#naturewriting #countrydiary

Yup. 💥

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Aye! I was in the high street, but my mind was dancing 🪩

If it's hot, the pigeons might enjoy the cooling rain?!

Possibly cherry plum, which would be expected to be flowering now.

The spine of Moving Mountains - navy blue with rainbow writing between two other nature books.

First time I've seen the paperback of #MovingMountains in the wild! 😁 @louisekenward.bsky.social

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A small patch of hairy bitter-cress with tiny white flowers in a stone wall with ivy leaves and grass around it.

Oh, and the hairy bitter-cress is flowering 😍

A grey feral pigeon sitting in a hanging basket with orange and yellow pansies

Another grey feral pigeon in another hanging basket with greenery against a cream pebble-dashed wall

Left this afternoon to a blackcap singing by the train platform. Arrived four hours later to a blackbird singing on another platform. And then saw fetal pigeon dudes nesting in these hanging baskets! Feelin' springy.

A woman on a bench in a garden writing in a notebook, with the title Unearthing the Past: How to Write a Nature Memoir

Would you love to write a memoir on your experiences in nature or your life in the garden?

On 19 March, I'm leading a memoir workshop (10-4) in the beautiful surroundings of @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social. Do come & join us!

www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le... #naturewriting #memoir #Cambridge