Nic Wilson

A conference room with lots of seated people and a screen showing text and a picture of a swift.

Very interesting talks at today's @hnhsoc.bsky.social bird club conference, including @grahamknight10.bsky.social's report on the 1081 #swift nests recorded in #Hertfordshire in 2025!

Herts & Middx Butterflies in 2025 and can we predict long term changes?' by Andrew Wood YouTube video by Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation

Did you miss our Zoom talk last night? Andrew Wood discusses predicting long term changes to butterfly and moth flight times in this really interesting talk based on branch data. Now available on YouTube! youtu.be/jsFvmdfiq5M @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social

Huge congratulations James! So few urban Floras have been published this will be momentous. Can’t wait to get a copy and devour every page #UrbanFlora #UrbanPlants

I cheered myself up by buying a second hand folding desk for my shed so I can call it a writing shed. Then I'll not get distracted and get all my work done. Honest...

Centenary | Norfolk Wildlife Trust During 2026, we're hanging the bunting out as we celebrate our 100th birthday! To mark this memorable year, we invite you to celebrate with us as we continue to support Norfolk’s nature to thrive.

Happy 100th Birthday Norfolk Wildlife Trust!!! On March 6th 1926, Norwich doctor Sydney Long saved Cley marshland "as a bird breeding sanctuary for all time". So began the county Wildlife Trusts: 2,600 reserves, 945k members; local nature & people together.
www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/Centenary

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Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation Paying farmers to swap cattle for conservation has helped sway the balance in biodiversity’s favour

Costa Rica has shown it *IS* possible to bring back nature on a mass scale, as @thinkorswim.bsky.social outlines in this great piece.

Meanwhile in Ireland all we get is, at best, incremental change and fudging.

Why is Irish nature always just an afterthought?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson...

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Yay!

None of them. Choose your own adventures always end badly...

Nah dude. You can't keep having mornings every day. It's just SO predictable.

Hello Sydney. Hope you see lotsa birds today, mate.

It's Norfolk Wildlife Trust's CENTENARY today. Wow! And this looks like a splendid way to celebrate and support the trust... 🎉 🐛 🦋

www.thebookhive.co.uk/product/this...

Country diary: When wild swans need a human hand | Sara Hudston Abbotsbury, Dorset: The swannery has been here since the 11th century, and this winter, after the storms harmed the flock’s feeding, it came into its own

Feeding the swans at Abbotsbury in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sara Hudston.

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Analysis finds urban areas in England where no one lives within 15-minute walk of nature Government says it is working to solve ‘postcode lottery’ of access to green or blue spaces

Vital story by my colleague Helena Horton – about the number of people who don't live within a 15-min walk of green space. Freely accessible, wildlife-rich green space should be a modern-day human right! And good govts should see it as a public health essential. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Blog of yesterday's #WildEssex walk to Cockaynes Reserve. Spring in abundance!

www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/wildessex-a-...

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Country diary: When wild swans need a human hand | Sara Hudston Abbotsbury, Dorset: The swannery has been here since the 11th century, and this winter, after the storms harmed the flock’s feeding, it came into its own

Feeding the swans at Abbotsbury in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sara Hudston.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Great, aren't they? We were introduced to them as butterbur, but I was pretty certain something didn't look right. There's butterbur too down by the village pond, if it's still there from several years ago.

As days become longer and warmer our urban flora is beginning to gather steam. Here’s Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) growing - as it so often does - on a bed of moss on a pavement #UrbanPlants

"Biology is complicated. Kindness and respect don’t have to be." A fascinating and important thread from Dr @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social.

Nice! We have some in Hitchin Cemetery too.

My pleasure.

Country diary: This is the field where spring arrives first | Nicola Chester Inkpen, West Berkshire: Its display of crocuses is the largest in the country, and it has a venerable history – but what kind of history, nobody quite knows

I suspect I'm not the only one who needs a @theguardian.com country diary about wild crocuses today, thanks to @nicolawriting.bsky.social.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

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A little space to breathe, among the terrible things happening in the world. Our funny, playful little Crocus Field reserve, full of connection & story, & wonderfully managed by @bbowt.bsky.social

I'm not even sure what are my side-hustles and what's my main hustle any more but anyway, these are selling well, give me a shout if you want one.

Country diary: This is the field where spring arrives first | Nicola Chester Inkpen, West Berkshire: Its display of crocuses is the largest in the country, and it has a venerable history – but what kind of history, nobody quite knows

I suspect I'm not the only one who needs a @theguardian.com country diary about wild crocuses today, thanks to @nicolawriting.bsky.social.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Blog of the latest in our series of monthly short breaks by public transport, this time Morecambe & Lancaster
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/bring-me-sun...

#NatureWriting and the rest!