Ian Carter
@iancarter67.bsky.social
Galloway-based naturalist and author: Rhythms of Nature | Human, Nature | The Red Kite | The Red Kite’s Year | The Hen Harrier’s Year | Wild Galloway
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Ian Carter
@iancarter67.bsky.social
· Feb 20
After a few false starts this has finally been published. A two year love affair with a Galloway glen and an introduction to the wildlife that lives here. From the elusive Red Grouse of the high tops to the swarms of Common Scoter out in the Solway. And everything in between.
A sneak preview, and not necessarily the final cover. But a fantastic project to work on over the last year or so. Coming soon!
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
A sneak preview, and not necessarily the final cover. But a fantastic project to work on over the last year or so. Coming soon!
Another one for the extensive collection @ruthtingay.bsky.social. A brace of shot Pheasants, tied at the neck and given to a shooter. Only to be wrapped in plastic and hurled into the nearest river before washing up here on a remote Solway beach. They are bred as living targets rather than as food.
December 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Another one for the extensive collection @ruthtingay.bsky.social. A brace of shot Pheasants, tied at the neck and given to a shooter. Only to be wrapped in plastic and hurled into the nearest river before washing up here on a remote Solway beach. They are bred as living targets rather than as food.
Little clusters of 11-spot Ladybirds all along this exposed metal fence in Oxfordshire. Seems an odd place to overwinter with so little shelter. Attracting the attention of walkers on the footpath as the cars roared by.
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Little clusters of 11-spot Ladybirds all along this exposed metal fence in Oxfordshire. Seems an odd place to overwinter with so little shelter. Attracting the attention of walkers on the footpath as the cars roared by.
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THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
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Day sixteen of #ArtAdventCalendar.
Here’s a soft pastel painting of my local river in the depths of winter.
Here’s a soft pastel painting of my local river in the depths of winter.
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Day sixteen of #ArtAdventCalendar.
Here’s a soft pastel painting of my local river in the depths of winter.
Here’s a soft pastel painting of my local river in the depths of winter.
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Well, this is quite extraordinary! Lovely Ian being so kind & generous about my book, but also, what a connection! Reunited with the memory of a dear, much-loved pony, in the galloped woods above Reading…
@nicolawriting.bsky.social has written a wonderful, stirring book, weaving together her knowledge of the landscape with those who have come before - the ghosts that haunt her local walks. I met a ghost too. My sister’s old horse Padjo gets an unexpected mention! Here he is over 40 years ago.
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Well, this is quite extraordinary! Lovely Ian being so kind & generous about my book, but also, what a connection! Reunited with the memory of a dear, much-loved pony, in the galloped woods above Reading…
@nicolawriting.bsky.social has written a wonderful, stirring book, weaving together her knowledge of the landscape with those who have come before - the ghosts that haunt her local walks. I met a ghost too. My sister’s old horse Padjo gets an unexpected mention! Here he is over 40 years ago.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@nicolawriting.bsky.social has written a wonderful, stirring book, weaving together her knowledge of the landscape with those who have come before - the ghosts that haunt her local walks. I met a ghost too. My sister’s old horse Padjo gets an unexpected mention! Here he is over 40 years ago.
The usual assortment of litter on the tideline and, ironically enough, an intact plastic litter bin washed up by the recent high tides. (Lucozade the most common plastic bottle on the beach, as it almost always is -- why is that?)
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The usual assortment of litter on the tideline and, ironically enough, an intact plastic litter bin washed up by the recent high tides. (Lucozade the most common plastic bottle on the beach, as it almost always is -- why is that?)
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December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Even their heartland is rejecting them...
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Tiverton council votes to declare Boxing day hunt 'unwelcome'
Motion passed saying
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November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Even their heartland is rejecting them...
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Review of a mountaineering classic www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/11/book...
Book Review: Everest The Hard Way by Chris Bonington
Fifty years ago Chris Bonington led the first expedition to climb the South West Face of Everest, a phenomenal achievement. A year later h...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Review of a mountaineering classic www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/11/book...
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Ian - many thanks!
Nice shelves!
Nice shelves!
For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ian - many thanks!
Nice shelves!
Nice shelves!
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I enjoyed @iancarter67.bsky.social and Dan Powell’s The Red Kite’s Year so I have got a copy of this!
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I enjoyed @iancarter67.bsky.social and Dan Powell’s The Red Kite’s Year so I have got a copy of this!
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For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@iancarter67.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@iancarter67.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@iancarter67.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@iancarter67.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social
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Tonight's my 14th & last book-related event for the term. So grateful my limited energy has lasted (with many recharge sessions). I've spoken in bank vaults, museums, libraries, bookshops, rewilding sites & round the fire in an Iron Age roundhouse. It's been a ball!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tonight's my 14th & last book-related event for the term. So grateful my limited energy has lasted (with many recharge sessions). I've spoken in bank vaults, museums, libraries, bookshops, rewilding sites & round the fire in an Iron Age roundhouse. It's been a ball!
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
The noisy early morning commute between the Solway and the fields where they feed. As I soon discovered, there were two wildfowlers hidden away directly below the flight line. Had these been Pink-feet rather than (non-shootable) Barnacle Geese, the spectacle would have been rudely interrupted.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The noisy early morning commute between the Solway and the fields where they feed. As I soon discovered, there were two wildfowlers hidden away directly below the flight line. Had these been Pink-feet rather than (non-shootable) Barnacle Geese, the spectacle would have been rudely interrupted.
Badger paths run across all the different layers of habitat in the glen. Across the fields, through gaps in the stone dykes then up and away into the hills where they make useful routes through the Bracken - narrow but just about walkable lines for humans through otherwise impenetrable vegetation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Badger paths run across all the different layers of habitat in the glen. Across the fields, through gaps in the stone dykes then up and away into the hills where they make useful routes through the Bracken - narrow but just about walkable lines for humans through otherwise impenetrable vegetation.
I can’t help but pick up these fishing lures whenever I find them. These are mostly from the Solway strandline, at the edge of our Galloway glen. Our cocker spaniel once found, and almost swallowed, a baited hook, and the sorry story…
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I can’t help but pick up these fishing lures whenever I find them. These are mostly from the Solway strandline, at the edge of our Galloway glen. Our cocker spaniel once found, and almost swallowed, a baited hook, and the sorry story…
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My nature writing-historical-memoiry mash-up, about pioneering, forgotten women & queer farmers has been out a month! Holed up with a broken leg (will be at Romsey Waterstones & Folde) but I’d love some cheer, shares, a review or stars on that Amzn site to help things along! #GhostsoftheFarm x
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My nature writing-historical-memoiry mash-up, about pioneering, forgotten women & queer farmers has been out a month! Holed up with a broken leg (will be at Romsey Waterstones & Folde) but I’d love some cheer, shares, a review or stars on that Amzn site to help things along! #GhostsoftheFarm x
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@iancarter67.bsky.social really enjoyed this. Interesting facts, engaging writing, lots of references and beautiful artwork and stories to the art
(can’t find Dan on here to tag).
(can’t find Dan on here to tag).
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@iancarter67.bsky.social really enjoyed this. Interesting facts, engaging writing, lots of references and beautiful artwork and stories to the art
(can’t find Dan on here to tag).
(can’t find Dan on here to tag).
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this must be so infuriating for the beaver
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
this must be so infuriating for the beaver
The scat looks good for Pine Marten, and is usually the only evidence we have that they are here in our glen. On top of a stone dyke at the edge of the wood. A moulted Buzzard feather found nearby.
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The scat looks good for Pine Marten, and is usually the only evidence we have that they are here in our glen. On top of a stone dyke at the edge of the wood. A moulted Buzzard feather found nearby.
Interesting Fly Agaric on the Galloway cliffs today, miles from the nearest woodland. Not sure I’ve ever seen them away from the woods before.
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Interesting Fly Agaric on the Galloway cliffs today, miles from the nearest woodland. Not sure I’ve ever seen them away from the woods before.