Ian Tattum
@iantattum.bsky.social
Writer and independent scholar.
Used to be a vicar.
Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times.
Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
Used to be a vicar.
Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times.
Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
Pinned
Ian Tattum
@iantattum.bsky.social
· Jun 29
A piece I wrote about having a nature deprived childhood.
There don’t seem to be enough articles about working class childhoods which were just a bit dull because you didn’t get out much , and family members were not very enthusiastic.
But you did have picture books of stuffed birds.😊
There don’t seem to be enough articles about working class childhoods which were just a bit dull because you didn’t get out much , and family members were not very enthusiastic.
But you did have picture books of stuffed birds.😊
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Finches flock to the frosty fields in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Everything is frozen, but still the finches come | Amanda Thomson
Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms: Thanks to a local collaborative effort, linnets, bramblings, green and goldfinches are coming to this field in joyful flocks
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Finches flock to the frosty fields in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak.
Here we have the Reed Bunting, a visitor to the winter garden here.
@robcrank68.bsky.social
Here we have the Reed Bunting, a visitor to the winter garden here.
@robcrank68.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak.
Here we have the Reed Bunting, a visitor to the winter garden here.
@robcrank68.bsky.social
Here we have the Reed Bunting, a visitor to the winter garden here.
@robcrank68.bsky.social
Whoever did catechesis for VP Vance seems to have misled him into thinking Herod was one of the good guys ☹️
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Whoever did catechesis for VP Vance seems to have misled him into thinking Herod was one of the good guys ☹️
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Now my kids are a little older it's lovely that I can introduce them to the classics, AA Milne, JM Barrie, E Nesbit, and together we can enjoy the experience of not having the first fucking idea what anybody is talking about.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Now my kids are a little older it's lovely that I can introduce them to the classics, AA Milne, JM Barrie, E Nesbit, and together we can enjoy the experience of not having the first fucking idea what anybody is talking about.
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On the Bittern Hills of Dorset.
Purbeck where in a tiny space there was sun, rain, cloud, and rooks.
Purbeck where in a tiny space there was sun, rain, cloud, and rooks.
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
On the Bittern Hills of Dorset.
Purbeck where in a tiny space there was sun, rain, cloud, and rooks.
Purbeck where in a tiny space there was sun, rain, cloud, and rooks.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
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Got a very irate comment yesterday about not doing a Quiet Riot on this, told we "missed the boat" while others had put out emergency eps. So, I listened to a couple. They contained minimum insight and maximum outrage. I'm PROUD we took 12 extra hours to get a guest who actually knows their onions.
As promised, a special episode on Venezuela, with the former UK ambassador in Caracas, which contains actual insight and expertise, rather than just commentators going "oh dear". A x
🚨🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE🚨🚨
Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
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Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Got a very irate comment yesterday about not doing a Quiet Riot on this, told we "missed the boat" while others had put out emergency eps. So, I listened to a couple. They contained minimum insight and maximum outrage. I'm PROUD we took 12 extra hours to get a guest who actually knows their onions.
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Such a golden light in the Stour Valley earlier.
Lapwings, Linnets, Fieldfares, aplenty...
#Dorset #Landscape
Lapwings, Linnets, Fieldfares, aplenty...
#Dorset #Landscape
January 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Such a golden light in the Stour Valley earlier.
Lapwings, Linnets, Fieldfares, aplenty...
#Dorset #Landscape
Lapwings, Linnets, Fieldfares, aplenty...
#Dorset #Landscape
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Nothing but grip of claw, and the eye's complacency,
The innumerable clanging wings that have put out the moon.
Yeats
The innumerable clanging wings that have put out the moon.
Yeats
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Nothing but grip of claw, and the eye's complacency,
The innumerable clanging wings that have put out the moon.
Yeats
The innumerable clanging wings that have put out the moon.
Yeats
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Rutger is looking for suitable candidates interested in getting a PhD on the interface of soil biodiversity and plant ecology in the face of changing climates. Rutger is a great ecologist, botanist and allround good dude in a nice lab and a great part of Germany, so this is a nice opportunity!
Two advertisements for PhD projects in our group at @uni-konstanz.de, including one in my recently funded project on the role of soil biodiversity in plant responses to drought. Deadline on January 12th. Sharing would be appreciated! More info here: www.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/kleunen/news...
News | AG van Kleunen
www.biologie.uni-konstanz.de
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Rutger is looking for suitable candidates interested in getting a PhD on the interface of soil biodiversity and plant ecology in the face of changing climates. Rutger is a great ecologist, botanist and allround good dude in a nice lab and a great part of Germany, so this is a nice opportunity!
Reading a new biography of Katherine Mansfield and am surprised at myself for author quibbling with the description of Zennor being just outside St Ives.
Whenever I visit I walk along the coastal path, which might have affected my perception 😊
Whenever I visit I walk along the coastal path, which might have affected my perception 😊
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Reading a new biography of Katherine Mansfield and am surprised at myself for author quibbling with the description of Zennor being just outside St Ives.
Whenever I visit I walk along the coastal path, which might have affected my perception 😊
Whenever I visit I walk along the coastal path, which might have affected my perception 😊
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The conversation on Threads
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The conversation on Threads
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The Robin noticed that the Fieldfare had been distracted, chasing a Blackbird away from the appletrove.
Better make the best of my chances thought the Robin, nervously...
#Robins
Better make the best of my chances thought the Robin, nervously...
#Robins
January 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The Robin noticed that the Fieldfare had been distracted, chasing a Blackbird away from the appletrove.
Better make the best of my chances thought the Robin, nervously...
#Robins
Better make the best of my chances thought the Robin, nervously...
#Robins
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Looked for a peer-reviewed piece of scientific research to back up this blanket claim that LTNs cause more pollution not less.
In fact this is a typical hit piece from the Times, which looks at one LTN, that hasn't even started yet. The "analysis", done by The Times hacks, isn't worth a jot.
In fact this is a typical hit piece from the Times, which looks at one LTN, that hasn't even started yet. The "analysis", done by The Times hacks, isn't worth a jot.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods cause more pollution not less bit.ly/49iebJp analysis finds.
A single LTN road closure to add 1.4 million extra miles to journeys
‘Green’ traffic restriction plan in Islington, North London, could generate 400 tonnes of CO2
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Looked for a peer-reviewed piece of scientific research to back up this blanket claim that LTNs cause more pollution not less.
In fact this is a typical hit piece from the Times, which looks at one LTN, that hasn't even started yet. The "analysis", done by The Times hacks, isn't worth a jot.
In fact this is a typical hit piece from the Times, which looks at one LTN, that hasn't even started yet. The "analysis", done by The Times hacks, isn't worth a jot.
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The giant Silver Heron on the Isle of Wight is probably the tallest in the world, and when installed in 2024 immediately became our favourite. We love its classic Toes Over the Edge stance. #HeronArt
January 2026 full moon over the Heron in Castletown, Isle of Man 🇮🇲
#fullmoon #isleofman #clearskkes #january #cold #newyear #heron
#fullmoon #isleofman #clearskkes #january #cold #newyear #heron
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The giant Silver Heron on the Isle of Wight is probably the tallest in the world, and when installed in 2024 immediately became our favourite. We love its classic Toes Over the Edge stance. #HeronArt
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We call this...
Herondipity - the faculty or phenomenon of finding heron moments not sought for.
Herondipity - the faculty or phenomenon of finding heron moments not sought for.
A heron came into the frame just as I snapped this photo of the tree's reflection. Pretty generous of him, I think. #landscape #photography #nicomekl #Surrey #BC
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
We call this...
Herondipity - the faculty or phenomenon of finding heron moments not sought for.
Herondipity - the faculty or phenomenon of finding heron moments not sought for.
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'A man who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on battlefields. Be victorious over yourself and not over others. When you attain victory over yourself, not even gods can turn it into defeat' (Dhammapada). ☸️
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
'A man who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on battlefields. Be victorious over yourself and not over others. When you attain victory over yourself, not even gods can turn it into defeat' (Dhammapada). ☸️
What with all the news at the moment I needed to find something appropriate to read before going to sleep,
January 3, 2026 at 11:29 PM
What with all the news at the moment I needed to find something appropriate to read before going to sleep,