Nic Wilson
@nicwilson.bsky.social
Author & Editor, Guardian Country Diarist, BBC Gardeners' World Mag. Rep: Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. #Nature #Place #ChronicIllness
Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
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Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
linktr.ee/nicwilsonauthor
Pinned
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
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#naturewriting
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#naturewriting
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
Birds on the ball in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mary Montague.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Feeding frenzies really live up to their name | Mary Montague
Tyrella Beach, County Down: The surface of the sea is churning with desperate fish and hungry seabirds. This is life and death down the end of a telescope
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Birds on the ball in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mary Montague.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Continuing with the Devon series in the run up to my event on 13th @thebookery.bsky.social, bird place-name of the day 111 is: KITLEY. Old English: cyta + leah. ‘Kite woodland/clearing’. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Continuing with the Devon series in the run up to my event on 13th @thebookery.bsky.social, bird place-name of the day 111 is: KITLEY. Old English: cyta + leah. ‘Kite woodland/clearing’. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
Apologies to both @jensoilandpen.bsky.social and Rob Schofield. This is, of course, Rob's diary on the longhorns.
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @jensoilandpen.bsky.social meets the longhorns doing dune service.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: The strange sight of cattle on sand dunes | Rob Schofield
Sefton, Merseyside: These longhorns will be here till spring, roaming (almost) free, disturbing the ground, creating a foothold for native wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Apologies to both @jensoilandpen.bsky.social and Rob Schofield. This is, of course, Rob's diary on the longhorns.
Reposted by Nic Wilson
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @jensoilandpen.bsky.social meets the longhorns doing dune service.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: The strange sight of cattle on sand dunes | Rob Schofield
Sefton, Merseyside: These longhorns will be here till spring, roaming (almost) free, disturbing the ground, creating a foothold for native wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @jensoilandpen.bsky.social meets the longhorns doing dune service.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
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Great personalised Xmas gift for a bookish nature lover- it's a lovely book.
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Great personalised Xmas gift for a bookish nature lover- it's a lovely book.
Birth of my new crocheted woodland cape. #excitingtimes
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Birth of my new crocheted woodland cape. #excitingtimes
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at naturewriting@nicwilson.net & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
If you're based in #Hertfordshire and would like to come on local British Naturalist Association walks, here's the latest itinerary... hertfordshire.bna-naturalists.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you're based in #Hertfordshire and would like to come on local British Naturalist Association walks, here's the latest itinerary... hertfordshire.bna-naturalists.org
Today's @theguardian.com country diary by Susie White, on one of my favourite moths...
#countryidairy #naturewriting
#countryidairy #naturewriting
Country diary: The muted beauty of moth-trapping in November | Susie White
Allendale, Northumberland: It’s not too late to set the trap for some wonderful species – not least the remarkable angle shades moth
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today's @theguardian.com country diary by Susie White, on one of my favourite moths...
#countryidairy #naturewriting
#countryidairy #naturewriting
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Really looking forward to this, with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, next Thursday (13th Nov). Come and join us for an evening of birds, place and belonging. #Crediton #naturewriting
🎫 Have you got your ticket yet?
🐦⬛ We can't wait to welcome @drmjwarren.bsky.social to The Bookery this coming Thursday to discuss his new book, The Cuckoo’s Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place, in conversation with environmental campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole! 🧵 ⬇️
🐦⬛ We can't wait to welcome @drmjwarren.bsky.social to The Bookery this coming Thursday to discuss his new book, The Cuckoo’s Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place, in conversation with environmental campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole! 🧵 ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Really looking forward to this, with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, next Thursday (13th Nov). Come and join us for an evening of birds, place and belonging. #Crediton #naturewriting
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This is lovely on the most gorgeous plant. There was a brief phase of fashion in, I think 2000, of clashing pink & orange. I was on trend (briefly) then, & had a sheer layered skirt & top in those colours, for dancing in, when we could get a babysitter. I still remember it as my 'spindle outfit.'
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is lovely on the most gorgeous plant. There was a brief phase of fashion in, I think 2000, of clashing pink & orange. I was on trend (briefly) then, & had a sheer layered skirt & top in those colours, for dancing in, when we could get a babysitter. I still remember it as my 'spindle outfit.'
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This is such a lovely (and local to me) piece. I remember first really noticing spindle on a walk through the arboretum in Hertford in 2020.
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is such a lovely (and local to me) piece. I remember first really noticing spindle on a walk through the arboretum in Hertford in 2020.
And yesterday's #countrydiary for anyone who missed it...
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
And yesterday's #countrydiary for anyone who missed it...
Autumn lambing in Dorset in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sara Hudston.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Lambing in autumn? That’s a local specialty here | Sara Hudston
Bridport, Dorset: The appropriately named Dorset Horns are perfectly content to have lambs in September, thanks to an obscure genetic quirk
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November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Autumn lambing in Dorset in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sara Hudston.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
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
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
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Seeing the familiar from a new autumnal angle in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @nicolawriting.bsky.social.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The strange familiarity of moving a mile away | Nicola Chester
Inkpen, Berkshire: With autumn in full swing, I walk the local area from my new centre, seeing farmhouses and woodland from fresh angles
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November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Seeing the familiar from a new autumnal angle in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @nicolawriting.bsky.social.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Spent a lovely day in Leeds while my eldest was on an engineering scholarship course. Trod in a huge puddle, enjoyed being surrounded by northern accents for the first time in about eight years, and signed not one but two copies of Land Beneath the Waves!
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Spent a lovely day in Leeds while my eldest was on an engineering scholarship course. Trod in a huge puddle, enjoyed being surrounded by northern accents for the first time in about eight years, and signed not one but two copies of Land Beneath the Waves!
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Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Pearls of the ocean that might just return to British shores | Mark Cocker
Holkham, Norfolk: A local company is attempting to revive not just European flat oysters, but a whole wealth of species on a nearby seabed
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Pearls of the ocean that might just return to British shores | Mark Cocker
Holkham, Norfolk: A local company is attempting to revive not just European flat oysters, but a whole wealth of species on a nearby seabed
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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THE FIRST ORDER IS IN. THE CHRISTMAS RUSH HAS BEGUN.
Is there a crossword person in your life? Would you like to get them a unique gift? PERHAPS FOR CHRISTMAS?
Well maybe a bespoke quiz or cryptic crossword would fit the bill, on any theme, of any size, by the author of [counts on fingers] more than 900 published crosswords, i.e. Me. Give me a shout!
Well maybe a bespoke quiz or cryptic crossword would fit the bill, on any theme, of any size, by the author of [counts on fingers] more than 900 published crosswords, i.e. Me. Give me a shout!
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
THE FIRST ORDER IS IN. THE CHRISTMAS RUSH HAS BEGUN.