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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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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
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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.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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
Apologies to both @jensoilandpen.bsky.social and Rob Schofield. This is, of course, Rob's diary on the longhorns.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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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
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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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
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Birth of my new crocheted woodland cape. #excitingtimes
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 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
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 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
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today's @theguardian.com country diary by Susie White, on one of my favourite moths...

#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
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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! 🧵 ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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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.'
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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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.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
And yesterday's #countrydiary for anyone who missed it...
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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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
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
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
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 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
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
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
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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!
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM