Rachael Bentley
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Rachael Bentley
@freshairwildhair.bsky.social
Writer with a passion for UK wildlife, the environment and folklore.
A crow attacked this young rabbit today so he’s now in a makeshift hotel to get some recovery space. If he makes it he can join the crew feasting on my veggies. #animalrescue
May 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Van Morrison’s ‘Into the Mystic’ was originally into the misty - thanks to @circleofpines.bsky.social book Chasing Fog for that little gem. #mistymorning #naturewriting
February 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The gray world, the gray world,
That clouds the face of Spring,
That clothes in nebulous white shrouds
Each near, familiar thing

Esther M. Clark
#naturewriting
January 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
According to the #stateofclimateuk report #hazel catkins are being spotted earlier and earlier due to climate change. I spotted several trees full of golden lambs tails 6 weeks earlier than in 2024. I wonder how they’ll fare with the cold snap that’s coming.
January 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The mists frayed and revealed nature stripped back to its bones. The trees, undressed, possessed a different kind beauty today. #boxingdaywalk #naturewriting
December 26, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Christmas Eve, it’s hardly perceptible but we’ve passed the darkest time of the year, which is something to celebrate. We’re gaining a few seconds more light each day and by March it will be 3 minutes a day. It’s what Christmas is all about for me, nature’s cycles - and hope. #naturewriting
December 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Ah, distinctly I remember; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. #theraven Edgar Allen Poe.
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM
The power of an author …to make me sob at the demise of a canny politician with blood on his hands. The final episode of the tv adaption of the late, great Hilary Mantel’s #themirrorandthelight has floored me.
December 15, 2024 at 10:43 PM
The sun has come out so now it looks like the gods have had the sugar shaker out. #naturewriting #lunchbreak
November 21, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Here’s one from my lunchtime walk
November 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Hello Blueskies. A glimmer of a silver lining as the world turns cold. Late autumn and the starlings are gathering.
#naturewriting #x-odus
November 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM