Hannah Lilly
@hannahrlilly.bsky.social
Nature Writer • Birder • 📚🌱
BIRD FEEDER publishing in 2027
📝 www.hannahlillyblog.com
📷 https://www.instagram.com/han.birding
BIRD FEEDER publishing in 2027
📝 www.hannahlillyblog.com
📷 https://www.instagram.com/han.birding
Sunset over Oare Marshes 🌅
Highlights of the SBBOT-led walk — plenty of Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Gulls and lovely views of a Greenshank.
Highlights of the SBBOT-led walk — plenty of Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Gulls and lovely views of a Greenshank.
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sunset over Oare Marshes 🌅
Highlights of the SBBOT-led walk — plenty of Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Gulls and lovely views of a Greenshank.
Highlights of the SBBOT-led walk — plenty of Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Gulls and lovely views of a Greenshank.
What an awesome weekend 😁 #GlobalBirdFair
Caught up with old and new friends alike, made plans for a birding trip abroad, watched ospreys on Rutland Water, did surprisingly well for a team of two in the Pub Quiz (Stephen Moss said so 😏)
…and much more!
Caught up with old and new friends alike, made plans for a birding trip abroad, watched ospreys on Rutland Water, did surprisingly well for a team of two in the Pub Quiz (Stephen Moss said so 😏)
…and much more!
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What an awesome weekend 😁 #GlobalBirdFair
Caught up with old and new friends alike, made plans for a birding trip abroad, watched ospreys on Rutland Water, did surprisingly well for a team of two in the Pub Quiz (Stephen Moss said so 😏)
…and much more!
Caught up with old and new friends alike, made plans for a birding trip abroad, watched ospreys on Rutland Water, did surprisingly well for a team of two in the Pub Quiz (Stephen Moss said so 😏)
…and much more!
Watching a displaying osprey, call and all, on Rutland Water was the perfect way to end our first day at Bird Fair. Big thanks to Dr Tim Mackrill and the Osprey Leadership Foundation team 🦅
Bring on the rest of the weekend!
Bring on the rest of the weekend!
July 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Watching a displaying osprey, call and all, on Rutland Water was the perfect way to end our first day at Bird Fair. Big thanks to Dr Tim Mackrill and the Osprey Leadership Foundation team 🦅
Bring on the rest of the weekend!
Bring on the rest of the weekend!
Terrible photo (it was sat on a rotating globe at Paultons Park), but I think this is a pale giant horse fly 🐴 🪰
Happy to be corrected (I know next to nothing about insects), but Google suggests these are quite uncommon so I’m pretty pleased.
Happy to be corrected (I know next to nothing about insects), but Google suggests these are quite uncommon so I’m pretty pleased.
July 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Terrible photo (it was sat on a rotating globe at Paultons Park), but I think this is a pale giant horse fly 🐴 🪰
Happy to be corrected (I know next to nothing about insects), but Google suggests these are quite uncommon so I’m pretty pleased.
Happy to be corrected (I know next to nothing about insects), but Google suggests these are quite uncommon so I’m pretty pleased.
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I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
uk.bookshop.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
A lovely little goldcrest putting on a show right in front of our living room window 🥰
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A lovely little goldcrest putting on a show right in front of our living room window 🥰
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Delighted to see that Hannah's book has been commissioned, after watching it take shape while she was an MA nature writing student. She's a great writer and I'd anticipate it being truly inspirational. @chiffchat.bsky.social @bathspauni.bsky.social
Bloomsbury is set to publish Bird Feeder by Hannah Lilly, a "deeply moving" memoir about how Lilly’s connection to the natural world became the catalyst for her recovery from an eating disorder. Bird Feeder will be published as a lead title in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Bloomsbury secures rights to debut memoir by Hannah Lilly about how nature aided author's recovery
www.thebookseller.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Delighted to see that Hannah's book has been commissioned, after watching it take shape while she was an MA nature writing student. She's a great writer and I'd anticipate it being truly inspirational. @chiffchat.bsky.social @bathspauni.bsky.social
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Absolutely thrilled to announce today via @thebookseller.com - BIRD FEEDER by @hannahrlilly.bsky.social. Publishing in 2028 - details here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/bloom...
Bloomsbury secures rights to debut memoir by Hannah Lilly about how nature aided author's recovery
Bloomsbury is set to publish Bird Feeder by Hannah Lilly, a "deeply moving" memoir about how Lilly’s connection to the natural world became the catalyst for her recovery from an eating disorder.
www.thebookseller.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Absolutely thrilled to announce today via @thebookseller.com - BIRD FEEDER by @hannahrlilly.bsky.social. Publishing in 2028 - details here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/bloom...
I had a brilliant morning last week in Wiltshire searching for (and successfully seeing!) the magnificent great bustard for the first time.
The Great Bustard Project is well worth a visit. Their work is incredible and underpinned by an inspiring story of conservation determination.
The Great Bustard Project is well worth a visit. Their work is incredible and underpinned by an inspiring story of conservation determination.
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I had a brilliant morning last week in Wiltshire searching for (and successfully seeing!) the magnificent great bustard for the first time.
The Great Bustard Project is well worth a visit. Their work is incredible and underpinned by an inspiring story of conservation determination.
The Great Bustard Project is well worth a visit. Their work is incredible and underpinned by an inspiring story of conservation determination.
Can anyone tell me what this is? Found in North Brewham, under clay clumps in a shallow stream.
Looks like a face hugger 🫣
Looks like a face hugger 🫣
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can anyone tell me what this is? Found in North Brewham, under clay clumps in a shallow stream.
Looks like a face hugger 🫣
Looks like a face hugger 🫣
And my first calling lapwing of the year — spring has sprung 🫶🏻
April 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And my first calling lapwing of the year — spring has sprung 🫶🏻
First bird of the day (that isn’t a rook or wood pigeon) — a pair of red kites over Restharrow Scrape at Sandwich Bay!
April 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
First bird of the day (that isn’t a rook or wood pigeon) — a pair of red kites over Restharrow Scrape at Sandwich Bay!
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Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
It’s not the sexiest sign of spring, but I’ve just been foraging for tortoise food and the weeds have erupted in the past week 🌱🐢
Dandelion and cats ears, mallow, bristly oxtongue, campanula, plantain and more!
Dandelion and cats ears, mallow, bristly oxtongue, campanula, plantain and more!
March 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s not the sexiest sign of spring, but I’ve just been foraging for tortoise food and the weeds have erupted in the past week 🌱🐢
Dandelion and cats ears, mallow, bristly oxtongue, campanula, plantain and more!
Dandelion and cats ears, mallow, bristly oxtongue, campanula, plantain and more!
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It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
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THANK YOU to all who have voted for me in the People's Book Prize! Especially those who have left comments.If you haven't voted I would LOVE you to. More votes = more recognition for a small book about climate/biodiversity = more readers and more wildlife gardens peoplesbookprize.com/2024-cat/non...
Non-Fiction | Peoples Book Prize
peoplesbookprize.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
THANK YOU to all who have voted for me in the People's Book Prize! Especially those who have left comments.If you haven't voted I would LOVE you to. More votes = more recognition for a small book about climate/biodiversity = more readers and more wildlife gardens peoplesbookprize.com/2024-cat/non...
After far too long, I’ve finally published my review of The Volunteers by Carol Donaldson 📚
Informative, touching and funny, this memoir makes for a really enjoyable read. I can’t wait to read On The Marshes next!
Read my review — www.hannahlillyblog.com/blog/book-re...
Informative, touching and funny, this memoir makes for a really enjoyable read. I can’t wait to read On The Marshes next!
Read my review — www.hannahlillyblog.com/blog/book-re...
January 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
After far too long, I’ve finally published my review of The Volunteers by Carol Donaldson 📚
Informative, touching and funny, this memoir makes for a really enjoyable read. I can’t wait to read On The Marshes next!
Read my review — www.hannahlillyblog.com/blog/book-re...
Informative, touching and funny, this memoir makes for a really enjoyable read. I can’t wait to read On The Marshes next!
Read my review — www.hannahlillyblog.com/blog/book-re...
Wow! Can’t wait to read through this at the weekend — thank you @kentishplover.bsky.social 🙏🏻
December 12, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Wow! Can’t wait to read through this at the weekend — thank you @kentishplover.bsky.social 🙏🏻
I’ve recently set up a nature writing / nature photography Instagram account to share snippets of my work.
Check it out for words n’ birds 📷 han.birding
www.instagram.com/han.birding/...
Check it out for words n’ birds 📷 han.birding
www.instagram.com/han.birding/...
November 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I’ve recently set up a nature writing / nature photography Instagram account to share snippets of my work.
Check it out for words n’ birds 📷 han.birding
www.instagram.com/han.birding/...
Check it out for words n’ birds 📷 han.birding
www.instagram.com/han.birding/...
A pair of goldcrests are flitting outside my window in central Folkestone.
Too tiny for any iPhone photos, of course. But a beautiful and unusual sight whilst working from home!
Too tiny for any iPhone photos, of course. But a beautiful and unusual sight whilst working from home!
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
A pair of goldcrests are flitting outside my window in central Folkestone.
Too tiny for any iPhone photos, of course. But a beautiful and unusual sight whilst working from home!
Too tiny for any iPhone photos, of course. But a beautiful and unusual sight whilst working from home!
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Good morning! Approaching 13,000 signatures. Not quite as many who have signed for a general election - 1.8m - but they had a 2-day start on us so you never know 😊
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Good morning! Approaching 13,000 signatures. Not quite as many who have signed for a general election - 1.8m - but they had a 2-day start on us so you never know 😊
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It’s that time of year when I can shamelessly promote my #Etsy shop 🎨
An A5 print of my original watercolours would make a great gift (if I do say so myself)
Put them in a nice frame or slip them in a card, up to you…
£9 each with free delivery ⬇️
etsy.com/uk/shop/Larkin…
An A5 print of my original watercolours would make a great gift (if I do say so myself)
Put them in a nice frame or slip them in a card, up to you…
£9 each with free delivery ⬇️
etsy.com/uk/shop/Larkin…
November 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
It’s that time of year when I can shamelessly promote my #Etsy shop 🎨
An A5 print of my original watercolours would make a great gift (if I do say so myself)
Put them in a nice frame or slip them in a card, up to you…
£9 each with free delivery ⬇️
etsy.com/uk/shop/Larkin…
An A5 print of my original watercolours would make a great gift (if I do say so myself)
Put them in a nice frame or slip them in a card, up to you…
£9 each with free delivery ⬇️
etsy.com/uk/shop/Larkin…
Keeping one foot in the swamp that is 🙅♀️, as the nature/writing community seems to be an island of goodness there.
But also seeing what this is all about 🦋
Follow for bird sightings, amateur photography, mental health reflections, blog posts and general thoughts 🦆
#naturewriting #birding
But also seeing what this is all about 🦋
Follow for bird sightings, amateur photography, mental health reflections, blog posts and general thoughts 🦆
#naturewriting #birding
November 17, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Keeping one foot in the swamp that is 🙅♀️, as the nature/writing community seems to be an island of goodness there.
But also seeing what this is all about 🦋
Follow for bird sightings, amateur photography, mental health reflections, blog posts and general thoughts 🦆
#naturewriting #birding
But also seeing what this is all about 🦋
Follow for bird sightings, amateur photography, mental health reflections, blog posts and general thoughts 🦆
#naturewriting #birding