Heather Richardson
@hg-richardson.bsky.social
📝 Freelance journalist (she/her) covering conservation, environment, travel + more for Nat Geo, Nature, BBC, etc.
📖 Writing a book about human-wildlife conflict
📍Mostly 🇬🇧 Sheffield + 🇿🇦 Cape Town
🔗 https://hg-richardson.com + instagram.com/hg_richardson
📖 Writing a book about human-wildlife conflict
📍Mostly 🇬🇧 Sheffield + 🇿🇦 Cape Town
🔗 https://hg-richardson.com + instagram.com/hg_richardson
Something I learnt today: the MGM lion's roar is actually (mostly) a tiger's roar.
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Something I learnt today: the MGM lion's roar is actually (mostly) a tiger's roar.
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
This is all kinds of awful: theconversation.com/israeli-doct... via @theconversation.com #humanrights
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is all kinds of awful: theconversation.com/israeli-doct... via @theconversation.com #humanrights
Sadly satisfying 📧
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sadly satisfying 📧
I love random stuff like this. 😂
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love random stuff like this. 😂
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
On the failure of Jonathan Oppenheimer’s Brenthurst Foundation – by @simonallison.bsky.social for @thecontinent.org
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
August 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
On the failure of Jonathan Oppenheimer’s Brenthurst Foundation – by @simonallison.bsky.social for @thecontinent.org
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Images like this will always blow my mind.
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
July 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Images like this will always blow my mind.
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
The annual re-plastering of Djenné’s Great Mosque, 📸 via @thecontinent.org #Mali
June 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The annual re-plastering of Djenné’s Great Mosque, 📸 via @thecontinent.org #Mali
First week in #Bulgaria! 🇧🇬
- Sofia is super green w loads of parks. (Also graffiti.) 🌳
- Bulgarian white cheese (sirene) with everything. 🧀
- I’ve been told complaining is a national sport, so that’s something Brits and Bulgarians have in common. 🤝
- Sofia is super green w loads of parks. (Also graffiti.) 🌳
- Bulgarian white cheese (sirene) with everything. 🧀
- I’ve been told complaining is a national sport, so that’s something Brits and Bulgarians have in common. 🤝
June 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
First week in #Bulgaria! 🇧🇬
- Sofia is super green w loads of parks. (Also graffiti.) 🌳
- Bulgarian white cheese (sirene) with everything. 🧀
- I’ve been told complaining is a national sport, so that’s something Brits and Bulgarians have in common. 🤝
- Sofia is super green w loads of parks. (Also graffiti.) 🌳
- Bulgarian white cheese (sirene) with everything. 🧀
- I’ve been told complaining is a national sport, so that’s something Brits and Bulgarians have in common. 🤝
First morning in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
June 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
First morning in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Ah, the famous herds of wtf
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ah, the famous herds of wtf
Holiday reading – about halfway through and enjoying every page.
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Holiday reading – about halfway through and enjoying every page.
A super interesting read by @tessadooms.bsky.social and @lynseychutel.bsky.social 🙏
For those in SA: I bought my copy at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
For those in SA: I bought my copy at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A super interesting read by @tessadooms.bsky.social and @lynseychutel.bsky.social 🙏
For those in SA: I bought my copy at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
For those in SA: I bought my copy at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
"The most important resource of any country, and the most sustainable one, is human ingenuity. And we have to foster it, and we have to develop it as early as possible.” – via @nobelprize.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"The most important resource of any country, and the most sustainable one, is human ingenuity. And we have to foster it, and we have to develop it as early as possible.” – via @nobelprize.bsky.social
By far the most interesting – and entertaining – talk so far: Luigi Boitani on the ecological benefit (or lack thereof) of wolves in Europe. #RewildingFutures
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By far the most interesting – and entertaining – talk so far: Luigi Boitani on the ecological benefit (or lack thereof) of wolves in Europe. #RewildingFutures
Full theatre for the start of the #RewildingFutures2025 conference here in Cambridge.
January 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Full theatre for the start of the #RewildingFutures2025 conference here in Cambridge.
I rediscovered libraries this year and am determined to use them more in the next 😊
December 21, 2024 at 9:49 AM
I rediscovered libraries this year and am determined to use them more in the next 😊
British winter isn’t *always* grey ✨
📍 Sheffield, UK
📍 Sheffield, UK
December 15, 2024 at 5:49 PM
British winter isn’t *always* grey ✨
📍 Sheffield, UK
📍 Sheffield, UK
December 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Penguins 🐧🐧🐧
📍Betty’s Bay, South Africa 🇿🇦
📍Betty’s Bay, South Africa 🇿🇦
November 8, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Penguins 🐧🐧🐧
📍Betty’s Bay, South Africa 🇿🇦
📍Betty’s Bay, South Africa 🇿🇦