Kiera Chapman
@kierachapman.bsky.social
Nature writer, research fellow University of Oxford, Co-I Planning for Nature kierachapman.com / www.planningfornature.org
Thank you so much, that's so kind. I will be back very soon. I have some leave coming up which I'm hoping will get my head straight. There's been lots to shoulder this year and I could do with some rest.
September 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Thank you so much, that's so kind. I will be back very soon. I have some leave coming up which I'm hoping will get my head straight. There's been lots to shoulder this year and I could do with some rest.
Helloooo you! Thanks so much for asking.
Have been struggling a bit. I don't post much about it but my Mum's dementia worsened significantly this year and my Dad had a stroke. She is now in a care home and it's all hitting me now the immediate crisis is over. It's been a brutal few months.
Have been struggling a bit. I don't post much about it but my Mum's dementia worsened significantly this year and my Dad had a stroke. She is now in a care home and it's all hitting me now the immediate crisis is over. It's been a brutal few months.
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Helloooo you! Thanks so much for asking.
Have been struggling a bit. I don't post much about it but my Mum's dementia worsened significantly this year and my Dad had a stroke. She is now in a care home and it's all hitting me now the immediate crisis is over. It's been a brutal few months.
Have been struggling a bit. I don't post much about it but my Mum's dementia worsened significantly this year and my Dad had a stroke. She is now in a care home and it's all hitting me now the immediate crisis is over. It's been a brutal few months.
You're not wrong Dennis. The ambition is so low, and the delivery doesn't even match up to that.
August 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
You're not wrong Dennis. The ambition is so low, and the delivery doesn't even match up to that.
At the moment, we have this idea that we can deliver housing OR we can deliver environmental benefits. It's a false binary, we can do both. But to achieve it, we need to focus on outcomes on the ground!
August 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At the moment, we have this idea that we can deliver housing OR we can deliver environmental benefits. It's a false binary, we can do both. But to achieve it, we need to focus on outcomes on the ground!
Wishing I had that cocktail elegance!
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wishing I had that cocktail elegance!
🙂↕️this morning
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🙂↕️this morning
They're amazing, so lucky to be working with them. The book is the successor to Nature's Calendar, which they also published!
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
They're amazing, so lucky to be working with them. The book is the successor to Nature's Calendar, which they also published!
I am supporting, I was at our protest here in Sheffield on Saturday and I have donated many times. You are not alone. Millions stand with you.
August 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I am supporting, I was at our protest here in Sheffield on Saturday and I have donated many times. You are not alone. Millions stand with you.
Constantly! I call it the phantom DM
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Constantly! I call it the phantom DM
Yep, or domesticated honeybees for stories about wild bees!
July 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Yep, or domesticated honeybees for stories about wild bees!
Now I'm no expert on your lepidoptera across the pond but that's not even the same vague colourscheme is it?
July 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Now I'm no expert on your lepidoptera across the pond but that's not even the same vague colourscheme is it?
Oh yay! That's brilliant!
I am not criticising the picture editors at all because everyone makes mistakes, but it would be nice to draw attention to the beautiful species that *are* here instead of one that is a very rare migrant.
I am not criticising the picture editors at all because everyone makes mistakes, but it would be nice to draw attention to the beautiful species that *are* here instead of one that is a very rare migrant.
July 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh yay! That's brilliant!
I am not criticising the picture editors at all because everyone makes mistakes, but it would be nice to draw attention to the beautiful species that *are* here instead of one that is a very rare migrant.
I am not criticising the picture editors at all because everyone makes mistakes, but it would be nice to draw attention to the beautiful species that *are* here instead of one that is a very rare migrant.
That is so interesting that you guys have this issue too.
We get the occasional one, blown over in a storm, but this doesn't stop graphic designers and picture editors using them as the generic UK butterfly. I mean, they are GORGEOUS but we do have other lovely lepidoptera here...
We get the occasional one, blown over in a storm, but this doesn't stop graphic designers and picture editors using them as the generic UK butterfly. I mean, they are GORGEOUS but we do have other lovely lepidoptera here...
July 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That is so interesting that you guys have this issue too.
We get the occasional one, blown over in a storm, but this doesn't stop graphic designers and picture editors using them as the generic UK butterfly. I mean, they are GORGEOUS but we do have other lovely lepidoptera here...
We get the occasional one, blown over in a storm, but this doesn't stop graphic designers and picture editors using them as the generic UK butterfly. I mean, they are GORGEOUS but we do have other lovely lepidoptera here...
Yet another glorious day in the annals of South Yorkshire Police, a force shamed only by the superior corruption of the Met.
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yet another glorious day in the annals of South Yorkshire Police, a force shamed only by the superior corruption of the Met.