Stephen Rutt
@steverutt.bsky.social
Author, birder, naturalist (he/him).
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A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...
Reposted by Stephen Rutt
Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle.
Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.
Out 26 March
Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.
Out 26 March
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle.
Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.
Out 26 March
Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.
Out 26 March
Reposted by Stephen Rutt
We are so excited to be publishing @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands, an evocative journey through British waterscapes revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea. 💧
Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
E&T signs book on water
Elliott & Thompson aquires The Waterlands by Stephen Rutt, an evocative journey through British waterscapes 'revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea'
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We are so excited to be publishing @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands, an evocative journey through British waterscapes revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea. 💧
Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
On the sandy soils of the Breckland, red-banded sand wasp is common. It catches caterpillars, immobilises them with a sting, lays an egg in them and drags them down a burrow. The egg hatches and the wasp larva eats it's way out of the living caterpillar.
August 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
On the sandy soils of the Breckland, red-banded sand wasp is common. It catches caterpillars, immobilises them with a sting, lays an egg in them and drags them down a burrow. The egg hatches and the wasp larva eats it's way out of the living caterpillar.
I'm offering mentoring sessions now for writers of non-fiction.
One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development.
More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/
One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development.
More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/
July 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I'm offering mentoring sessions now for writers of non-fiction.
One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development.
More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/
One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development.
More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/
A walk in Galloway: common blues, bog asphodel & big orchids.
June 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A walk in Galloway: common blues, bog asphodel & big orchids.
When the cinnabar finds the sunlight in a shady hedge.
June 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When the cinnabar finds the sunlight in a shady hedge.
Scenes from a series of Galloway dawns.
May 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Scenes from a series of Galloway dawns.
Michael Warren has written a terrific book about birds, people and the past. I've reviewed it for British Birds. britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... @drmjwarren.bsky.social
The Cuckoo’s Lea: the forgotten history of birds and places
We remember places through their birds. We remember the corners of suburban woods where Eurasian Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus lurk, the...
britishbirds.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Michael Warren has written a terrific book about birds, people and the past. I've reviewed it for British Birds. britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... @drmjwarren.bsky.social
Hair ice in the woods, lingering after the thaw. And a frost of fungi.
January 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hair ice in the woods, lingering after the thaw. And a frost of fungi.
A train through the fens. It's all black fields and lines of golden reeds and hundreds of wild swans. Silvery skies. East Anglia always does something to me.
December 23, 2024 at 2:41 PM
A train through the fens. It's all black fields and lines of golden reeds and hundreds of wild swans. Silvery skies. East Anglia always does something to me.
I love birch trees. Hard as nails. This one does not recognise your fence.
November 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I love birch trees. Hard as nails. This one does not recognise your fence.
Into the last week of editing my words.
Or as I prefer to think of it, moving the matchstick furniture on my scale-model of the Titanic.
Or as I prefer to think of it, moving the matchstick furniture on my scale-model of the Titanic.
November 25, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Into the last week of editing my words.
Or as I prefer to think of it, moving the matchstick furniture on my scale-model of the Titanic.
Or as I prefer to think of it, moving the matchstick furniture on my scale-model of the Titanic.
Last night's stormlight
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Last night's stormlight
Love this news story: a twelve-year old girl in Slovenia is helping the cicada reintroduction to the New Forest www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest
Conservationists failed to capture elusive insects this summer, so Kristina Kenda offered to step in
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Love this news story: a twelve-year old girl in Slovenia is helping the cicada reintroduction to the New Forest www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Calm before the inevitable weekend weather.
November 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Calm before the inevitable weekend weather.
Sunrise skein. And the view in the other direction.
November 22, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Sunrise skein. And the view in the other direction.
Frost on the ground but the peacock persists, sunning on the sandstone.
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Frost on the ground but the peacock persists, sunning on the sandstone.
In the space between dusk and dark, skein-lines drifting like a smoke
November 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
In the space between dusk and dark, skein-lines drifting like a smoke
Morning, furred and thorned, the delicate bite of -3.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Morning, furred and thorned, the delicate bite of -3.
Delighted to read that Ronald Blythe's house is to become a nature reserve - amazing cultural heritage there as well www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve
The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Delighted to read that Ronald Blythe's house is to become a nature reserve - amazing cultural heritage there as well www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hello. It's been a while. How are you doing?
I've had a shocking year. But here are some things that brought me joy. Firstly, a mega skein over Dumfries at sunset.
I've had a shocking year. But here are some things that brought me joy. Firstly, a mega skein over Dumfries at sunset.
November 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Hello. It's been a while. How are you doing?
I've had a shocking year. But here are some things that brought me joy. Firstly, a mega skein over Dumfries at sunset.
I've had a shocking year. But here are some things that brought me joy. Firstly, a mega skein over Dumfries at sunset.
1st September. Maybe three weeks until the geese return. I can't wait.
A mood board from past winters.
A mood board from past winters.
September 1, 2023 at 10:24 AM
1st September. Maybe three weeks until the geese return. I can't wait.
A mood board from past winters.
A mood board from past winters.