Nick Acheson
@themarshtit.bsky.social
Nature conservation. Low carbon living. Classical music and opera. Theatre and books. Gruesome lefty tree-hugger. Happiest when muddy.
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Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
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Bachman's Warbler was discovered by the Reverend John Bachman in 1832 on the Edisto River a few miles north of Jacksonborough, South Carolina. In 1833 John J. Audubon painted and named the species after his friend Bachman. The photograph from 1958 is one of the last observations before extinction.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bachman's Warbler was discovered by the Reverend John Bachman in 1832 on the Edisto River a few miles north of Jacksonborough, South Carolina. In 1833 John J. Audubon painted and named the species after his friend Bachman. The photograph from 1958 is one of the last observations before extinction.
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Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
Our first sea swim this year was in March.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our first sea swim this year was in March.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
I’m not COPtimistic 😞
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m not COPtimistic 😞
Memories of summer: knapweed broomrape seedhead (and leaves of next summer’s greater knapweed) on chalk above the northwest Norfolk coast.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Memories of summer: knapweed broomrape seedhead (and leaves of next summer’s greater knapweed) on chalk above the northwest Norfolk coast.
Weather-wise, what a difference a day makes. I hope wherever you are, under whatever clouds, this can be a good week.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Weather-wise, what a difference a day makes. I hope wherever you are, under whatever clouds, this can be a good week.
From Blakeney Point today for this week’s #wildflowerhour: thrift, common ragwort, common cat’s-ear and the seedheads of this summer’s sea kale.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From Blakeney Point today for this week’s #wildflowerhour: thrift, common ragwort, common cat’s-ear and the seedheads of this summer’s sea kale.
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I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
Sea glass on Blakeney Point today
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sea glass on Blakeney Point today
‘I can well rember when every cottage had a horse shoe nailed on the door, and a stone with a hole through it. That was to bring them luck, and preevent Witches from hurting them.’
Legendary Norfolk poacher Frederick Rolfe quoted in I Walked by Night (edited by Lilias Rider Haggard)
Legendary Norfolk poacher Frederick Rolfe quoted in I Walked by Night (edited by Lilias Rider Haggard)
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘I can well rember when every cottage had a horse shoe nailed on the door, and a stone with a hole through it. That was to bring them luck, and preevent Witches from hurting them.’
Legendary Norfolk poacher Frederick Rolfe quoted in I Walked by Night (edited by Lilias Rider Haggard)
Legendary Norfolk poacher Frederick Rolfe quoted in I Walked by Night (edited by Lilias Rider Haggard)
I just added merlin to my ‘while having a widdle on the Point’ list
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I just added merlin to my ‘while having a widdle on the Point’ list
The worn remnants of Second World War defences, washed up on Blakeney Point.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The worn remnants of Second World War defences, washed up on Blakeney Point.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
Geese in my gutters
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Geese in my gutters
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I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)
It’s an autumn thing 🍂 🍁
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s an autumn thing 🍂 🍁
Some old photos of me - on different projects and trips, in different places - resurfaced today.
Ten years have passed. Still scrawny. Still pretending to have a job, gazing at wild things.
Ten years have passed. Still scrawny. Still pretending to have a job, gazing at wild things.
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some old photos of me - on different projects and trips, in different places - resurfaced today.
Ten years have passed. Still scrawny. Still pretending to have a job, gazing at wild things.
Ten years have passed. Still scrawny. Still pretending to have a job, gazing at wild things.
Just one for this week’s #wildflowerhour: Buddleja davidii on the Victorian ramparts of the originally Norman @norwichcastle.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just one for this week’s #wildflowerhour: Buddleja davidii on the Victorian ramparts of the originally Norman @norwichcastle.bsky.social
First drake shoveler spinning circles on the pond.
It is winter.
It is winter.
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
First drake shoveler spinning circles on the pond.
It is winter.
It is winter.
My very good friends at Felbeck Trust @felbecktrust.bsky.social have a fundraiser in November. They do wonderful work for nature with dedicated volunteers. It’s an honour to be their patron.
If you’re in Norfolk please attend and support www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
If you’re in Norfolk please attend and support www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
My very good friends at Felbeck Trust @felbecktrust.bsky.social have a fundraiser in November. They do wonderful work for nature with dedicated volunteers. It’s an honour to be their patron.
If you’re in Norfolk please attend and support www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
If you’re in Norfolk please attend and support www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
This evening’s sunset from my North Norfolk front door
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This evening’s sunset from my North Norfolk front door
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Where we were in October '22 with a pond suffocated by Crassula & Parrot's Feather & where we are today after 3 years' work! @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajaytegala.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @avalanchechris.bsky.social @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @robertbohan.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Where we were in October '22 with a pond suffocated by Crassula & Parrot's Feather & where we are today after 3 years' work! @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajaytegala.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @avalanchechris.bsky.social @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @robertbohan.bsky.social
I shall, most diligently, not nork
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I shall, most diligently, not nork