Cat Frampton
@catframpton.bsky.social
Dartmoor based artist and Farmer who believes land layering is possible - She/her - Team waxcap/dung beetle/nature - it’s always more complicated than that!
@ecosystemengineer.bsky.social hi.
Have you seen this ? I thought it was your kind of research/subject and may interest you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Have you seen this ? I thought it was your kind of research/subject and may interest you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Late‐Quaternary megafauna extinctions have strongly reduced mammalian vegetation consumption
Aim How much stronger would the effects of herbivorous mammals be in natural ecosystems if human-linked extinctions and extirpations had not occurred? Many mammal species have experienced range cont...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@ecosystemengineer.bsky.social hi.
Have you seen this ? I thought it was your kind of research/subject and may interest you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Have you seen this ? I thought it was your kind of research/subject and may interest you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Drew a peregrine
For a commission
It is judgy and slightly annoyed…
Message me if you also want a bird drawing (or want to gift one to someone for Christmas…)
For a commission
It is judgy and slightly annoyed…
Message me if you also want a bird drawing (or want to gift one to someone for Christmas…)
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Drew a peregrine
For a commission
It is judgy and slightly annoyed…
Message me if you also want a bird drawing (or want to gift one to someone for Christmas…)
For a commission
It is judgy and slightly annoyed…
Message me if you also want a bird drawing (or want to gift one to someone for Christmas…)
I wrote a thing about worry, moss, fertilisers, grazing livestock, carbon credits, agricultural intensification, government policy, regen and rewilding!
Mostly though it’s about waxcap fungi.
And deep worry.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Mostly though it’s about waxcap fungi.
And deep worry.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I wrote a thing about worry, moss, fertilisers, grazing livestock, carbon credits, agricultural intensification, government policy, regen and rewilding!
Mostly though it’s about waxcap fungi.
And deep worry.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Mostly though it’s about waxcap fungi.
And deep worry.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
A farmed landscape.
A semi wild landscape.
Home for cattle and sheep as well as a wealth of other things, from yellowhammers to lichens, from voles to fungi, from ravens to dor beetles.
Food and the wild, in the same place, at the same time.
#dartmoor
A semi wild landscape.
Home for cattle and sheep as well as a wealth of other things, from yellowhammers to lichens, from voles to fungi, from ravens to dor beetles.
Food and the wild, in the same place, at the same time.
#dartmoor
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A farmed landscape.
A semi wild landscape.
Home for cattle and sheep as well as a wealth of other things, from yellowhammers to lichens, from voles to fungi, from ravens to dor beetles.
Food and the wild, in the same place, at the same time.
#dartmoor
A semi wild landscape.
Home for cattle and sheep as well as a wealth of other things, from yellowhammers to lichens, from voles to fungi, from ravens to dor beetles.
Food and the wild, in the same place, at the same time.
#dartmoor
I do rather love autumn, especially on my patch of Dartmoor.
- growing food and looking after the biodiversity at the same time in the same place - not only possible but vital and quite achievable with a bit of a mindset shift.
- growing food and looking after the biodiversity at the same time in the same place - not only possible but vital and quite achievable with a bit of a mindset shift.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I do rather love autumn, especially on my patch of Dartmoor.
- growing food and looking after the biodiversity at the same time in the same place - not only possible but vital and quite achievable with a bit of a mindset shift.
- growing food and looking after the biodiversity at the same time in the same place - not only possible but vital and quite achievable with a bit of a mindset shift.
I think I am going to start calling this ‘Mr Icky and the chari-taint’
Like it’s some ludicrous kids book, rather than a whole swathe of environmental charities being deeply dystopian.
Better for my bloody pressure anyway.
Like it’s some ludicrous kids book, rather than a whole swathe of environmental charities being deeply dystopian.
Better for my bloody pressure anyway.
A question
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I think I am going to start calling this ‘Mr Icky and the chari-taint’
Like it’s some ludicrous kids book, rather than a whole swathe of environmental charities being deeply dystopian.
Better for my bloody pressure anyway.
Like it’s some ludicrous kids book, rather than a whole swathe of environmental charities being deeply dystopian.
Better for my bloody pressure anyway.
Drew a woodcock for a commission.
Why yes, yes I am taking bird drawing commissions at the moment…
Why yes, yes I am taking bird drawing commissions at the moment…
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Drew a woodcock for a commission.
Why yes, yes I am taking bird drawing commissions at the moment…
Why yes, yes I am taking bird drawing commissions at the moment…
A question
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A question
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
If a charity or group took money in the last two years from a vocal known anti-trans right wing Zionist should they be eyed with deep suspicion no matter who they are or how good the cause?
Or is it just me that finds that disgusting and a sign to have nothing to do with them at all?
Reposted by Cat Frampton
Beautiful
And
Doomed
Loss in a landscape, Swift (3) - unfinished
Roofing slate and gold
Facing the idea of damage.
And
Doomed
Loss in a landscape, Swift (3) - unfinished
Roofing slate and gold
Facing the idea of damage.
June 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Beautiful
And
Doomed
Loss in a landscape, Swift (3) - unfinished
Roofing slate and gold
Facing the idea of damage.
And
Doomed
Loss in a landscape, Swift (3) - unfinished
Roofing slate and gold
Facing the idea of damage.
Reposted by Cat Frampton
Break stuff
And it stays broken.
And it stays broken.
June 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Break stuff
And it stays broken.
And it stays broken.
Reposted by Cat Frampton
Smash things up and they remain smashed
No amount of offsetting damage can fully fix broken.
No amount of offsetting damage can fully fix broken.
June 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Smash things up and they remain smashed
No amount of offsetting damage can fully fix broken.
No amount of offsetting damage can fully fix broken.
Seems a fitting day to repost this.
Loss in a landscape
Swift (3)
Roofing slate with gold.
Unfinished because I now have to face smashing it so I can then hold its broken shards up to the light.
I don’t want to
It’s beautiful
But it needs to be destroyed…
Just like the uk government is doing to nature
Damage done needs facing.
Swift (3)
Roofing slate with gold.
Unfinished because I now have to face smashing it so I can then hold its broken shards up to the light.
I don’t want to
It’s beautiful
But it needs to be destroyed…
Just like the uk government is doing to nature
Damage done needs facing.
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Seems a fitting day to repost this.
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
God, #waxcaps are just fabulous aren’t they?
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
God, #waxcaps are just fabulous aren’t they?
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
I’ve written a thing again
This time about ‘nature’
Not the thing (whatever that is) but the word.
I propose we stop using it and get a bit sharper with what we are trying to say…
And yes, I know that’s unhinged.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
This time about ‘nature’
Not the thing (whatever that is) but the word.
I propose we stop using it and get a bit sharper with what we are trying to say…
And yes, I know that’s unhinged.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I’ve written a thing again
This time about ‘nature’
Not the thing (whatever that is) but the word.
I propose we stop using it and get a bit sharper with what we are trying to say…
And yes, I know that’s unhinged.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
This time about ‘nature’
Not the thing (whatever that is) but the word.
I propose we stop using it and get a bit sharper with what we are trying to say…
And yes, I know that’s unhinged.
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Signs of recovery
These babies are from one of our hardest worked fields.
A field that may not have been intensified as fully as most but still was pumped up with fertilisers.
Four years ago we had one species of waxcaps, (Snowy One of the toughest) return
Then parrot and meadow
And now…
More!
These babies are from one of our hardest worked fields.
A field that may not have been intensified as fully as most but still was pumped up with fertilisers.
Four years ago we had one species of waxcaps, (Snowy One of the toughest) return
Then parrot and meadow
And now…
More!
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Signs of recovery
These babies are from one of our hardest worked fields.
A field that may not have been intensified as fully as most but still was pumped up with fertilisers.
Four years ago we had one species of waxcaps, (Snowy One of the toughest) return
Then parrot and meadow
And now…
More!
These babies are from one of our hardest worked fields.
A field that may not have been intensified as fully as most but still was pumped up with fertilisers.
Four years ago we had one species of waxcaps, (Snowy One of the toughest) return
Then parrot and meadow
And now…
More!
Here.
A small tirade against half-arsed language.
In which I propose we all stop using the woolly and indistinct word #nature and see how that changes how we think about our world
And yes, I know it’s not sensible, but… it’s maybe worth mulling over…
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
A small tirade against half-arsed language.
In which I propose we all stop using the woolly and indistinct word #nature and see how that changes how we think about our world
And yes, I know it’s not sensible, but… it’s maybe worth mulling over…
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here.
A small tirade against half-arsed language.
In which I propose we all stop using the woolly and indistinct word #nature and see how that changes how we think about our world
And yes, I know it’s not sensible, but… it’s maybe worth mulling over…
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
A small tirade against half-arsed language.
In which I propose we all stop using the woolly and indistinct word #nature and see how that changes how we think about our world
And yes, I know it’s not sensible, but… it’s maybe worth mulling over…
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Reposted by Cat Frampton
If you believe what BrewDog did at Kinrara was bad, don't wait to see what is coming - take the time to understand what Oxygen Conservation stands for and protest parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/04/o...
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you believe what BrewDog did at Kinrara was bad, don't wait to see what is coming - take the time to understand what Oxygen Conservation stands for and protest parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/04/o...
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?
Sure signs of autumn on our place.
If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff*
All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here)
*you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!
If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff*
All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here)
*you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sure signs of autumn on our place.
If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff*
All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here)
*you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!
If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff*
All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here)
*you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!
Reposted by Cat Frampton
Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.
Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report
Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.
bit.ly
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.
In the least surprising news of the year…
… I have questions about peat.
If anyone here can answer them please do!!!
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
… I have questions about peat.
If anyone here can answer them please do!!!
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In the least surprising news of the year…
… I have questions about peat.
If anyone here can answer them please do!!!
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
… I have questions about peat.
If anyone here can answer them please do!!!
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...