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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 8d

Frustrating when you come across a glaring error in a well-reviewed book that makes you wonder if other “facts” therein are wrong too. Thylacine ancestors in Australia date back at least 30 mya? Maybe getting confused w/ dingo. Vital for authors to check & re-check text before publication…

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 9d

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 9d

I did not want to see the news tonight that Jane Goodall has died.

But what a life. What a human. What an impact she had on our understanding of our fellow Earthlings and their right to life. We are so much poorer for having lost her.

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 5

And yes I have been known to walk into glass doors at times

Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 5

When your fiancé is reading a biography of Francis Crick, who was married to your great aunt Odile, and points out this bit and says “Look, your accident gene runs in the family”

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 2

The funny thing about this article is that… it’s not a very big number??

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yes - it doesn’t seem like a very big number to me!

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am so glad you fought for that

Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Sep 2

I was utterly charmed by @bsbicountries.bsky.social’s quest to find a medley of Britain’s endemic species. Also, YES to Pokémon references in nature writing

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 31

Online this Tuesday evening. Delving into the exciting & urgent question of how we can include the lives & experiences of nonhumans in writing w/ fellow author Emma Geen, hosted by @walklistencreate.org! Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals

How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...

walklistencreate.org

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Peter Cairns @petecairns.bsky.social · Aug 23

Books that intelligently poke at our complex relationship with wild nature, should be compulsory reading - this is one of them.
@chantallyons.bsky.social immerses herself in the world of wild boar and those people with an opinion on their growing presence.

www.waterstones.com/book/groundb...

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 19

Believe there are still tickets going for my panel with @sophiepavs.bsky.social & Peter Cairns at the Edinburgh Book Fest tomorrow morning - if you’re around, come! www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Peter Cairns: Landscape, and Beavers, and Boars (Oh, My!)

From Wed 20 Aug - Sharing their deep understanding of what we're lucky to have in nature and how to repair the damage done, Wainwright Prize-shortlisted author of Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons, To Ha...

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 15

Two brilliant new reads on coexistence with creatures great & small - @adamweymouth.bsky.social on wolves, & @julianhoffman.bsky.social on fellow humans, bears, wrens, swallows & beyond in Greece ❤️

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 10

I wondered that but they don’t seem to look like the photos I can find online?

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 10

I’ve always heard that damsons are generally too sour to eat as they are - but I’ve found a tree near me whose fruit is green-fleshed yet divine (like miniature Victoria plums). Are my tastebuds off or have I found a Magical Damson Tree?

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 5

On 2 Sept at 7pm, I'll be holding an online @walklistencreate.org writer's salon with Emma Geen (author of one of my all-time favourite sci-fis) on the deeply fascinating question of how to write the worlds of other animals. Book a ticket and join us!

walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals

How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...

walklistencreate.org

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 2

Sorry but this photo of my parents’ rescue dog from Sri Lanka being walked in the rain kills me

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks so much Dave :)

Cllr Dr Dave McElroy @davemcelroy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just finished @chantallyons.bsky.social #groundbreakers. The prose is vivid and immersive, making it easy to forget you're not there with her, debating over who is going into Boartropolis first and by how far. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/groundbre...

Groundbreakers

SHORTLISTED AND HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.WINNER OF THE BES MARSH ECOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024.'Full of joy, pathos…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Jul 12

A highly readable account not only about the life-generating powers of beavers, but also the hard graft of campaigning often required by passionate individuals and fleet-footed small NGOs to make positive change happen. 2/2

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Jul 12

Loved @argatyredkites.bsky.social’s new book on his ultimately triumphant battle to save #beavers from being shot & bring them to his land in Scotland. 1/2

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

March 2025: Defra withdraws GL45 amid concerns of Avian Flu.

June 2025: BASC starts legal proceedings against this decision

June 2025: Avian Flu outbreaks start popping up across the UK, including at commercial gamebird rearing facility.

Defra 1 - BASC 0.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/07/d...

DEFRA withdraws licence for release of gamebirds on Special Protection Areas due to high risk of avian flu – BASC starts legal challenge

In 2020, Wild Justice won a significant legal challenge against Defra, forcing it to introduce a licensing scheme for the release of gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges) on or near Nat…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Jul 6

I’m just so shocked that it took so long for this to come to light - they left such a trail!

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