Nic Wilson
@nicwilson.bsky.social
Author & Editor, Guardian Country Diarist, BBC Gardeners' World Mag. Rep: Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. #Nature #Place #ChronicIllness
Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
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Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
linktr.ee/nicwilsonauthor
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Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
The fascinating winter life of grey seals in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The lone seal pup isn’t ready for the sea yet
Hayle, Cornwall: Grey seals are born in winter and have to quickly become self-sufficient. With the water crashing in, this one is seeking shelter
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November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The fascinating winter life of grey seals in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
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Bird place-name of the day 116: ULEHAMS FARM (Essex). OE ule + ham. ‘Owl-haunted farm/estate’. #birdsandplace #placenames #naturewriting
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Bird place-name of the day 116: ULEHAMS FARM (Essex). OE ule + ham. ‘Owl-haunted farm/estate’. #birdsandplace #placenames #naturewriting
I read BBC Wildlife Magazine avidly as a child and now my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, is one of their Best Books of 2025. Can't quite believe it! What a way to end the year!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I read BBC Wildlife Magazine avidly as a child and now my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, is one of their Best Books of 2025. Can't quite believe it! What a way to end the year!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
Working with local lime in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Unlocking the magic of our local lime | Amy-Jane Beer
Welburn, North Yorkshire: Our house is made from the ground around us, so it’s only fitting that we fix it in the same spirit
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Working with local lime in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Heron flying over too. Gotta make the most of #birdjoy when you're spending the day tidying and cleaning the house! 🥱
Starting the weekend watching a green woodpecker an-anting on the lawn. Can't beat it! ❤️💚
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Heron flying over too. Gotta make the most of #birdjoy when you're spending the day tidying and cleaning the house! 🥱
Starting the weekend watching a green woodpecker an-anting on the lawn. Can't beat it! ❤️💚
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Starting the weekend watching a green woodpecker an-anting on the lawn. Can't beat it! ❤️💚
The robin's intimate autumn song in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Claire Stares.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A precious moment with a robin and its soft autumn song | Claire Stares
Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey: This song is not the same as the full-throated spring version, and it’s impossible not to reply to
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November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The robin's intimate autumn song in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Claire Stares.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at [email protected] & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at [email protected] & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).
Just drop me an email at [email protected] & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
Just drop me an email at [email protected] & I'll pop a copy in the post.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
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Autumn colour in the Tamar Valley in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Virginia Spiers.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Golden leaves in the valley and holly trees stripped bare | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: The frost is yet to arrive and we’re awash with autumn colour as the mild weather continues
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November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Autumn colour in the Tamar Valley in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Virginia Spiers.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Bird place-name of the day 114: HARPENDEN (Herts). OE hearp + denu. Possibly ‘nightingale’s valley’. Carole Hough (Edinburgh Uni) suggested that PNs with hearp (literally ‘harp’) could metaphorically refer to nightingales, not human harpers. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Bird place-name of the day 114: HARPENDEN (Herts). OE hearp + denu. Possibly ‘nightingale’s valley’. Carole Hough (Edinburgh Uni) suggested that PNs with hearp (literally ‘harp’) could metaphorically refer to nightingales, not human harpers. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
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Just say no to Peat. Bloody ridiculous that we are using it for our mostly imported ornamental plants (amongst other things)
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just say no to Peat. Bloody ridiculous that we are using it for our mostly imported ornamental plants (amongst other things)
I'm giving a talk on
"Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides", online, FREE to join, 7pm-8pm Wed 26th November
Organised by Western Sussex Rivers Trust.
Book your free ticket! lnkd.in/e4y8v5Fn
"Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides", online, FREE to join, 7pm-8pm Wed 26th November
Organised by Western Sussex Rivers Trust.
Book your free ticket! lnkd.in/e4y8v5Fn
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Autumn colour in the Tamar Valley in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Virginia Spiers.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Golden leaves in the valley and holly trees stripped bare | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: The frost is yet to arrive and we’re awash with autumn colour as the mild weather continues
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Autumn colour in the Tamar Valley in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Virginia Spiers.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Green penetrates even the thickest thickets in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The green in this gully has conquered all | Derek Niemann
Frome, Somerset: The dampness lingers here, and there is no wind – perfect conditions for a total victory for fern, ivy, and, most of all, moss
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November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Green penetrates even the thickest thickets in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Pain levels aren't good today. The early snow has all melted and I feel about as energetic as slush.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pain levels aren't good today. The early snow has all melted and I feel about as energetic as slush.
Green penetrates even the thickest thickets in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The green in this gully has conquered all | Derek Niemann
Frome, Somerset: The dampness lingers here, and there is no wind – perfect conditions for a total victory for fern, ivy, and, most of all, moss
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Green penetrates even the thickest thickets in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Another morning in North Norfolk
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Another morning in North Norfolk
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See Dr Amy’s thread on honouring Jamie Normington (aka Lost Words for Cumbria, among others). This time last year I finally got to experience his gracious, warm, upbeat presence in person at @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social & he was indeed as gentle, lovely & loved as he had long seemed online. 💚💔
Bea has come up with a way to honour Jamie which will do lasting good. Please visit her Just Giving page for @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social & @pancreaticcanuk.bsky.social, supporting the wildlife he loved, & fighting the bastard disease that stole him from us.
www.justgiving.com/team/teamjam...
www.justgiving.com/team/teamjam...
Team Jamie!
Help Bea Normington raise money to support Cumbria Wildlife Trust
www.justgiving.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
See Dr Amy’s thread on honouring Jamie Normington (aka Lost Words for Cumbria, among others). This time last year I finally got to experience his gracious, warm, upbeat presence in person at @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social & he was indeed as gentle, lovely & loved as he had long seemed online. 💚💔
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The thrust of the song thrush song has to be #joy … There is a willpower in the emotion.
@markcoker.bsky.social in this morning’s Country Diary
#NatureWriting
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@markcoker.bsky.social in this morning’s Country Diary
#NatureWriting
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: What is the thrust of the song thrush song? It has to be joy | Mark Cocker
Hogshaw, Derbyshire: To hear one in December isn’t totally unheard of – any excuse to revel in that uplifting, deceptively simple sound
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The thrust of the song thrush song has to be #joy … There is a willpower in the emotion.
@markcoker.bsky.social in this morning’s Country Diary
#NatureWriting
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@markcoker.bsky.social in this morning’s Country Diary
#NatureWriting
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My cape might not be big enough for me to disappear into the woodlands yet, but Boofle already fancies himself as a tree elf. #naturecrochet
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My cape might not be big enough for me to disappear into the woodlands yet, but Boofle already fancies himself as a tree elf. #naturecrochet
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The aftermath of storms in the Cairngorms in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Walking the storm path through an ever-changing pinewood | Amanda Thomson
Abernethy, Cairngorms: Even in this part-plantation where there is much uniformity, high winds ensure the woodland can never stay the same
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November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The aftermath of storms in the Cairngorms in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Bird place-name of the day 113: SUGHAM FM (Lingfield, Surrey). OE sucga + ham. ‘Farm/estate frequented by sparrows’. #birdsandplace #naturewriting #oldenglish #placenames
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Bird place-name of the day 113: SUGHAM FM (Lingfield, Surrey). OE sucga + ham. ‘Farm/estate frequented by sparrows’. #birdsandplace #naturewriting #oldenglish #placenames