Nick Acheson
@themarshtit.bsky.social
Nature conservation. Low carbon living. Classical music and opera. Theatre and books. Gruesome lefty vegan tree-hugger. 🏳️⚧️ ally. Happiest when muddy.
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Nick Acheson
@themarshtit.bsky.social
· Nov 24
On these Natural History shelves at Norwich @waterstones.bsky.social I’ve just counted 38 authors I’ve interviewed.
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
And so, with one faltering step, it begins - the unstoppable riot of spring
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And so, with one faltering step, it begins - the unstoppable riot of spring
My friends the piebald ponies and the little grey have gone overnight and Night Common feels desolate without them. No doubt they have taken the next step on their timeless transhumance.
These are the last threads of the old ways and of a landscape in which we too were once wild things.
These are the last threads of the old ways and of a landscape in which we too were once wild things.
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 AM
My friends the piebald ponies and the little grey have gone overnight and Night Common feels desolate without them. No doubt they have taken the next step on their timeless transhumance.
These are the last threads of the old ways and of a landscape in which we too were once wild things.
These are the last threads of the old ways and of a landscape in which we too were once wild things.
Ten shoveler and a pintail on the little pond by my door this morning.
Wishing you all a great Thursday 🦆
Wishing you all a great Thursday 🦆
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Ten shoveler and a pintail on the little pond by my door this morning.
Wishing you all a great Thursday 🦆
Wishing you all a great Thursday 🦆
Book of Job 38:11 🦢 🦢
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Book of Job 38:11 🦢 🦢
A minute by the upper Wensum, for everyone needing some wild water in their Monday x
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
A minute by the upper Wensum, for everyone needing some wild water in their Monday x
Not too much for #wildflowerhour this week: last year’s hemp agrimony and this coming summer’s hoary mullein, both upriver from my home
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Not too much for #wildflowerhour this week: last year’s hemp agrimony and this coming summer’s hoary mullein, both upriver from my home
Two nature authors from Oriel, Oxford, and one from our Cambridge sister college, Clare.
I wonder what became of Gilbert White and David Attenborough. I thought they showed real promise.
I wonder what became of Gilbert White and David Attenborough. I thought they showed real promise.
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Two nature authors from Oriel, Oxford, and one from our Cambridge sister college, Clare.
I wonder what became of Gilbert White and David Attenborough. I thought they showed real promise.
I wonder what became of Gilbert White and David Attenborough. I thought they showed real promise.
Piddock-riddled peat
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Piddock-riddled peat
Pink-nosed river pony and I would like to wish you a most excellent Friday
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Pink-nosed river pony and I would like to wish you a most excellent Friday
There’s a treecreeper singing on my patch today.
Another dent in winter’s bitter armour.
Another dent in winter’s bitter armour.
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
There’s a treecreeper singing on my patch today.
Another dent in winter’s bitter armour.
Another dent in winter’s bitter armour.
In addition to four drake shovelers, there’s a drake pintail on my pond.
Life is complete.
Life is complete.
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 AM
In addition to four drake shovelers, there’s a drake pintail on my pond.
Life is complete.
Life is complete.
Two very good friends are in the cast, both excellent birders.
See you in a few hours, after an heroic musical death.
See you in a few hours, after an heroic musical death.
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Two very good friends are in the cast, both excellent birders.
See you in a few hours, after an heroic musical death.
See you in a few hours, after an heroic musical death.
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How cool is that electric-blue throat patch on this Brandt’s Cormorant! Unreal.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
How cool is that electric-blue throat patch on this Brandt’s Cormorant! Unreal.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
Reposted by Nick Acheson
'Fen Edge Archaeology for Land Managers'.
A presentation for the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers landscape partnership by Tim Holt-Wilson & David Robertson, on conserving archaeological assets of the Fen edge & river valleys - brecks.org/news/a-new-a...
#archaeology #geology #Fenland #UK ⚒️🌍
A presentation for the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers landscape partnership by Tim Holt-Wilson & David Robertson, on conserving archaeological assets of the Fen edge & river valleys - brecks.org/news/a-new-a...
#archaeology #geology #Fenland #UK ⚒️🌍
December 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
'Fen Edge Archaeology for Land Managers'.
A presentation for the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers landscape partnership by Tim Holt-Wilson & David Robertson, on conserving archaeological assets of the Fen edge & river valleys - brecks.org/news/a-new-a...
#archaeology #geology #Fenland #UK ⚒️🌍
A presentation for the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers landscape partnership by Tim Holt-Wilson & David Robertson, on conserving archaeological assets of the Fen edge & river valleys - brecks.org/news/a-new-a...
#archaeology #geology #Fenland #UK ⚒️🌍
Green sandpiper here right now - first winter record ever
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Green sandpiper here right now - first winter record ever
Sunset and displaying mallards
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Sunset and displaying mallards
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Very conscious of the fact that many of my followers have deserted X & thought you’d like a update to what’s been happening on the Gaywood River a rare #ChalkStream @charliejgardner.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @blacky-himself.bsky.social @gaywoodriver.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Very conscious of the fact that many of my followers have deserted X & thought you’d like a update to what’s been happening on the Gaywood River a rare #ChalkStream @charliejgardner.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @blacky-himself.bsky.social @gaywoodriver.bsky.social
A young man, standing 6’4” tall, just helped an old woman, standing 5’2” tall, onto my bus.
In our diversity, are we beautiful.
In our diversity, are we beautiful.
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM
A young man, standing 6’4” tall, just helped an old woman, standing 5’2” tall, onto my bus.
In our diversity, are we beautiful.
In our diversity, are we beautiful.
For #wildflowerhour this chilly week: alder, European gorse, stinging nettle and hemp agrimony
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
For #wildflowerhour this chilly week: alder, European gorse, stinging nettle and hemp agrimony
Things we like: ice.
Things we do not like: ICE.
Things we do not like: ICE.
January 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Things we like: ice.
Things we do not like: ICE.
Things we do not like: ICE.
Green elf cups at work on my frosty patch
January 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Green elf cups at work on my frosty patch
The river has finally burst its banks
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The river has finally burst its banks
Happy Sunday everybod
January 11, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Happy Sunday everybod
I dunno - call me a madcap - but it feels as though now would be a good time to belong to some kind of union of European nations …
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I dunno - call me a madcap - but it feels as though now would be a good time to belong to some kind of union of European nations …