James Bashford
@wrenandbee.bsky.social
Neurologist, scientist, father, moth-er, writer. Author of Nature Within (🔔 DUE OUT 6 JAN 📣). #NatureWithin
🌳 https://linktr.ee/drjamesbashford
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If you’re interested in any of Nature, health, biodiversity, climate, philosophy, geology, sustainability, evolution…
…or even how an individual bird duets with itself…
…then you might enjoy Nature Within.
🦋 🐛 🍁 🐜 🦢 🍄 🌳 🐝 🐞
🦔 🦎 🌸 🦜 🦒 🪱 🦉 🐦⬛ 🌿
You can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/Nature-Within
…or even how an individual bird duets with itself…
…then you might enjoy Nature Within.
🦋 🐛 🍁 🐜 🦢 🍄 🌳 🐝 🐞
🦔 🦎 🌸 🦜 🦒 🪱 🦉 🐦⬛ 🌿
You can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/Nature-Within
It was great to launch the new book at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden last night 📚 🚀
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It was great to launch the new book at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden last night 📚 🚀
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
With just under six weeks left of 2025, I’ll be posting my #BestOfNature2025 pics each day.
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
With just under six weeks left of 2025, I’ll be posting my #BestOfNature2025 pics each day.
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Check out my Worderful Wild blog about some of my favourite Nature-based words: #1 Pelagic
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Check out my Worderful Wild blog about some of my favourite Nature-based words: #1 Pelagic
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Delighted to see Nature Within among such a fantastic group of submitted books 📚
@pelagic.bsky.social
@pelagic.bsky.social
Nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing close at noon on Monday 1st December. There have been 27 nominations so far. Full details of the award and how to nominate can be found at www.richardjefferiesaward.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Delighted to see Nature Within among such a fantastic group of submitted books 📚
@pelagic.bsky.social
@pelagic.bsky.social
Another view of the Violet Ground Beetle I saw in Scotland a few weeks ago 🪲 🏴
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Another view of the Violet Ground Beetle I saw in Scotland a few weeks ago 🪲 🏴
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
I’ll stump for this being Red-belted Polypore but happy to be persuaded otherwise 🍄🟫 🩶 🧡
#NatureWithin #Fungi
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’ll stump for this being Red-belted Polypore but happy to be persuaded otherwise 🍄🟫 🩶 🧡
#NatureWithin #Fungi
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’ve started a blog on Goodreads about my favourite words in Nature ✍️
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I’ve started a blog on Goodreads about my favourite words in Nature ✍️
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last week I switched to Ecotalk @ecotalk.bsky.social 🐝 🗣️
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Last week I switched to Ecotalk @ecotalk.bsky.social 🐝 🗣️
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reposted by James Bashford
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
If you haven’t done so already, please check out the free Encounter Nature app from writer Melissa Harrison 🦢 🐛 🪲 🌳 🐝 🦋 🍄 🌺
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you haven’t done so already, please check out the free Encounter Nature app from writer Melissa Harrison 🦢 🐛 🪲 🌳 🐝 🦋 🍄 🌺
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
For anyone in the vicinity, I will be holding a small book launch at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden on Sunday 23rd Nov, 5.30-7pm 📖 📣
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
For anyone in the vicinity, I will be holding a small book launch at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden on Sunday 23rd Nov, 5.30-7pm 📖 📣
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is far from the sharpest of images, but we were glad to see a lively scurry of Red Squirrels in Blairadam Forest recently 🏴
This one had stopped for a moment’s rest and a nutty nibble 🐿️ 🌰
#NatureWithin
This one had stopped for a moment’s rest and a nutty nibble 🐿️ 🌰
#NatureWithin
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is far from the sharpest of images, but we were glad to see a lively scurry of Red Squirrels in Blairadam Forest recently 🏴
This one had stopped for a moment’s rest and a nutty nibble 🐿️ 🌰
#NatureWithin
This one had stopped for a moment’s rest and a nutty nibble 🐿️ 🌰
#NatureWithin
In Nature Within, I’ve tried my hardest to break important health concepts down into manageable chunks.
I’ve tried to make it as accessible as possible.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
I’ve tried to make it as accessible as possible.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In Nature Within, I’ve tried my hardest to break important health concepts down into manageable chunks.
I’ve tried to make it as accessible as possible.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
I’ve tried to make it as accessible as possible.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
I’m going to go with this being some sort of Curtain Crust 🍄🟫 🏴
What I’m not so sure about is whether it’s:
- Golden CC 🥇
OR
- Hairy CC 💇♀️
OR
- Yellowing CC 💛
Then there’s the alternative False Turkey-tail which could also apply 🤯 🦃
#NatureWithin #Fungi
What I’m not so sure about is whether it’s:
- Golden CC 🥇
OR
- Hairy CC 💇♀️
OR
- Yellowing CC 💛
Then there’s the alternative False Turkey-tail which could also apply 🤯 🦃
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I’m going to go with this being some sort of Curtain Crust 🍄🟫 🏴
What I’m not so sure about is whether it’s:
- Golden CC 🥇
OR
- Hairy CC 💇♀️
OR
- Yellowing CC 💛
Then there’s the alternative False Turkey-tail which could also apply 🤯 🦃
#NatureWithin #Fungi
What I’m not so sure about is whether it’s:
- Golden CC 🥇
OR
- Hairy CC 💇♀️
OR
- Yellowing CC 💛
Then there’s the alternative False Turkey-tail which could also apply 🤯 🦃
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I never knew there were beach mushrooms 🏝️ 🍄🟫
Well, here is such a species… Dune Cavalier perhaps?
Found at Tentsmuir Beach last week 🏴
#NatureWithin #Fungi
Well, here is such a species… Dune Cavalier perhaps?
Found at Tentsmuir Beach last week 🏴
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I never knew there were beach mushrooms 🏝️ 🍄🟫
Well, here is such a species… Dune Cavalier perhaps?
Found at Tentsmuir Beach last week 🏴
#NatureWithin #Fungi
Well, here is such a species… Dune Cavalier perhaps?
Found at Tentsmuir Beach last week 🏴
#NatureWithin #Fungi
Here are four outstanding books I’ve read this year ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Each one tackles how we shape our natural world. And how, in turn, it shapes us.
Each one does it in its own unique way.
I highly recommend them all.
@ferrisjabr.bsky.social @chloedalton.bsky.social @johnvaillant.bsky.social
Each one tackles how we shape our natural world. And how, in turn, it shapes us.
Each one does it in its own unique way.
I highly recommend them all.
@ferrisjabr.bsky.social @chloedalton.bsky.social @johnvaillant.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Here are four outstanding books I’ve read this year ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Each one tackles how we shape our natural world. And how, in turn, it shapes us.
Each one does it in its own unique way.
I highly recommend them all.
@ferrisjabr.bsky.social @chloedalton.bsky.social @johnvaillant.bsky.social
Each one tackles how we shape our natural world. And how, in turn, it shapes us.
Each one does it in its own unique way.
I highly recommend them all.
@ferrisjabr.bsky.social @chloedalton.bsky.social @johnvaillant.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM