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James Gilbert
@jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
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Naturalist, ecologist, writer. “How pleasant it would be each day to think, Today I have done something that will render future generations more happy." Richard Jefferies, 1883. Location: east Northamptonshire, UK.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · Nov 14
Middle-aged me. Near-constantly thinking of times gone by, or about those lying ahead. My mind is only held still in the now by nature, when attentive to, say, flitting songbirds, nodding flowerheads, trembling leaves — then do I lose nostalgia or worry, and briefly find a sweet state of just being.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 32m
a grey dove’s call
leaves susurrate & fall
oh for the stillness
precious though small
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 13h
Ah, thank you for saying so!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 13h
Thank you, Shakira. And yes, their diversity and attractive colouration/patterning is somehow easy to forget!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 16h
Inexcusable really; public transport in the UK should be *so* much better in 2025.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 1d
sipping breakfast tea
outside a red kite’s calling
whistling kettle-like
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 1d
Just heart-warming & uplifting to hear any story like this, amid the common gloom. People are changing & clubs are changing in a positive manner. It’s also apparent that him being his true self, by speaking up about vital issues that many/most don’t see or understand, makes him feel happier.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 1d
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Very rarely do I share news &/or sport content (please forgive me on this occasion!). I feel this is a positive article worthy of wide attention. What an example this seemingly lovely guy is setting.
'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award
Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.
www.bbc.co.uk
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 2d
silver light
through the window
an owl’s call
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 2d
Yes!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 2d
from thinning trees
goldfinches billow & drift
like musical leaves
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 4d
through the window pane
leaves shiver silhouetted
creeping silver moon
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 5d
You remember right, Alex! Alas it wasn’t Oakhill (it looks worthwhile!) rather some degraded farmland ponds close to Goole!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 6d
A stock dove arrows overhead, gale-assisted, linear like a roman road, plumage a swatch of the storm clouds above.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 7d
Thank you, that’s very kind.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 7d
Variegated grey clouds drift above the flowerless mead, & the air kisses colder than of late. Each step through dew-weighted grass causes craneflies to take flight & scatter low. From a backwater willow, a light burst of chiffchaff song evokes spring, while autumn romances the heart.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 8d
Hearing the liquid chatter of goldfinches, flitting happily about the topmost branches of a streetside lime. A comforting ambient sound & suggestive of sweet innocence, rather like that of children playing outside at school breaktime.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 8d
seedhead bronze
seen in the marsh harrier
ghosting now gone
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 9d
a desolate fen
the linnets’ drift-chatter makes
not so desolate
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 10d
Lost in the colours, light and movement at a chalk stream turn.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 11d
Oh congratulations, Shakira!
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 12d
Thank you so much.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 12d
Thanks very much for this. I struggle sometimes with all that I feel is wrong, and often use my writing as self-help, I guess! I seek and keep the positive going via the non-human world around me, and I’m glad my posts offer you some good.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 12d
I’m sorry to learn that. Yes, I suspect “greying gardens” etc. is a big factor.
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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 12d
Odd it must be to some, but cranefly emergence is an event I am very fond of. These delicate, gangling things strongly evoke the autumns of my outdoors-pottering youth. Now that change can be wearisome and worry comes easier, the eternal promise of their appearance is ever more comforting.
What I like to call a “drape” of craneflies, here at rest on a brick wall.
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