Julie Watson
@julieoniw.bsky.social
Writer on the Isle of Wight, UK. Published books and stories on travel and nature. Kayaker, cat companion, volunteer teacher of refugees, whale watcher. From Coventry to Cowes, by way of the world.
Not a great picture I know, but the resident #kingfisher crowned my visit to #Newtown marshes #IsleofWight earlier this week.
#birdlife #iow
#birdlife #iow
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Not a great picture I know, but the resident #kingfisher crowned my visit to #Newtown marshes #IsleofWight earlier this week.
#birdlife #iow
#birdlife #iow
#Travel stories with a difference - one of my new collection of short travel stories published in 'The Other Side of Hope':
othersideofhope.com/the-promise-...
Like it? First vol (Travel Takeaways: Around the World in Forty Tales) available on Amazon.
#booksky #travelwriting #writersandauthors
othersideofhope.com/the-promise-...
Like it? First vol (Travel Takeaways: Around the World in Forty Tales) available on Amazon.
#booksky #travelwriting #writersandauthors
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#Travel stories with a difference - one of my new collection of short travel stories published in 'The Other Side of Hope':
othersideofhope.com/the-promise-...
Like it? First vol (Travel Takeaways: Around the World in Forty Tales) available on Amazon.
#booksky #travelwriting #writersandauthors
othersideofhope.com/the-promise-...
Like it? First vol (Travel Takeaways: Around the World in Forty Tales) available on Amazon.
#booksky #travelwriting #writersandauthors
A moment of still reflection in the busy heart of #Lisbon - pondering the secrets of the #naturalworld
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #travel #writing
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #travel #writing
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A moment of still reflection in the busy heart of #Lisbon - pondering the secrets of the #naturalworld
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #travel #writing
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #travel #writing
The exotic pink flowers of the Silk Floss (or Painiera) tree seen everywhere in the streets of #Lisbon in October.
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #writing
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #writing
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The exotic pink flowers of the Silk Floss (or Painiera) tree seen everywhere in the streets of #Lisbon in October.
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #writing
#Portugal #TravelTakeaways #writing
Ready for the rush! At the local author marketplace today @iowlf.bsky.social . Drop by for a chat about #travel.
October 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ready for the rush! At the local author marketplace today @iowlf.bsky.social . Drop by for a chat about #travel.
The #NaoVictoria is berthed in #Cowes today. Replica of the sixteenth century ship that circumnavigated the world with Portuguese explorer #Magellan .
#IsleofWight
#IsleofWight
September 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The #NaoVictoria is berthed in #Cowes today. Replica of the sixteenth century ship that circumnavigated the world with Portuguese explorer #Magellan .
#IsleofWight
#IsleofWight
It's time for the #fungi. Beautiful boletes springing up all over the grounds at #OsborneHouse #EnglishHeritage
September 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's time for the #fungi. Beautiful boletes springing up all over the grounds at #OsborneHouse #EnglishHeritage
A little shoal of fish going about their business in a creek. Each one just half a finger in length !
#isleofwight #Shalfleet #fish #nature #wildlife
#isleofwight #Shalfleet #fish #nature #wildlife
September 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A little shoal of fish going about their business in a creek. Each one just half a finger in length !
#isleofwight #Shalfleet #fish #nature #wildlife
#isleofwight #Shalfleet #fish #nature #wildlife
Where am I? Giant squash, hops in flower... Clue: Look between the sunflowers...
#eastcowes #isleofwight
#eastcowes #isleofwight
August 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Where am I? Giant squash, hops in flower... Clue: Look between the sunflowers...
#eastcowes #isleofwight
#eastcowes #isleofwight
Plant containers, garden furniture, birdboxe, squirrel feeders and much else besides. All very reasonably priced. Wood 'N' Things, The Phoenix Project, #Newport Industrial Estate, #IsleofWight www.phoenixprojectiow.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Plant containers, garden furniture, birdboxe, squirrel feeders and much else besides. All very reasonably priced. Wood 'N' Things, The Phoenix Project, #Newport Industrial Estate, #IsleofWight www.phoenixprojectiow.org
A #beachcomb at lowtide beside the #Medina #IsleofWight revealed a summer visitor to the UK, the #Compass #jellyfish with striking red markings.
July 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A #beachcomb at lowtide beside the #Medina #IsleofWight revealed a summer visitor to the UK, the #Compass #jellyfish with striking red markings.
July 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Positively glowing bright yellow specimen of Chicken-of-the-woods in St Mildred's Church graveyard #Whippingham #IsleofWight this afternoon
#fungi
#fungi
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Positively glowing bright yellow specimen of Chicken-of-the-woods in St Mildred's Church graveyard #Whippingham #IsleofWight this afternoon
#fungi
#fungi
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Visited #moorgreen #allotments open day this afternoon taking part in the #isleofwight #biosphere festival. Great place, great plants, and great gardeners!
#gardens #cowes #biospherefestival
#gardens #cowes #biospherefestival
June 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Visited #moorgreen #allotments open day this afternoon taking part in the #isleofwight #biosphere festival. Great place, great plants, and great gardeners!
#gardens #cowes #biospherefestival
#gardens #cowes #biospherefestival
No - aerial shot from a bridge. The parent swans were standing close by...
June 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
No - aerial shot from a bridge. The parent swans were standing close by...
Pleased to see that 'A River for All Seasons', my story about kayaking on the Western Yar, made the final list.
#IsleofWight #Biosphere #Naturewriting
#IsleofWight #Biosphere #Naturewriting
June 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pleased to see that 'A River for All Seasons', my story about kayaking on the Western Yar, made the final list.
#IsleofWight #Biosphere #Naturewriting
#IsleofWight #Biosphere #Naturewriting
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
June 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excellent to see 9 spikes of self-seeded orchid (Common spotted/D. maculata) in a plant pot in my garden! #IsleofWight #Cowes #orchids
May 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Excellent to see 9 spikes of self-seeded orchid (Common spotted/D. maculata) in a plant pot in my garden! #IsleofWight #Cowes #orchids
#ChristopherColombus sailed to the Americas in 1492 in the #SantaMaria. Replica visits #Cowes #IsleofWight
May 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#ChristopherColombus sailed to the Americas in 1492 in the #SantaMaria. Replica visits #Cowes #IsleofWight
Hundreds of newly emerged #Natterjack toadlets crossed my path while walking through the #dehesa of #Extremadura a week ago. And red-striped oil beetles too. #Spain #amphibians #beetles #wildlife
May 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hundreds of newly emerged #Natterjack toadlets crossed my path while walking through the #dehesa of #Extremadura a week ago. And red-striped oil beetles too. #Spain #amphibians #beetles #wildlife
Couldn't pass up an opportunity to indulge in #churros con chocolate while in #Extremadura #Spain last week. Less fun was getting caught up in the 'el gran apagón' (the big blackout) on the 28th April ! A new #travel story to write about.
May 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Couldn't pass up an opportunity to indulge in #churros con chocolate while in #Extremadura #Spain last week. Less fun was getting caught up in the 'el gran apagón' (the big blackout) on the 28th April ! A new #travel story to write about.