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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Some Norfolk wetlands in the past year for #WorldWetlandsDay
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Some Norfolk wetlands in the past year for #WorldWetlandsDay
A flower, a venerable tree and a fungus for this week’s #wildflowerhour: winter heliotrope coming into flower, a centuries-old pedunculate oak, and yellow brain fungus on a fallen twig
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A flower, a venerable tree and a fungus for this week’s #wildflowerhour: winter heliotrope coming into flower, a centuries-old pedunculate oak, and yellow brain fungus on a fallen twig
As my visionary friend @helenb92.bsky.social put it the other day, these are the only live streams we need
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 AM
As my visionary friend @helenb92.bsky.social put it the other day, these are the only live streams we need
For the first time in an age - and rather pungently - the red hinds have been along the river
January 31, 2026 at 8:39 AM
For the first time in an age - and rather pungently - the red hinds have been along the river
Every day, just here, I talk to two dear friends whose binoculars will never again be lifted.
This morning there’s a belting song thrush, alder catkins are blushing aubergine and I’ve seen a fluff-bummed sparrowhawk.
In a world of human insanity, I tell them, nature is about her business.
This morning there’s a belting song thrush, alder catkins are blushing aubergine and I’ve seen a fluff-bummed sparrowhawk.
In a world of human insanity, I tell them, nature is about her business.
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Every day, just here, I talk to two dear friends whose binoculars will never again be lifted.
This morning there’s a belting song thrush, alder catkins are blushing aubergine and I’ve seen a fluff-bummed sparrowhawk.
In a world of human insanity, I tell them, nature is about her business.
This morning there’s a belting song thrush, alder catkins are blushing aubergine and I’ve seen a fluff-bummed sparrowhawk.
In a world of human insanity, I tell them, nature is about her business.
I always wondered what to do with used Ninja Turtles.
Now I know.
Now I know.
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I always wondered what to do with used Ninja Turtles.
Now I know.
Now I know.
Chinese water deer
Abundant now
Abundant now
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Chinese water deer
Abundant now
Abundant now
When you have to be tidy to represent Norfolk Wildlife Trust in the media at lunchtime but want to fit in a really muddy walk on the way ☺️
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 AM
When you have to be tidy to represent Norfolk Wildlife Trust in the media at lunchtime but want to fit in a really muddy walk on the way ☺️
This song thrush and I would like to wish everyone a great week.
(Also the first reed bunting singing and a couple of embarrassed notes from a chaffinch. Take that, winter.)
(Also the first reed bunting singing and a couple of embarrassed notes from a chaffinch. Take that, winter.)
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM
This song thrush and I would like to wish everyone a great week.
(Also the first reed bunting singing and a couple of embarrassed notes from a chaffinch. Take that, winter.)
(Also the first reed bunting singing and a couple of embarrassed notes from a chaffinch. Take that, winter.)
Woodcock feather from a wild walk
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Woodcock feather from a wild walk
The ringed plover’s timid voice is here
(Again, you’ll have to believe me)
(Again, you’ll have to believe me)
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The ringed plover’s timid voice is here
(Again, you’ll have to believe me)
(Again, you’ll have to believe me)
Beach patterns à la @richardallenart.bsky.social
(Plus a rock pipit that you’ll have to believe I can hear)
(Plus a rock pipit that you’ll have to believe I can hear)
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Beach patterns à la @richardallenart.bsky.social
(Plus a rock pipit that you’ll have to believe I can hear)
(Plus a rock pipit that you’ll have to believe I can hear)
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
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.