Dominic Coath
@dominiccoath.bsky.social
Lifelong nature conservationist, looking to connect, organise and foment a little bit of hope.
https://www.facebook.com/HitchinNatureNetwork/?locale=en_GB
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I am not sure I can handle a new front but really this is the same battle, against against a tiny self-interested minority of end-stage capitalists pushing us towards a future that none of us wants they don't even understand themselves. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
AI Expert: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! We Need To Start Protesting! - Tristan Harris
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am not sure I can handle a new front but really this is the same battle, against against a tiny self-interested minority of end-stage capitalists pushing us towards a future that none of us wants they don't even understand themselves. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
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I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
Found this last night. It's not my doggy as she doesn't eat cherries and I don't think it's fox as it doesn't really smell of anything much. Any ideas "PooSky". Is it hedgehog? @katebradbury.bsky.social @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Found this last night. It's not my doggy as she doesn't eat cherries and I don't think it's fox as it doesn't really smell of anything much. Any ideas "PooSky". Is it hedgehog? @katebradbury.bsky.social @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social
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How do we fix this mess?
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
How do we fix this mess?
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900 peaceful, mainly older, protestors supporting Palestine arrested last week, out of 1000 demonstrators
Today, as fascists punch and kick police, just 9 arrests made
Two-tier policing in all its glory folks
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today, as fascists punch and kick police, just 9 arrests made
Two-tier policing in all its glory folks
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 100,000 join Tommy Robinson rally, as counter-protesters demonstrate
Nine people are arrested as the Met say extra officers have been deployed to deal with
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September 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
900 peaceful, mainly older, protestors supporting Palestine arrested last week, out of 1000 demonstrators
Today, as fascists punch and kick police, just 9 arrests made
Two-tier policing in all its glory folks
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today, as fascists punch and kick police, just 9 arrests made
Two-tier policing in all its glory folks
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There are swift calling in the eaves. They are inches away from my sons head. He lies in the top bunk listening to them as he wakes up. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
There are swift calling in the eaves. They are inches away from my sons head. He lies in the top bunk listening to them as he wakes up. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
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My book launch of #LandBeneaththeWaves is now online, tickets available from @nextpagebooksuk.bsky.social. If you're near #Hitchin, come and join us for drinks, music and chat about local nature and our relationship with it. Should be a fun evening! 😊🐸🌱🪰🦔🦉💚
#naturewriting #chronicillness #booksky
#naturewriting #chronicillness #booksky
Book Launch: Land Beneath the Waves by Nic WIlson
Join us for the debut book launch of "Land Beneath the Waves" by Nic Wilson, Hitchin author and Guardian nature writer
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May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My book launch of #LandBeneaththeWaves is now online, tickets available from @nextpagebooksuk.bsky.social. If you're near #Hitchin, come and join us for drinks, music and chat about local nature and our relationship with it. Should be a fun evening! 😊🐸🌱🪰🦔🦉💚
#naturewriting #chronicillness #booksky
#naturewriting #chronicillness #booksky
Blue-sky hive mind, I want to top my #wildlifepond with the rain butt water but it has been there a while and looks a bit brownish. Is it OK? We keep them covered. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Blue-sky hive mind, I want to top my #wildlifepond with the rain butt water but it has been there a while and looks a bit brownish. Is it OK? We keep them covered. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
My eyes are bigger than my greenhouse. Goodness knows what happens when they need potting on. You'd have thought I'd have learnt by now @nicwilson.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My eyes are bigger than my greenhouse. Goodness knows what happens when they need potting on. You'd have thought I'd have learnt by now @nicwilson.bsky.social
#gardenwildlife upgrade! Alongside the newly laid hedge and in space made by that and removing an old conifer and brick firepit we have:
1 hibernaculum
1 rowan tree
5 square metres of newly sown perennial meadow
Very excited. Rain please! @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
1 hibernaculum
1 rowan tree
5 square metres of newly sown perennial meadow
Very excited. Rain please! @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#gardenwildlife upgrade! Alongside the newly laid hedge and in space made by that and removing an old conifer and brick firepit we have:
1 hibernaculum
1 rowan tree
5 square metres of newly sown perennial meadow
Very excited. Rain please! @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
1 hibernaculum
1 rowan tree
5 square metres of newly sown perennial meadow
Very excited. Rain please! @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
I adore these female tawny mining bees. They are welcome to vulcanise my entire lawn but I wanted to check how I keep them safe? Can I mow and when? No hurry but I (and presumably they) would prefer it shortish. Lots of long grass elsewhere. @katebradbury.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I adore these female tawny mining bees. They are welcome to vulcanise my entire lawn but I wanted to check how I keep them safe? Can I mow and when? No hurry but I (and presumably they) would prefer it shortish. Lots of long grass elsewhere. @katebradbury.bsky.social
One horrid firepit that needs to go, some turf from re-edging the veg plot, a scattering of compost and hey presto, a mini-hibernaculum! No expensive top soil, no tip-run, more time for a coffee and throwing the doggie her ball (my true purpose).
#Wildlifegardening, more fun less effort!
#Wildlifegardening, more fun less effort!
March 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One horrid firepit that needs to go, some turf from re-edging the veg plot, a scattering of compost and hey presto, a mini-hibernaculum! No expensive top soil, no tip-run, more time for a coffee and throwing the doggie her ball (my true purpose).
#Wildlifegardening, more fun less effort!
#Wildlifegardening, more fun less effort!
A small snatch of blackcap song this morning by Hitchin Station, my first of the year and earliest for many. @hertsbirds.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A small snatch of blackcap song this morning by Hitchin Station, my first of the year and earliest for many. @hertsbirds.bsky.social
Finally got the hedge laid in our garden (I didn't do it myself I hasten to add!). Now that it's done it fells a bit ground zero. Hope I have done the right thing. More photos to follow as it evolves... #hedges #hedgelaying #gardenwildlife
January 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Finally got the hedge laid in our garden (I didn't do it myself I hasten to add!). Now that it's done it fells a bit ground zero. Hope I have done the right thing. More photos to follow as it evolves... #hedges #hedgelaying #gardenwildlife
Friday morning, 5 below, deep frost. Aching fingers, cold teeth. The sun finally makes it over the horizon and spills across the field, transforming the teasels into sparkling, spiky jewels. I feel immersed, connected and at peace. I tuck the moment snugly inside my coat and take it home.
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Friday morning, 5 below, deep frost. Aching fingers, cold teeth. The sun finally makes it over the horizon and spills across the field, transforming the teasels into sparkling, spiky jewels. I feel immersed, connected and at peace. I tuck the moment snugly inside my coat and take it home.
Thrilled to discover this collared earthstar at the back of the garden today. Signs of a deeper and richer ecosystem starting to build i hope. #fungi #wildlifegardening
January 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thrilled to discover this collared earthstar at the back of the garden today. Signs of a deeper and richer ecosystem starting to build i hope. #fungi #wildlifegardening
The little copse, branches stark against the sky, is back-lit against a curling mist. A song thrush tuning up in anticipation of a distant spring.
A dreary day, suddenly transformed into the magical, ethereal.
I remember anew, it's not where you look but how
A dreary day, suddenly transformed into the magical, ethereal.
I remember anew, it's not where you look but how
December 27, 2024 at 9:11 AM
The little copse, branches stark against the sky, is back-lit against a curling mist. A song thrush tuning up in anticipation of a distant spring.
A dreary day, suddenly transformed into the magical, ethereal.
I remember anew, it's not where you look but how
A dreary day, suddenly transformed into the magical, ethereal.
I remember anew, it's not where you look but how
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In a natural world that so often seems full of wounds, it was lovely to visit this inspirational project in Bedfordshire for my @theguardian.com #countrydiary and see some of the birds it supports. And I got to spend the day with my dad - bonus! #naturewriting
Country diary: A handful of summer on a frosty day | Nic Wilson
Southill, Bedfordshire: On a ringing session of seed-eating farmland birds, I see up close the subtle beauty of the yellowhammer
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December 18, 2024 at 8:30 AM
In a natural world that so often seems full of wounds, it was lovely to visit this inspirational project in Bedfordshire for my @theguardian.com #countrydiary and see some of the birds it supports. And I got to spend the day with my dad - bonus! #naturewriting
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Sorry about my grinning mug shot! I'll be chatting about my memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, at the Allergy & Free From Show & how growing my own food & spending time in the natural world help me deal with chronic illness. #lifewriting #naturewriting
Limited FREE tickets with code: allergyshow.co.uk
Limited FREE tickets with code: allergyshow.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Sorry about my grinning mug shot! I'll be chatting about my memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, at the Allergy & Free From Show & how growing my own food & spending time in the natural world help me deal with chronic illness. #lifewriting #naturewriting
Limited FREE tickets with code: allergyshow.co.uk
Limited FREE tickets with code: allergyshow.co.uk
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Dead time is something we rally against in society. But what if it is actually something we need, something which is integral to our flourishing and our humanity?
The Virtues of Dead Time
Why we need "dead time" and what happens when we lose it.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Dead time is something we rally against in society. But what if it is actually something we need, something which is integral to our flourishing and our humanity?
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The classic pareidolia of fake eyes to scare away predators, but even more than that a bird's eye view of the Emperor isn't only about the eyes, it's a complete mammal-like face staring back at you...
#teamMoth #mothsMatter
#teamMoth #mothsMatter
December 4, 2024 at 8:23 AM
The classic pareidolia of fake eyes to scare away predators, but even more than that a bird's eye view of the Emperor isn't only about the eyes, it's a complete mammal-like face staring back at you...
#teamMoth #mothsMatter
#teamMoth #mothsMatter
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Reminders of a pasture 'still rippled like a ribcage from the till and turn of long-ago strip farming', part of a huge nature restoration scheme in North Yorkshire, in this morning's beautiful & hopeful @theguardian.com country diary from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social. #naturewriting
Country diary: An area the size of York opened up to nature | Amy-Jane Beer
Castle Howard, North Yorkshire: This huge project is already showing great signs of life, even before the beavers and rootling pigs have arrived
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November 25, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Reminders of a pasture 'still rippled like a ribcage from the till and turn of long-ago strip farming', part of a huge nature restoration scheme in North Yorkshire, in this morning's beautiful & hopeful @theguardian.com country diary from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social. #naturewriting
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It's pretty windy right now. Which means that, for the moment, the UK is running mostly carbon free. grid.iamkate.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 AM
It's pretty windy right now. Which means that, for the moment, the UK is running mostly carbon free. grid.iamkate.com