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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 4d

Week 1: Deepening into Darkness at Samhain, begins a yearlong journey in my book Portals into Deep Imagination: Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul. linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk #Samhain #Halloween

Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 7d

Can anyone please identify this astonishingly beautiful #fungi which measures about 10cm at its widest point and sits about 11cm above the ground?

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 10d

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...

Archive of John le Carré to go on display for the first time in major exhibition

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 11d

On 10 October 2025, the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) was officially declared extinct. This is the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, and “is a wake-up call for us to take action for its Eurasian cousin”.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 14d

The Edinburgh premiere of ‘Clinging by a Claw’ about bringing wildcats back from the brink of extinction was amazing, as was the Q&A introduced and chaired by the wonderful Chris Packham. #SavingWildcats www.savingwildcats.org.uk

Saving Wildcats | Scottish wildcat conservation and recovery

Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Scotland and this is their last hope. Together we can secure the future of the Highland tiger by breeding and releasing wildcats into the wild.

www.savingwildcats.org.uk

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 20d

Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 shortlist. I’m intrigued by Adam Weymouth’s Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe, so have just ordered my copy.
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-c...

The Prize announces 2025 shortlist

The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers.

www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 22d

#NatureConnection early in life may reduce onset of depression in later life, but nature connection may alleviate this. But we’re losing nature at an alarming rate which gives rise to eco-anxiety. Depression may ride on the back of this. When we protect nature, we protect ourselves. #MentalHealth

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24d

‘Though it was recognised as “old” and accordingly valuable, its vernacular strangeness was cause for disregard rather than inquiry. The librarians, with their precious Greek Bibles, just weren’t that interested.’

@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript

Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 25d

Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids Touchstone magazine.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · 25d

Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Scientific and Medical Network’s Paradigm Explorer Magazine.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 22

#AutumnEquinox (pic. Loch Morlich, Cairngorms).

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 20

I stood for a long while beneath the long arms of this birch tree. It felt like praying in a temple. I mean, aren’t all uplifting thoughts and feelings prayers? #NatureConnection #spirituality #trees

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Morning walk through Abernethy Forest via Forest Lodge, #Cairngorms, which is RSPB’s HQ for Abernethy Forest Nature Reserve. Picture of Lodge dog kennels used during WW2 as a detention building. Couldn’t resist picking a few chanterelles on my way back to Nethy Bridge.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Angel’s wings fungus in Abernethy Forest, #Cairngorms, today. Toxic. Details: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 8

Back in the Cairngorms; Cairngorms back into me. #trees #NatureConnection #Cairngorms

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · Sep 5

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. ~ Martha Graham

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thought I’d meet #RiverTill, #Northumberland, before sunrise and follow Public Footpath upstream from #TwizelBridge. But as path was obstructed, dangerous, and not maintained after Twizel Mill, I followed the woodland edge, but was forced to turn back after this view as there was no way forward.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looking down at the #RiverTill , #Northumberland, from Mill Hill nr. Twizel Bridge. The Till is the only tributary of the Tweed in Northumberland.

Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Came across this gorgeous wasp nest (also called a byke or bike) at the River Till, Northumberland, today.

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m so looking forward to experiencing the ‘Andy Goldsworthy | Fifty Years’ exhibition in Edinburgh, after the festival. Meanwhile, the video in this Gallaries of Scotland piece is a great introduction to his work and thinking. www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/a...

Andy Goldsworthy | Fifty Years | National Galleries of Scotland

★★★★★'...a stunning retrospective of ceaselessly inventive work.'The Telegraph ★★★★★'Monumental in every sense'The Herald ★★★★★'...plunges viewers into the raw sadness and beauty of rural life.'The Gu...

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Aug 23

Great walk along the River Till today, from Etal to Castle Heaton and back. The Till is the only tributary of the Tweed in Northumberland. Thriving with wildlife, plenty of native trees (eg., willow, alder, oak, hazel), and rich in #biodiversity. #Riverwood #NatureConnection

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m enjoying this book, not only for its subject but because of the writing, though reading about the dreadful fate of rivers is distressing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Robert Macfarlane: ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’

The writer and poet on reimagining rivers as living beings, the ecological crisis near and far and why copyright laws should protect nature

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Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

August sunset beyond the River Till ( only tributary of R. Tweed in Northumberland). Followed river through #riverwoods for a few miles as darkness fell. Insects busy, fish leaping, tawny owl, bats, herons, oaks, hazel, alder, willow, and so on. Night walking. #NatureConnection

Michael Wilson @mikewilsonuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s because I want nature to thrive, including in Britain’s coastal waters, that I’ve emailed MP Emma Hardy (Minister for Water and Flooding) to ban bottom trawling. Perhaps you will too? #BanBottomTrawling action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...

Ban Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas

Ban bottom trawling by emailing Minister Hardy with your thoughts.

action.wildlifetrusts.org

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 19

‘We need to notice that many of the best things in our lives, about our lives, begin as resistances. Our interest may require what Winnicott calls a “period of hesitation”.’

Adam Phillips on why we resist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Phillips · On Resistance

Resistance is at once recognition and a fantasy of catastrophe; indeed, in resisting one has always leaped forward to...

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