Nic Wilson
@nicwilson.bsky.social
Author & Editor, Guardian Country Diarist, BBC Gardeners' World Mag. Rep: Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. #Nature #Place #ChronicIllness
Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
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Nature memoir: LAND BENEATH THE WAVES out now
Order LBTW: https://shorturl.at/LOt7x
linktr.ee/nicwilsonauthor
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Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
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What a wonderful antidote to the rampant commercialism of this time of year … “The darkness around me feels inhabited, companionable.” Lovely stuff from @nicwilson.bsky.social
Country diary: My Black Friday? A night-time skulk in the woods | Nic Wilson
Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees – now that’s what I call a bargain
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November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What a wonderful antidote to the rampant commercialism of this time of year … “The darkness around me feels inhabited, companionable.” Lovely stuff from @nicwilson.bsky.social
Black Friday all a bit much yesterday? Try my @theguardian.com country diary antidote, for something a little different...
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
Country diary: My Black Friday? A night-time skulk in the woods | Nic Wilson
Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees – now that’s what I call a bargain
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Black Friday all a bit much yesterday? Try my @theguardian.com country diary antidote, for something a little different...
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
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Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
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#BookSky
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Books by Authors with ME/CFS and Related Chronic Illnesses – Chronic Market
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November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
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#BookSky
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In case you missed this great story earlier in the week... Hooray for the Youngwilders! (www.youngwilders.org)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In case you missed this great story earlier in the week... Hooray for the Youngwilders! (www.youngwilders.org)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The online courses available from @biologicalrecording.co.uk truly are BRILLIANT!
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
🎓 Black Friday 50% OFF alert! Learn UK invertebrate ID & practical ecology online 🐝🪲
All entoLEARN & Skills For Ecology courses discounted. Use
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Courses: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/collections/...
All entoLEARN & Skills For Ecology courses discounted. Use
BLACKFRIDAY3 before 30 Nov!
Courses: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The online courses available from @biologicalrecording.co.uk truly are BRILLIANT!
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
I'm booked into an introduction to cold water swimming tomorrow afternoon as I believe it's good for inflammation and chronic pain. I love swimming, but I'm not great with the cold. Wish me luck! ❄️❄️❄️
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November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm booked into an introduction to cold water swimming tomorrow afternoon as I believe it's good for inflammation and chronic pain. I love swimming, but I'm not great with the cold. Wish me luck! ❄️❄️❄️
Just found a lovely review of Land Beneath the Waves on @lovereadinguk.bsky.social. Thanks to Liz Robinson for her kind words. 💚💚💚
www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781837...
www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781837...
Land Beneath the Waves by Nic Wilson
Land Beneath the Waves (ISBN: 9781837996223) A searingly honest and heartfelt memoir about living with a chronic illness and how mental and physical health can be affected by the natural world around ...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just found a lovely review of Land Beneath the Waves on @lovereadinguk.bsky.social. Thanks to Liz Robinson for her kind words. 💚💚💚
www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781837...
www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781837...
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Stag in the silence in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A stag red deer, totally still, totally dominant | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Raddon Hills, Devon: I spend a watchful moment with a mixed herd. Rutting season is over, but there’s no doubt who is in charge
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Stag in the silence in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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I loved writing about lots of different ways to watch winter wildlife in the December edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social.
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
Take a breather this busy season with plenty of ideas and inspiration to get out into the garden – only in our December issue, available in stores and online now: https://bit.ly/489zQ5S
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I loved writing about lots of different ways to watch winter wildlife in the December edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social.
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
Thought since it's nearly December I should frame last year's Christmas present. Totally in control of life, me!
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thought since it's nearly December I should frame last year's Christmas present. Totally in control of life, me!
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The RSPB has been researching exactly the grim irony I explore in my book: disappearing birds’ popularity in road names. @rspb.bsky.social, in The Cuckoo’s Lea, you’ll discover how old bird names did it properly! #PlaceNames #birdsandplace @deborahmeaden.bsky.social @dramirkhangp.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The RSPB has been researching exactly the grim irony I explore in my book: disappearing birds’ popularity in road names. @rspb.bsky.social, in The Cuckoo’s Lea, you’ll discover how old bird names did it properly! #PlaceNames #birdsandplace @deborahmeaden.bsky.social @dramirkhangp.bsky.social
Come along for some festive Holst in Letchworth Garden City this Christmas...
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Come along for some festive Holst in Letchworth Garden City this Christmas...
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Delighted to illustrate these common UK finches for the new Birds in Greenspaces survey. Sign up for a free recources pack #birds 🪶
Know your finches? 🤔 Whether an experienced birder or new to nature we want you to help us count Birds in Greenspaces next year 🪶 Our FREE resource pack provides ID guides to 30 bird species. Sign up to the newsletter to receive it at www.bto.org/greenspaces
Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social
Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Delighted to illustrate these common UK finches for the new Birds in Greenspaces survey. Sign up for a free recources pack #birds 🪶
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Nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing close at noon on Monday 1st December. There have been 27 nominations so far. Full details of the award and how to nominate can be found at www.richardjefferiesaward.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing close at noon on Monday 1st December. There have been 27 nominations so far. Full details of the award and how to nominate can be found at www.richardjefferiesaward.org
I loved writing about lots of different ways to watch winter wildlife in the December edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social.
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
Take a breather this busy season with plenty of ideas and inspiration to get out into the garden – only in our December issue, available in stores and online now: https://bit.ly/489zQ5S
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I loved writing about lots of different ways to watch winter wildlife in the December edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social.
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
#naturewriting #gardenwriting
Stag in the silence in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A stag red deer, totally still, totally dominant | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Raddon Hills, Devon: I spend a watchful moment with a mixed herd. Rutting season is over, but there’s no doubt who is in charge
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Stag in the silence in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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A powerful piece from Paul Evans, heard through @nicwilson.bsky.social this morning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A powerful piece from Paul Evans, heard through @nicwilson.bsky.social this morning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New blog about the arrival of winter in the Beth Chatto Gardens.
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
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#NatureWriting
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New blog about the arrival of winter in the Beth Chatto Gardens.
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
Who poisons willows, for God's sake? Haven't people got better things to do? Bake a cake for a neighbour, sing raucously in the back garden, make the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks. Heck, anything really rather than going round poisoning stuff.
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Who poisons willows, for God's sake? Haven't people got better things to do? Bake a cake for a neighbour, sing raucously in the back garden, make the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks. Heck, anything really rather than going round poisoning stuff.
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I read BBC Wildlife Magazine avidly as a child and now my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, is one of their Best Books of 2025. Can't quite believe it! What a way to end the year!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I read BBC Wildlife Magazine avidly as a child and now my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, is one of their Best Books of 2025. Can't quite believe it! What a way to end the year!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
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In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Now this is a wonderful way to start the day - with @anitaroy1000.bsky.social's vibrant, hopeful @theguardian.com country diary celebrating Transition Town Wellington's five-year-old forest garden.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Once a plain old field, now a thriving forest garden | Anita Roy
Wellington, Somerset: The five years we’ve spent transforming this patch has been recognised with an RHS award. We’re proud, but we’re not done yet
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Now this is a wonderful way to start the day - with @anitaroy1000.bsky.social's vibrant, hopeful @theguardian.com country diary celebrating Transition Town Wellington's five-year-old forest garden.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Now this is a wonderful way to start the day - with @anitaroy1000.bsky.social's vibrant, hopeful @theguardian.com country diary celebrating Transition Town Wellington's five-year-old forest garden.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Once a plain old field, now a thriving forest garden | Anita Roy
Wellington, Somerset: The five years we’ve spent transforming this patch has been recognised with an RHS award. We’re proud, but we’re not done yet
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Now this is a wonderful way to start the day - with @anitaroy1000.bsky.social's vibrant, hopeful @theguardian.com country diary celebrating Transition Town Wellington's five-year-old forest garden.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
The fascinating winter life of grey seals in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The lone seal pup isn’t ready for the sea yet
Hayle, Cornwall: Grey seals are born in winter and have to quickly become self-sufficient. With the water crashing in, this one is seeking shelter
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The fascinating winter life of grey seals in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting