James Bashford
@wrenandbee.bsky.social
Neurologist, scientist, father, moth-er, writer. Author of Nature Within (🔔 DUE OUT 6 JAN 📣). #NatureWithin
🌳 https://linktr.ee/drjamesbashford
🌳 https://linktr.ee/drjamesbashford
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If you’re interested in any of Nature, health, biodiversity, climate, philosophy, geology, sustainability, evolution…
…or even how an individual bird duets with itself…
…then you might enjoy Nature Within.
🦋 🐛 🍁 🐜 🦢 🍄 🌳 🐝 🐞
🦔 🦎 🌸 🦜 🦒 🪱 🦉 🐦⬛ 🌿
You can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/Nature-Within
…or even how an individual bird duets with itself…
…then you might enjoy Nature Within.
🦋 🐛 🍁 🐜 🦢 🍄 🌳 🐝 🐞
🦔 🦎 🌸 🦜 🦒 🪱 🦉 🐦⬛ 🌿
You can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/Nature-Within
From yesterday’s Hedge Beauty to today’s Orange Beauty, my #BestOfNature2025 showcase rolls on…
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(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
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(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
From yesterday’s Hedge Beauty to today’s Orange Beauty, my #BestOfNature2025 showcase rolls on…
🧡 🧡 🧡
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
🧡 🧡 🧡
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
I had to be very patient to get this picture of a Hedge Beauty 🤩
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I had to be very patient to get this picture of a Hedge Beauty 🤩
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Largely unseen and unheard, our invertebrate neighbours do so much for us.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Largely unseen and unheard, our invertebrate neighbours do so much for us.
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
#NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social
A super yet small moth hiding among the wisteria for #BestOfNature2025 today…
Chinese Character 🤎 🤍 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Chinese Character 🤎 🤍 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A super yet small moth hiding among the wisteria for #BestOfNature2025 today…
Chinese Character 🤎 🤍 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Chinese Character 🤎 🤍 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
For today’s #BestOfNature2025 I present Iron Prominent on Acer ♥️ 🩶
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
For today’s #BestOfNature2025 I present Iron Prominent on Acer ♥️ 🩶
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Possibly the closest I’ve ever got to a dragonfly with camera in hand 📷
And what a spectacular species to continue my #BestOfNature2025 series…
Four-spotted Chaser 🤎 🧡 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #Dragonfly
And what a spectacular species to continue my #BestOfNature2025 series…
Four-spotted Chaser 🤎 🧡 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #Dragonfly
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Possibly the closest I’ve ever got to a dragonfly with camera in hand 📷
And what a spectacular species to continue my #BestOfNature2025 series…
Four-spotted Chaser 🤎 🧡 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #Dragonfly
And what a spectacular species to continue my #BestOfNature2025 series…
Four-spotted Chaser 🤎 🧡 🖤
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #Dragonfly
🔔 For those near Saffron Walden in Essex, I have signed a bunch of books at Hart’s Books 📚 ✍️
They’re available in store now ahead of the official release on 6 Jan 🎄🎁 😉
They’re available in store now ahead of the official release on 6 Jan 🎄🎁 😉
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🔔 For those near Saffron Walden in Essex, I have signed a bunch of books at Hart’s Books 📚 ✍️
They’re available in store now ahead of the official release on 6 Jan 🎄🎁 😉
They’re available in store now ahead of the official release on 6 Jan 🎄🎁 😉
This #BestOfNature2025 pic reminds us how cute moths can be…
Pale Tussock 🧸
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Pale Tussock 🧸
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This #BestOfNature2025 pic reminds us how cute moths can be…
Pale Tussock 🧸
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Pale Tussock 🧸
(May, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
It was great to launch the new book at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden last night 📚 🚀
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It was great to launch the new book at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden last night 📚 🚀
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold…
…but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Puss Moth 😻
(May, Essex UK)
🖤 🤍 💛
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
With just under six weeks left of 2025, I’ll be posting my #BestOfNature2025 pics each day.
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
With just under six weeks left of 2025, I’ll be posting my #BestOfNature2025 pics each day.
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Let’s start with this double…
Muslin Moth 🩶
&
Flame Shoulder 🔥
(April, Essex UK)
#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
Check out my Worderful Wild blog about some of my favourite Nature-based words: #1 Pelagic
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Check out my Worderful Wild blog about some of my favourite Nature-based words: #1 Pelagic
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Delighted to see Nature Within among such a fantastic group of submitted books 📚
@pelagic.bsky.social
@pelagic.bsky.social
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 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Delighted to see Nature Within among such a fantastic group of submitted books 📚
@pelagic.bsky.social
@pelagic.bsky.social
Another view of the Violet Ground Beetle I saw in Scotland a few weeks ago 🪲 🏴
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Another view of the Violet Ground Beetle I saw in Scotland a few weeks ago 🪲 🏴
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
Its violaceous outline is beautiful.
#NatureWithin #Beetles
I’ll stump for this being Red-belted Polypore but happy to be persuaded otherwise 🍄🟫 🩶 🧡
#NatureWithin #Fungi
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’ll stump for this being Red-belted Polypore but happy to be persuaded otherwise 🍄🟫 🩶 🧡
#NatureWithin #Fungi
#NatureWithin #Fungi
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’ve started a blog on Goodreads about my favourite words in Nature ✍️
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I’ve started a blog on Goodreads about my favourite words in Nature ✍️
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕
If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳
#WorderfulWildBlog
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last week I switched to Ecotalk @ecotalk.bsky.social 🐝 🗣️
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Last week I switched to Ecotalk @ecotalk.bsky.social 🐝 🗣️
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
I was hesitant at first, but in practice the switch couldn’t have been easier.
And now, not only has my monthly bill halved, but I know I’m also supporting the restoration of Nature in the UK with each payment 🌍 🌳
www.ecotalk.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reposted by James Bashford
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
If you haven’t done so already, please check out the free Encounter Nature app from writer Melissa Harrison 🦢 🐛 🪲 🌳 🐝 🦋 🍄 🌺
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you haven’t done so already, please check out the free Encounter Nature app from writer Melissa Harrison 🦢 🐛 🪲 🌳 🐝 🦋 🍄 🌺
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
www.encounter-nature.com
Every day, it provides fascinating nuggets to help us engage with our natural world, whatever the season ❄️ 🍃 ☀️ 🍂
#Nature
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
For anyone in the vicinity, I will be holding a small book launch at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden on Sunday 23rd Nov, 5.30-7pm 📖 📣
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
For anyone in the vicinity, I will be holding a small book launch at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden on Sunday 23rd Nov, 5.30-7pm 📖 📣
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
Join me for drinks, chat and one or two short extracts from Nature Within.
Signed copies will be available ✍️
#NatureWithin #BookLaunch
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM