Nick Acheson
@themarshtit.bsky.social
Nature conservation. Low carbon living. Classical music and opera. Theatre and books. Gruesome lefty vegan tree-hugger. Happiest when muddy.
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🦢 🦢 courtship on a towpath.
I’m here for it.
I’m here for it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🦢 🦢 courtship on a towpath.
I’m here for it.
I’m here for it.
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Oh - my current read (and rabbit hole - thinking about place names and the medieval birds locked within them, as if in amber) “The Cuckoo’s Lea”.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
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
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Oh - my current read (and rabbit hole - thinking about place names and the medieval birds locked within them, as if in amber) “The Cuckoo’s Lea”.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
On these Natural History shelves at Norwich @waterstones.bsky.social I’ve just counted 38 authors I’ve interviewed.
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On these Natural History shelves at Norwich @waterstones.bsky.social I’ve just counted 38 authors I’ve interviewed.
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
No wonder I never have time for Dickens!
A garbage gull at a Greggs
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A garbage gull at a Greggs
I heard a tawny owl as I walked home from our kooky little 1950s cinema last night.
And I heard a tawny owl as I walked for my bus to Norwich this morning.
Every time they make me smile.
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And I heard a tawny owl as I walked for my bus to Norwich this morning.
Every time they make me smile.
🦉
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I heard a tawny owl as I walked home from our kooky little 1950s cinema last night.
And I heard a tawny owl as I walked for my bus to Norwich this morning.
Every time they make me smile.
🦉
And I heard a tawny owl as I walked for my bus to Norwich this morning.
Every time they make me smile.
🦉
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Tomoz at Dragon Hall, Nodge. I know that no one's interested but I have to go through the motions. 😂
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Tomoz at Dragon Hall, Nodge. I know that no one's interested but I have to go through the motions. 😂
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
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This will be fun ☺️
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This will be fun ☺️
This will be fun ☺️
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This will be fun ☺️
I have filed three articles this morning and I am MIGHTY
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I have filed three articles this morning and I am MIGHTY
It’s not been much of a botanical week for me, but here is a brave late harebell in the dunes at NWT’s stunning Holme Dunes reserve.
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It’s not been much of a botanical week for me, but here is a brave late harebell in the dunes at NWT’s stunning Holme Dunes reserve.
‘Oh go on, writing that chapter can’t be more important than my walk…’
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
‘Oh go on, writing that chapter can’t be more important than my walk…’
I have just written the line ‘A crack willow is a slo-mo Sisyphus.’
And for this I deserve the rest of the month off.
And for this I deserve the rest of the month off.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I have just written the line ‘A crack willow is a slo-mo Sisyphus.’
And for this I deserve the rest of the month off.
And for this I deserve the rest of the month off.
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An evening of wonder chatting with @drmjwarren.bsky.social last night about his beautifully-written book THE CUCKOO'S LEA, at The Bookery in Crediton - discussing crows & owls, placenames & Anglo-Saxon Charters!
Buy Michael's book here or from your local indy -
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cuckoos-l...
Buy Michael's book here or from your local indy -
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cuckoos-l...
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
An evening of wonder chatting with @drmjwarren.bsky.social last night about his beautifully-written book THE CUCKOO'S LEA, at The Bookery in Crediton - discussing crows & owls, placenames & Anglo-Saxon Charters!
Buy Michael's book here or from your local indy -
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cuckoos-l...
Buy Michael's book here or from your local indy -
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cuckoos-l...
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Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
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Bachman's Warbler was discovered by the Reverend John Bachman in 1832 on the Edisto River a few miles north of Jacksonborough, South Carolina. In 1833 John J. Audubon painted and named the species after his friend Bachman. The photograph from 1958 is one of the last observations before extinction.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bachman's Warbler was discovered by the Reverend John Bachman in 1832 on the Edisto River a few miles north of Jacksonborough, South Carolina. In 1833 John J. Audubon painted and named the species after his friend Bachman. The photograph from 1958 is one of the last observations before extinction.
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Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
Our first sea swim this year was in March.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our first sea swim this year was in March.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
Perhaps today’s will be our last, though the water is still frighteningly mild.
I’m not COPtimistic 😞
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m not COPtimistic 😞
Memories of summer: knapweed broomrape seedhead (and leaves of next summer’s greater knapweed) on chalk above the northwest Norfolk coast.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Memories of summer: knapweed broomrape seedhead (and leaves of next summer’s greater knapweed) on chalk above the northwest Norfolk coast.
Weather-wise, what a difference a day makes. I hope wherever you are, under whatever clouds, this can be a good week.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Weather-wise, what a difference a day makes. I hope wherever you are, under whatever clouds, this can be a good week.