Honoured to be part of the 90th year celebration of my friend, mentor and former colleague John Wilson @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspbleightonmoss.bsky.social last night.

Final editing of the 8th and final draft of the new book before it goes off to the publisher.
#naturewriting #YorkshireOffice

A blog about my encounter with the spirit-kite. laurencerose.co.uk/2025/06/spir...

RIP #AlfredBrendel

Lime hawk moth. Beautiful garden tick.

Once down to the last 12-16 birds, the world population of Seychelles Magpie Robin is now over 500. Not exactly safe, nor is it ever likely to be, but as long as it and its island habitat continues to be the focus of conservation efforts it will survive.

My present assignment is to report on one of the great success stories of species recovery, the formerly critically endangered Seychelles magpie robin. When the still critically endangered hawksbill turtle hatchlings need escorting to the sea, that's also part of the job. #naturewriting

Looking forward to meeting up with @naturesey.bsky.social colleagues tomorrow on my current #naturewriting assignment for @rspb.bsky.social Meanwhile here's the first endemic of the trip, Seychelles sunbird

Seen from the study window yesterday while writing about a barn owl. Maybe I'll write about a pine grosbeak next...