by @nicwilson.bsky.social
Guardian Country Diarists - writers across the UK sharing nature stories from our local patches in the Guardian, Mon-Sat. Add #countrydiary to relevant posts to appear on the feed.
Nicola Chester Weather Report: chilly-then-warm-then-chilly. An inspection of the state of the log pile. Toadflax on the stubble & a woodlark carousing with skylarks, below the access island gap, between the dying ash woods. Fallow deer heard. Big blanket back on the bed at night. Emotional Weather: industrious
Lev Parikian Today is World Migratory Bird Day. Please say hello to the Pfeilstorch (‘arrow stork’). In 1822 this bird was shot in the German village of Klütz. It already had a 30-inch arrow in its neck. The arrow was made of African wood, and this bird played a pivotal role in our understanding of migration.
Nicola Chester Got my nails done! Witchy fingers. Love the fitted comfort of the things & their velvet insides: beech mast as autumn’s foxgloves. Saw me a goshawk too. Silent as a barn owl down the ride, jinked away & sliced through the wood; might as well’ve flown through my open mouth and out the other side.
Nic Wilson Autumn's really here now. The wool says so. #pumpkins #crochet
Lev Parikian I CAN’T HEAR YOUUUUUUUUU #CelebrityTraitors
Lev Parikian Lights are flickering… #CelebrityTraitors
Richard Smyth The best pint is the pint you have after scaling a mouldering pre-war ladder to fix a wastewater pipe. Cheers.
Richard Smyth startled by the news that the British countryside is unBritish now
Richard Smyth Four months of mud training starts here.