James Gilbert

@jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social

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Naturalist, ecologist, writer. “How pleasant it would be each day to think, Today I have done something that will render future generations more happy." Richard Jefferies, 1883. Location: east Northamptonshire, UK.

A poem I wrote called “Pale Blue Dot”, about our modern tainting of a precious river.
A peregrine falcon is perched on the 7th crocket down from the spire top (left-hand side).
A barn owl at rest at its ash tree cavity.
Viper’s bugloss (and Yorkshire fog).
Yellowhammer nest with three eggs.
Meadow crane’s-bill.
Backwater lilies — tranquil scene, with mallard family.
Hedgerow-scrambling dog rose.
A freshly-emerged scarlet tiger moth, at rest on a stone wall to an alleyway / backstreet.
Oystercatcher eggs.
Looking up and through the leafy spring crown of an English oak.
An English oak, c.600 years old.
Pink-petalled cuckoo flower aka lady’s smock.
Three common swifts in blue-sky flight.
Blackthorn & red dead-nettle blooms on a roadside verge.
Swift brick locations (x2) on partially completed houses (x2), as highlighted with pink polygons.
Badger footprint(s) in soft mud.
Alder. Pendent male catkins held alongside female cones; the intricate texture & burnt maroon colour.
“Fieldfare Bridge” — a short piece of writing on fieldfares along a disused railway line, inspired by a walk taken earlier this week.
A short passage on wintertime rooks at the day’s end.
A short piece of writing on inland-wintering gulls and their roosting. Set in the valley of the River Nene, Northants.
A huge, ancient English oak (Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire). My dog included for some scale!
A towering black poplar, one of Britain’s biggest & rarest tree species.
A long-eared owl, perched within a wet willow-reed bed.
An Anthology of Nature Poetry, by Viola Meynell. Pub. 1941.
“Desiderata”, by Max Ehrmann.
A common ash tree that is a confirmed roost site for a barn owl.
11 goldfinches, strung out along the top of a thin hawthorn hedge.
My border collie, Maisie, in our favourite local wood at my favourite time of year.
The dark shape of a great crested newt.
Distant flight silhouette of a bearded vulture. Swiss Alps, October 2008.
A field oak enveloped by fog.
What I like to call a “drape” of craneflies, here at rest on a brick wall.
A poem about a recent river walk that left me both angry and sad.
Passenger pigeon, NHM display.
Flowering yarrow in a churchyard setting.
Rugged coastline of North Devon.
Harebells.
Common sea-lavender.