Dr Miriam Darlington🦉

A sad week with passing of 2 Animal, Culture, Planet Protectors RIP #JaneGoodall RIP #ManchanMagan. Lives that gave so much @rtenews @NatGeoAnimals @JaneGoodallInst @ManchanMagan @SDG2030 @DavidALifeFilm @NatureRTE @PresidentIRL @IrishTimesCultr @Nature @TG4TV @WWF @lonelyplanet

Pangolins create burrows that help spread nutrients & aerate the soil—they are called ecosystem gardeners. These burrows provide homes for other small animals. Pangolins are the world's most trafficked mammal. Take our pledge to protect them & other exploited animals:

Four beautiful new titles for autumn publishing today! candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/the-a… candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-p… candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-p… candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-p…

The real person of the year.

A walk to Wayland Smithy is always a good outing - 5000+ years of history on the path and with these stones. Wrote about it in Linescapes - here reviewed by @MimDarling theguardian.com/books/2017/aug…

Solstice sundown. Longer days are on their way. The birds, of course, know this very well. Already, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Collard Dove and Goldcrest are singing. Woodpecker is drumming, and Raven sings in his own way, too.

I just love how baby Elephants have no understanding of how absolutely massive they are so they just behave like big dog

Sam Wilber reviews “Otter Country” by Miriam Darlington @MimDarling #books #reviews #nature #otters orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/health…

Listen to @BBCRadio4 today at 15:00 to catch Open Country's visit to The Hurst. @HelenMark01 meets Arvon tutors @MimDarling and @patrick_barkham who share their techniques for finding your voice and turning observation into a compelling story. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Join me and @patrick_barkham on @BBCOpenCountry today at 3pm on all things 'Writing Wildness' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #naturewriting #NatureInspired #NaturePhotography

Chris Packham, "Now is the summer of our discontent" @ChrisGPackham "We have a nightmare.. Since Frankie Goes To Hollywood told us to relax, 600,000 birds across Europe have vanished" "We have a nightmare.. Since the Sex Pistols pointed out it was Anarchy in the U.K. 80% of our butterflies are gone" "We have a nightmare.. Our rivers may be full of sewage but agricultre is the number one source of pollution in the UK.. And 35% of our greenhouse gas emissions" "We have a nightmare.. Over a billion animals are confined in factory farms in the UK" "We have a nightmare.. Foxes are still ripped to pieces by entitled savages" "We have a nightmare.. It's estimated 1.7 million animals are trapped in snares in the UK" "We have a nightmare.. 93% of our marine protected area are not protected from destructive fishing" "We have a nightmare.. 2023 was confirmed as the warmest year going back to 1850.. While the world is being roasted the Conservatives have handed major oil companies 53 new oil and gas licenses" "It doesn't have to be like this" #RestoreNatureNow

Residential Writing Week: Nature Writing with award-winning writers @MimDarling, @patrick_barkham and mid-week guest @NoreenMasud. 📅 Mon 15 July - Sat 20 July 📍 The Hurst, Shropshire 👉 arvon.org/writing-course…

🙄💔🙄💔🙄💔🙄💔 Dear @RishiSunak I am so sorry you had a Sky deprived childhood. I was born in 1950, so i didnt have it either. But I did have: School milk Free vitamins & orange juice Council houses Maternity homes Cottage hospitals GP home visits No child today has this!

Everything that Labour ought to stand for - but doesn't - is in the Green Party manifesto. My column. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My new lyric essay on meadows from Candlestick Press. Just out! It's beautiful, thank you all at Candlestick. Available now! candlestickpress.co.uk/.../the-summer… #naturewriting #NatureInspired #rewilding @poetrycandle

Really looking forward to teaching (and learning about) nature writing with @MimDarling in Shropshire for a week in July, courtesy of the @arvonfoundation – still a few places left, join us! arvon.org/writing-course…

Represents like a rainbow & chows down on insects, but how would you describe the European-bee eater's song? 🎵 Comment below! Recorded in #Italy by #NatureGuardian with a view to protecting bird life from threats. Learn more🦜 tinyurl.com/28nfbb8d #TECH4ALL

I'm giving a week-long nature writing residential course this summer with the brilliant @MimDarling. Looking forward to reflecting on what we do and learning from the group. Join us! arvon.org/writing-course…

Come and join me and Guardian environment writer Patrick Barkham in a beautiful corner of the English countryside for a residential nature writing week July 15.. Hurry: places filling fast! arvon.org/writing-course…

It's shaping up to be an exceptional year for 📚books on nature, animal cognition and the environment, with many captivating titles already released or on the horizon! Here, 🧵we explore some of the notable books making their debut this year. 🌎🐦‍⬛🔬 #ScienceBooks #popsci