Reminder to all in the Bristol area/surrounding environs that I'll be talking about the future of #WildBoar in Britain at the gorgeous Watercress Farm/Belmont Estate next Wednesday evening! Tickets here 👉 belmont.estate/events/

At Chaparri Bear Reserve in Peru (bonus trip while out here for work). Their habituated peccaries take belly rubs therefore we must assume wild boar would also enjoy them

I always wonder how many abandoned bits of developed land like this we have, which we could use for things good for us & wildlife, like allotments, community gardens, and tiny forests.

Currently obsessed with this new paper which infers that North America is missing a large bioturbating herbivore which basically means that feral hogs are ground sloths in pig’s clothing royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Love the new home for Gloucester Library - may it be a place of joy and delight for years to come! Nice nature/science writing collection too…

I did not want to see the news tonight that Jane Goodall has died. But what a life. What a human. What an impact she had on our understanding of our fellow Earthlings and their right to life. We are so much poorer for having lost her.

When your fiancé is reading a biography of Francis Crick, who was married to your great aunt Odile, and points out this bit and says “Look, your accident gene runs in the family”

I was utterly charmed by @BSBICountries’ quest to find a medley of Britain’s endemic species. Also, YES to Pokémon references in nature writing

How truthfully can we represent nonhuman lives & experiences in our writing? I’m excited to discuss this urgent topic w/ Emma Geen online this Tueaday Tuesday evening! Tickets here: walklistencreate.org/walking…

The #WildBoar wallow that played a starring role in my book GROUNDBREAKERS has dried up again, as in 2022; though muddy patches remain, thanks to the excavating actions of the boar. Rain, when it returns, will pool in the wallow - rather than running off baked-dry ground.