Amanda Tuke
@suburbanwilduk
Nature writer/workshop lead. Plants/birds. #UrbanNaturalist W/@DHHlitagency. #30MinuteBirder col in @BirdWatchingMag. Asst Lect MA Nat&Trav writing @BathSpaUni
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As Keat’s gathering swallows twitter & skip S, skies scanned from Parly Hill offer up squeaking mipits & a 'by. A white-bibbed thrush crosses high over, dark smudge against chicory sky - a rouzel - a fine & rare autumn sight here for us truncating #VisMiggers . #ThumbnailNature
My birding visit to Belfast was a real eyeopener - but did I catch these fab Black Guillemots before they set off to winter at sea? Read on to find out... Bird Watching suburbanwild.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/thi…
I've always loved preparing for the start of a new academic year. Here are my (current) favourite #naturewriting books to share with our new students on the MA in nature & travel writing Bath Spa University and why I chose them... freelancenaturewriter.com/2023/09/22/fav…
Bookings now open for #BritishandIrishBotanicalConference !
Sat 2nd Dec at Newcastle University hosted by BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland & NHSN.
Talks, posters, workshop, #WildflowerID quiz, tour, SummerfieldBooks & more!
Free to attend or exhibit.
Programme & bookings: bsbi.org/british-irish-…
Are you a UK-based ocean birdwatcher? I'm after regular oceanwatchers to chat to about top tips & special moments for a feature. Pls DM. & v grateful as always for RTs & recs 🙏Bird Watching Dominic Couzens Dungeness Bird Observatory Alan Davies The Considerate Birders Margaret Boyd #oceanwatching
Difficult when 2 of my fave nature writers are up against each other, but huge 🥳 Dr Amy-Jane Beer is on a break &, James Cropper Wainwright Prize, time for a lifetime achievement award for Stephen Moss? 💚 ://freelancenaturewriter.com/2023/09/15/the-2023-james-cropper-wainwright-prize-for-nature-writing/
Thank you Amanda Tuke for your lovely write up about birdwatching and nature Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the latest issue of Bird Watching.
Please let us know when you'd like to come back for another tour with the very knowledgeable Tom QEOP Biodiversity.
Compiling an urban nature writing bibliog for a project... These are my faves, historical and modern, so what have I missed??? All suggestions & RTs gratefully received 💚 The Urban Birder - OFFICIAL Esther Woolfson Stephen Moss Florence Wilkinson freelancenaturewriter.com/2023/09/08/com…
Really packed it in for this Bird Watching autumn issue column w/ a visit to Stratford & options for submitting bird records - but it all started w/ a nice London cuckoo Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park BirdTrack eBird suburbanwild.wordpress.com/2023/09/08/thi…
In the thick of preparations for my next Nature Writing Workshop with BooksOnTheHillStAlbans, themed 'Things With Wings'. I'm in the good company of superb authors and feathered treasures. Book here if you are in St Albans and would like to join me 💚 books-on-the-hill.co.uk
Oh to have a mag column for which I'd get to visit amazing places & meet fascinating birdy people... Gosh, I do! & boy do I know how lucky I am💚 Bird Watching Portland Bird Observatory Copeland Bird Obs. Dungeness Bird Obs suburbanwild.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/thi…
Glorious yellow #pavementplants in sunny East Belfast this week. Clockwise from TL - Yellow-wort, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Perennial Sow-thistle & Gallant-soldier. #UrbanNaturalist #UrbanBotany BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
I'm travelling to Belfast in a couple of weeks time for a Bird Watching city-birding feature. As well as WOW where/what should I aim for within 30mins of city centre? (Black Guillemots??) Donna Riddell Alan's Birds and Wildlife Images LocalBirdingNI Dr. Kez Armstrong 🇪🇺 (v grateful for RTs)