The long, hot summer of 1976 remains etched in Britain’s collective memory. Now 50 years later, and while we suffer from another great heatwave, it offers a powerful warning about the consequences of drought for our trees, woods and forests. gabrielhemery.com/blog/2026/07... #drought #trees

Trees and Drought - Gabriel Hemery

Fifty years after the severe drought of 1976, when Britain faces another major heatwave, I highlight the long-term impacts on trees and woodlands. Drought can permanently alter species composition, re...

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Excited to see this on the shelves! Thanks to the great team at Bloomsbury Wildlife @chiffchat.bsky.social and support from @rspb.bsky.social

Bloomsbury Wildlife@chiffchat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet Britain’s trees like never before 🌳 RSPB Trees of the British Isles by @gabrielhemery.com is your go-to guide for identifying British tree species, learning their stories, and making every walk a discovery. Out now!

Very happy to see my latest book in print: RSPB Trees of the British Isles also featuring my photos, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife @chiffchat.bsky.social #trees #nature #books

Delighted to have coauthored this report. Look out for a future peer-reviewed research article which will delve deeper!

Sylva Foundation@sylva.org.uk · 5mo ago

Report of the 2025 British Woodlands Survey published today exploring awareness, action and aspirations among Britain's forestry community relating to #environmentalchange @gabrielhemery.com @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social Read more and download: sylva.org.uk/bws

The Forest Guide England is published today with Bloomsbury @chiffchat.bsky.social - available in all good bookshops! Signed copies direct from the author: gabrielhemery.com/product/the-...

The next chapter has dropped in my #serialised novel READ ME, available now on my Substack gabhem.substack.com #fiction #nature #writing

Read my short story Eye to Eye on Substack, first published in Tall Trees Short Stories vol20. A keen bird watcher gets more than he bargained for when trying out his new brand new spotting scope … substack.com/home/post/p-... #shortstory #nature #writing

Eye to Eye

First published in Tall Trees Short Stories Vol.20 (c) Gabriel Hemery

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Wishing all my followers a peaceful Christmas and a fruitful 2026 #trees #nature #peace

The Sawyers: part II. My latest short story is out on @substack Warning gruesome content! gabhem.substack.com/p/the-sawyer... #fiction #story #nature #writing

The Sawyers:

Or, A Tale of Two Halves (PART II)

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The Sawyers: or, A Tale of Two Halves. A new short story (part I) released on my #substack: gabhem.substack.com/p/the-sawyers #short-story #environmental #fiction

The Sawyers:

Or, A Tale of Two Halves (PART I)

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Woodlore for Young Assassins - my latest short story shared on #Substack : gabhem.substack.com/p/woodlore-f... #writing #shortstory #fiction

Woodlore for Young Assassins

From Tall Trees Short Stories: Vol21. Woodwide Works. (c) Gabriel Hemery

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Here Be Trees: and so the silvan adventure begins. Join me on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/gabhem/p... #substack #writing #nature

Sloe Harvest - now the first frosts have come, the sloe harvest can begin. Please leave some for the birds. #trees #harvest #fruit #sloe #alcohol #nature #autumn

Followed by a moon shadow #trees #nightphotography

Misty treescape #trees

Popping Poplar Plantation #trees #autumn #forestry

Veneer grade timber for the future and stunning autumn colour - more people should plant hybrid walnut. This one ‘NG23’, high-pruned by me in four lifts to 6m. #forestry #silviculture #hardwoods #walnut #autumn

England’s woodlands are beginning to really glow this #autumn #trees #woodland #countryside #england

Luscious Devon 28mm -1ev f8 1/80sec iso100 #Devon #landscape #photography #leica

Dog rose Rosa canina #flower #plant #countryside @chilternsnl.bsky.social

Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

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Bumble bees and honey bees are enjoying the creamy white flowers of black locust Robinia pseudoacacia while it grows some fantastic durable timber for future human society. Filmed at @sylva.org.uk Wood C #wildlife #bees #trees #timber

We're keen to connect with more friends, partners and supporters on @bsky.app . Read more about our move from the other place and take advantage of our Starter Pack: sylva.org.uk/join-us-on-b... #environment #forestry #wood

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Delighted to lead this important research with @sylva.org.uk and @forestresearchuk.bsky.social exploring how private land managers perceive public access in their woodlands. #publicaccess #recreation #woodlands #countryside

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Today we publish the report of the BWS2004 exploring views among private land managers to #public access in #woodlands, in collaboration with @forestresearchuk.bsky.social. c.500 respondents took part, responsible for 56% of privately-owned woodland area in Britain. www.sylva.org.uk/bws #research

Something ‘in the air’ (and soil) urged this common hawthorn to blush pink this spring #trees #hedgerow #countryside #blossom🌸 #nature

Excited to be arriving in Scotland via the @caledoniansleeper.bsky.social to talk trees for two days in a national conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Foresters 🌳🌲🪵🌿🐿️🪲🦉🍄‍🟫🪻 #trees #forestry

Makes me feel a little old (!), but great to see a woodland I designed and planted 30 years ago really coming into its own. Wild pear, blackthorn and wild cherry in blossom. Small-leaved lime, whitebeam and field maple leafing. Hybrid larch towering. #forestry #woodland #trees #landscape

Green #green #hasselblad #spring #england #trees #farm #rural

A huge thanks to @nationaltrust.org.uk supporting my book research for The Forest Guides England and Wales, published with @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social I recently visited Ebworth in the Cotswolds, donating a signed copy of the Wales edition for its new Woodland Library.

Honoured to have delivered The Osmond Lecture at King’s Ely school today. Hopefully inspired some bright minds to consider forestry - the noblest of professions - as a career. Even if not, to embrace nature in all they do in future. Also to meet England’s oldest plane tree (1674).