Twenty-plume Moth 🪶 #NatureWithin

Nice to see #NatureWithin sitting on July’s Ecosocialist Bookshelf 📕 💚 @greenleftonline.bsky.social www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/cu...

Ecosocialist Bookshelf - July 2026

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Red Admiral 🖤 🤍 🧡 Apparently its original name was Red Admirable! 😃 #NatureWithin

And if the Small Tortoiseshell 🐢 and Painted Lady 🎨 don’t quite do it for you, then what about this Peacock 🦚 ? #NatureWithin

Equally stunning as yesterday’s Small Tortoiseshell is this Painted Lady 🎨 👩 Seen on Criffel in Kirkcudbrightshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #NatureWithin

In case you’re after ‘a terrific book on a profound question’ for your next read 😜 (Not my words but Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s!) 😊 🌳 🪲 🐞 🐛 🦋 🐜 🌍 🦢 🍄 #NatureWithin

Small Tortoiseshell 🐢 What a stunning creature! 😍 #NatureWithin

Spotted this out and about at Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve this week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Grey Dagger 🐛 #NatureWithin

Yellow-tail 💛 #NatureWithin

Green Dock Beetles skeletonising a leaf 🪲 🪲 🪲 #NatureWithin

Common Swift 🤎 #NatureWithin

Moth chilling 😎 Pale Tussock 🤍 #NatureWithin

Sunset 🌅 #NatureWithin

Marbled Minor 💎 #NatureWithin

Barred Umber 🤎 #NatureWithin

Red Kite ♥️ 🪁 #NatureWithin

A female Ruddy Darter 🎯 #NatureWithin

Common Blue 💙 But its name doesn’t do it justice 🤩 #NatureWithin

Blue-tailed Damselfly 🩵 💙 The male has blue eyes, the female doesn’t. #NatureWithin

I enjoyed visiting Walthamstow Wetlands yesterday for a book event 🪿 🦆 We had a varied discussion about the positive effects of Nature on our brain health 🧠 🌳 Although, I did at one point confuse Noddy Holder and Nobby Stiles 😵‍💫 😂 Signed copies of #NatureWithin are available in their bookshop ✍️

Grass Rivulet 💚 #NatureWithin

This is tomorrow. Signed books available too. See you there?

James Bashford@wrenandbee.bsky.social · last mo.

🌳 Informal drop-in event to chat about Nature and health 🧠 Or about anything you like really… 🗣️ 📅 Friday 17th July ⏰ 10.30am-12.30pm (arrive any time, stay for however long) 🔗 tinyurl.com/walwetlands @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Silver-ground Carpet 🤎 #NatureWithin

Wonderful to complete this pairing recently, finding the larva curled up under a leaf in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Frosted Green 🐛 & 🦋 #NatureWithin

Common White Wave 🌊 #NatureWithin

Treble Brown Spot 🟤 🟤 🟤 #NatureWithin

These little guys are great! Nettle-tap 💚 #NatureWithin

Not commonly seen in the UK, here’s Necklace Veneer making an appearance in Pembrokeshire in May 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #NatureWithin

I talk quite a lot about windpipes in Chapter 1 of #NatureWithin 🤨 The windpipes of giraffes, of humans, of dinosaurs… 🦒 🧍‍♀️ 🦕 …and of storks! ⬇️ Because who doesn’t love windpipes?! 🫁

Finally, a moth that likes alders as much as I do: Alder Moth 🖤 #NatureWithin