Naturalist, photographer, speaker, author, conservationist. GREEN party member. Wildlife Advocate at Beth Chatto Gardens. #BridgesNotBorders #IamEUropean www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk New book for @princetonupress.bsky.social...see my website frontpagehttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mqqo4imufs2cNew blog (this time with link!) The Wild Side of Essex: High Summer by the Stour Estuary for @naturetrek.bsky.social A hard slog in the hot sun, with slim pickings, but lots of fun nonetheless with the minutiae of life. https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-essex-high-summer-by-the-stour-estuary/ #NatureWriting16 Jul 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqo4imufs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mqfi2sj6dk2nThe ugly face of treason bankrolled by the father of white supremacist evil. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/11/elon-musk-family-foundation-took-tommy-robinson-to-russia-says-musks-father?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other11 Jul 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfi2sj6dk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mq5w3ehyc22vNew blog of our latest monthly short break, this time three nights in Stafford, at the Swan Hotel. A revelation to us! Maybe not as much wildlife as usual, but some wonderful architecture. https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/into-our-unknown-stafford-stoke/ #NatureWriting08 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5w3ehyc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mpqw7cfy2227Seriously impressive roundabout with underpass in the middle of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Attractive subtropical planting in its sheltered sunken centre, full of insects, and the noise of the surrounding roads minimised for users of the underpasses. Other authorities could learn a lot from this.03 Jul 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqw7cfy2227https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mpjrufixnc2yNew Blog: Read my account of a mixed up month weatherwise in the Beth Chatto Gardens #NatureWriting https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-beth-chatto-gardens-june-2026-deluge-and-furnace/30 Jun 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjrufixnc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mpgynegx4s23Blog of our 'Moth Club' event in the Minories Garden, Colchester, at the weekend. Night Life in the Heart of the City. https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/saturday-morning-moth-club-at-the-minories-june-2026/ #NatureWriting29 Jun 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgynegx4s23https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mp73btphm225My latest blog: BOOK REVIEW Rough Edges by Natasha Carthew, for British Naturalists' Association https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/book-review-rough-edges-by-natasha-carthew/26 Jun 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp73btphm225https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mp2chpo5fk2sEspecially proud of this blog, with all photos by 8yo granddaughter Eleanor. I am a very #ProudPapa! https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/wivenhoe-in-bloom-through-the-eyes-of-an-eight-year-old/24 Jun 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2chpo5fk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moy7og3j3c2ohttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/populist-and-rightwing-figures-take-aim-at-ed-miliband-and-uk-net-zero-policies-at-anti-woke-davos?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other and we are allowing these lies to be propagated in London. Why? I'm all for free speech but not the freedom to lie and pervert genuine science on the basis that one fool's 'feeling' is worth as much as a professionally formed opinion based on fact.23 Jun 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy7og3j3c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moy25hmlts2oc.org/zJhSnx48VJ PLEASE consider signing this. I have visited many botanic gardens in Britain and Europe, and this is one of the best. It would be a travesty for an 'educational' institution to be allowed to desecrate it. Living heritage like this is arguably more important than fusty old mansions. https://c.org/zJhSnx48VJ23 Jun 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy25hmlts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moxyt5lohc2dBlog of our moth morning in the wonderful Beth Chatto Gardens at the weekend: https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/midsummer-moths-2026-at-beth-chatto-gardens/ #NatureWriting23 Jun 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxyt5lohc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moqoa4hl7c2tWalking round Wivenhoe in the dying embers of the day, three #carparkplants in our waterfront flats' courtyard carpark...Four-leaved Allseed, White Ramping Fumitory (now finished gloering) and new in this week, Large Quaking Grass...20 Jun 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqoa4hl7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moku7hi73k2oBlog of my wonderful three days last week touring botanic gardens: Chelsea. Oxford and Reading https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/a-trio-of-botanic-gardens-chelsea-oxford-and-reading/ #WildWriting18 Jun 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moku7hi73k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3moghieznpc2vA couple of hot hours in Beth Chatto Gardens today found 8 new insects for the ever-growing list: 2 bees, 2 ants, 2 moths, a javelin wasp and the Hollyhock Weevil.16 Jun 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3moghieznpc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mobni2eepc2ghttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/14/nigel-farage-vows-ban-social-housing-foreign-nationals-makerfield-byelection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #Fartage: such a scumbag. Purposely, deliberately, divisive conflating th 'whiteness' axis with unrelated 'Englishness' axis to stir up hatred.14 Jun 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobni2eepc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mobmj35zfk2gBlog of my trip for @naturetrek.bsky.social on Friday looking (mostly) at the Heath Fritillaries of Hockley Woods, along with other insects, galls, plants, birds, and geology & social history that shaped the place. "A little bit of Heaven" https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-essex-the-heath-fritillaries-of-hockley-woods/ #NatureWriting14 Jun 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobmj35zfk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mnuwln4wkc2jFor us today, we were in Chelsea Physic Garden. Along the many insects was the scarce hoverfly Pipiza lugubris, for which the NBN shows no spots in London... A blog of the rest will follow in due course.09 Jun 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuwln4wkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mnshtpk5us2bWe do get spectacular fiery sunsets from our flat! Makes the 54 stairs worth it!! #wildWivenhoe, where the fire and brimstone spirit of John Martin still resides.08 Jun 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnshtpk5us2b