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/3mtjmi3kamk2uBlog of my latest day walk for @naturetrek.bsky.social, this one around Wivenhoe and the Colne Estuary. Filling the parched landscape with stories. #NatureWriting https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-essex-wivenhoe-the-colne-after-the-heatwaves/20 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmi3kamk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mtc422mtys25https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/17/reform-uk-richard-tice-stop-tackling-climate-crisis-enjoy-heat?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other That man is a moron. A dangerous one. As is everyone who votes for him. All hate their offspring.17 Aug 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc422mtys25https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mt7f6bwz4s2uNew blog featuring our August short break by public transport: Bats, Beer and Brutalism - a hot summer weekend in London. https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/bats-beer-and-brutalism-a-hot-summer-weekend-in-london/ #NatureWriting it's fast approaching three years of such breaks every month, and no end in right!16 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7f6bwz4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mt4wzem65s2cIt's not often I am wowed by annuals in pots, but this Petunia at Harwich Town Station did it for Mr. Beautiful, funereal maybe, a bit goth perhaps, but gorgeous - the cultivar 'Amazonas Plum Cockatoo'15 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4wzem65s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mt2d4w6cec26Second blog from Holland holiday, this time through Eleanor's phone camera and words. https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/holiday-in-holland-the-view-from-eleanors-camera/14 Aug 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2d4w6cec26https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3msvng7fv2s2iBlog of our recent short break in Holland, to Rotterdam, The Hague and Leiden. All by public transport naturally! https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/a-summer-break-in-holland-rotterdam-the-hague-and-leiden/ #NatureWriting12 Aug 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvng7fv2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3msuqtamufs2oFrom Wivenhoe to Wiveton, moth trapping in north Norfolk a couple of nights ago. Sadly, turned chilly so very low numbers, and nothing unexpected. But here are Six-striped Rustic, Swallow Prominent, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and Burnished Brass.12 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuqtamufs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mso47ro2zc2zSpotty-eyed Hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus came to visit our flat in Wivenhoe, Essex. Top floor, about 15m up, and part of a pattern of high-flying strongly coastal specialist insects here, including the sand wasp Gorytes laticinctus and Saltmarsh Horsefly Atylotus latistriatus in recent summers.09 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso47ro2zc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3msgtqwgim22gBlog of my day walk yesterday for @naturetrek.bsky.social exploring the Wild Side of Essex at the Naze https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-essex-the-naze-in-high-summer/ #NatureWriting06 Aug 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgtqwgim22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3msaz4kab7c2nBlog of yesterday evening's lovely #WildEssex walk around Barrier Marsh and the Wivenhoe Waterfront: https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/wildessexwalks-an-evening-potter-around-wivenhoe-barrier-marsh/ #NatureWriting04 Aug 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaz4kab7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3msajwoqifc2nDelightful to hear multiple trilling, thrilling House Crickets along a couple of hundred metres of the Wivenhoe Waterfront in the gloaming yesterday, accompanied by a fine cooling pint from the Rose & Crown!04 Aug 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3msajwoqifc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3ms6ngs6r2k2iColchester's Meanwhile Garden today bucking the trend of most other gardens in town. It was green, flowery and buzzing... #RightPlantRightPlace #enhancedbrownfield03 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ngs6r2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3ms3yfs776s2gOn this day in 2013, apocalyptic Wivenhoe skyscape!02 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3yfs776s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3ms26twbb2c2vhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/01/on-the-ground-dover-rightwing-influencers-invaded?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other There are some stupid, radicalised idiots in Dover, just as there are in Clacton, whose bigotry and prejudice overrides the truth multiple times over. When education is vilified, this is the underclass that is created.01 Aug 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms26twbb2c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mrxohy7t422yBlog of our second (and final) Minories Moth Club in Colchester of the summer last weekend. As - or more - notable for the bugs as the moths! https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/saturday-morning-moth-club-at-the-minories-july-2026/31 Jul 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxohy7t422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mrwj3pgwis2yhttps://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/council-news/council-rescinds-climate-emergency-declaration-and-launches-review The idiots of Reform. Blind and deaf to facts, evidence and truth.31 Jul 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwj3pgwis2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mrin2mymwc2gBlog about my non-mothy ramblings around the Wild Side of Beth Chatto Gardens this month: https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-beth-chatto-gardens-another-dry-july/ #NatureWriting25 Jul 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrin2mymwc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mrdaon6jcs2vInteresting day with Alison Findlay, RHS outreach, in the new Colchester General Hospital drought-tolerant garden, looking at the wildlife. Plenty to see on this relatively newly planted site including Syritta pipiens, Cinnamon Bug, Carnation Tortrix (adult and pupal skin)and Sage Leafhopper.23 Jul 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdaon6jcs2v