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I've wanted to write this @theguardian.com country diary on a special place in #JohnClare and my family's lives for a while now. Many thanks to the Gatekeepers and the Puddocks for helping me... #countrydiary #naturewriting @johnclare.bsky.social @kovesi.bsky.social

Country diary: In poet John Clare’s garden, I contemplate my ancestor who lived here too | Nic WilsonHelpston, Cambridgeshire: I picture Henry as a young lad, hiding in flowerbeds, chasing butterflies, learning to love naturewww.theguardian.com

I'm taking a break from socials for a while to get my head down and write. I'll be on email or contactable via my website: nicwilson.co.uk. The @theguardian.com country diary can be found at www.theguardian.com/environment/.... Hope your summers are healthy and happy. 💙🩵💚

After three days with lots of talking, meeting people, reading poetry and celebrating the life of #JohnClare, I've got today in the water with my family. 💙💙💙

Hat visitor.

Start today with a hiss and a buzz in the @theguardian.com country diary by Claire Stares. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Country diary: I thought I was poking a hedgehog’s nest. I was wrong | Claire StaresLangstone, Hampshire: Tree bumblebees are generally placid, but they’re not keen on someone prodding their home with the end of a bamboo canewww.theguardian.com

A wonderfully evocative @theguardian.com country diary today from @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben MuseYnys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island’s one road provides clues to its past – and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried herewww.theguardian.com

STRIPEY DUDES! We've grown ragwort for years, but this is our first visitation from the stripey brigade. I'm doing a celebratory Cinnabar dance. 💃🐛

Yesterday evening's celebration of The Common Ground Prize for Working Class Nature Writing was an inspiring event in a beautiful setting - Hachette's sumptuous roof garden. It was a privilege to talk to the shortlisted writers, judges and other literary folk.

Are there lots of butterflies around where you are this week? In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @katebradbury.bsky.social is enjoying the Meadow Browns. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Country diary: Following the flight path of a meadow brown | Kate BradburyBarston, West Midlands: It’s been a strange year so far for butterflies, and I get my summer meadow brown moment beneath a roaring jumbo jetwww.theguardian.com

Today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker savours the music of the endangered wood warbler. #countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: The return of wood warblers here is bittersweet | Mark CockerBuxton, Derbyshire: What a fine sight it is to see one throwing its head back in song, especially after a 50-year absence. Yet this is a journey of vulnerabilitywww.theguardian.com

Ooo, Crested Cow-wheat! Celebrating a wonderful plant in @theguardian.com country diary today by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social. #countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: A single act of care 40 years ago, and we have this splendid, rare colony | Sarah LambertAilsworth, Cambridgeshire: It’s hard enough to find the crested cow-wheat, it would be even harder were it not for one far-sighted wardenwww.theguardian.com

Why can’t Britain turn its green revolution into cheap energy? A visual analysis www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Why can’t Britain turn its green revolution into cheap energy? A visual analysisLabour has approved a wave of renewable energy projects, but turning plans into power remains slow. Why is that?www.theguardian.com