Margi Bryant
@margibryant.bsky.social
Writer and researcher with a passion for nature and the outdoors. Previous incarnations in academia, environment/heritage consultancy, international aid, journalism. Trying to pull all this together into something useful.
https://margibryant.co.uk
https://margibryant.co.uk
My son and daughter-in-law proudly describe themselves with a new (new to me, anyway) acronym: they're DINKWADs (Double Income No Kids With A Dog)!
September 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
My son and daughter-in-law proudly describe themselves with a new (new to me, anyway) acronym: they're DINKWADs (Double Income No Kids With A Dog)!
Mostly just fields but there's one property not too far away, formerly a derelict farmhouse now renovated. Maybe there are cultivated snowdrops there. Can't check because access to the property is all strictly private!
July 21, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Mostly just fields but there's one property not too far away, formerly a derelict farmhouse now renovated. Maybe there are cultivated snowdrops there. Can't check because access to the property is all strictly private!
Thank you for this info! I didn't dare venture onto the RHS site because I know snowdrops are a vastly varied and complex field of study. But I'm bemused by a cultivated snowdrop growing beside a river in a field full of sheep, well away from the nearest garden!
July 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Thank you for this info! I didn't dare venture onto the RHS site because I know snowdrops are a vastly varied and complex field of study. But I'm bemused by a cultivated snowdrop growing beside a river in a field full of sheep, well away from the nearest garden!
Nice! I've been regularly snorting a line of lavender when walking past overhanging bushes in people's front gardens.
July 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Nice! I've been regularly snorting a line of lavender when walking past overhanging bushes in people's front gardens.
Mangroves also store incredible amounts of carbon, as the article also mentions, which has huge benefits globally. I once spent a fascinating (and very muddy) couple of weeks measuring mangrove root systems in Kenya for a project to assess the amount of carbon they held.
June 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Mangroves also store incredible amounts of carbon, as the article also mentions, which has huge benefits globally. I once spent a fascinating (and very muddy) couple of weeks measuring mangrove root systems in Kenya for a project to assess the amount of carbon they held.
One of them has gone for the Lulworth Skipper, which is very niche! But he did grow up in Dorset.
May 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
One of them has gone for the Lulworth Skipper, which is very niche! But he did grow up in Dorset.
That's wonderful, thank you so much Nic! I joined Bluesky last year and I've just posted about my first published piece of nature writing (I did remember the tag that time!). And I've also now got everyone at the conservation NGO where I do freelance work voting for their favourite butterfly!
May 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
That's wonderful, thank you so much Nic! I joined Bluesky last year and I've just posted about my first published piece of nature writing (I did remember the tag that time!). And I've also now got everyone at the conservation NGO where I do freelance work voting for their favourite butterfly!
I deleted my post and did it again, this time with the tag! But I'd still love to know if I could go tag-less, because I often forget to add it and I'd be grateful for the extra 15 characters!
May 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I deleted my post and did it again, this time with the tag! But I'd still love to know if I could go tag-less, because I often forget to add it and I'd be grateful for the extra 15 characters!
I've just shared my favourite butterfly vote but forgot to tag it #naturewriting! Is there any way that all my posts could default to this feed without my adding the tag? I've noticed that posts from a lot of regular contributors don't include the tag. My posts will always be about nature & writing!
May 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I've just shared my favourite butterfly vote but forgot to tag it #naturewriting! Is there any way that all my posts could default to this feed without my adding the tag? I've noticed that posts from a lot of regular contributors don't include the tag. My posts will always be about nature & writing!
Good luck, Erica! I took a similar plunge myself, not for the first time, six months ago. The paid work builds up slowly, while I keep my Bluesky posts for the fun stuff.
May 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Good luck, Erica! I took a similar plunge myself, not for the first time, six months ago. The paid work builds up slowly, while I keep my Bluesky posts for the fun stuff.
Looks like the Fair Folk have already been at work magicking up some lovely hedgerow flowers!
May 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Looks like the Fair Folk have already been at work magicking up some lovely hedgerow flowers!
Reposted by Margi Bryant
Then Jessica den Outer is here on 21 May with The Forest Fights Back, about how the Rights of Nature movement is taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers, forests, and mountains to exist, flourish, and sustain their ecological balance ⬇️
#RightsOfNature
#RightsOfNature
Select tickets – Festival of Debate presents Jessica den Outer: The Forest Fights Back, A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature – Sheffield Energy Hub
Festival of Debate presents Jessica den Outer: The Forest Fights Back, A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature – Sheffield Energy Hub, Thu 21 May 2026 - In association with the River Dôn Project
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April 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Then Jessica den Outer is here on 21 May with The Forest Fights Back, about how the Rights of Nature movement is taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers, forests, and mountains to exist, flourish, and sustain their ecological balance ⬇️
#RightsOfNature
#RightsOfNature
They could at least have got the number of eggs right!
April 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
They could at least have got the number of eggs right!
Well if humans are part of nature, which we are, I guess cats are too! They like being outdoors as much as we do, but the trick is to keep them indoors at night. And to have them wear noisy bells on their collars. All the cats I've ever had have followed these guidelines and never killed anything.
March 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Well if humans are part of nature, which we are, I guess cats are too! They like being outdoors as much as we do, but the trick is to keep them indoors at night. And to have them wear noisy bells on their collars. All the cats I've ever had have followed these guidelines and never killed anything.
Wonderful! I'll be in Scotland in late April and will try to get to Charlotte's exhibition. I love what I've seen of her work!
March 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Wonderful! I'll be in Scotland in late April and will try to get to Charlotte's exhibition. I love what I've seen of her work!
So sorry I'll miss this launch. I could normally get over to Glossop easily but I'll be on the Isle of Mull in late April. I'll definitely buy the book though!
March 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
So sorry I'll miss this launch. I could normally get over to Glossop easily but I'll be on the Isle of Mull in late April. I'll definitely buy the book though!
I've got one of those on my mantlepiece. A replica of course, bought from the British Museum. I love him to bits!
March 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I've got one of those on my mantlepiece. A replica of course, bought from the British Museum. I love him to bits!
I so identify with your take on this! Awareness of possible risks must not stop us claiming our right to the outdoors. I'm sure you know Elizabeth Austen's wonderful poem and its defiant conclusion:
"The girl who goes alone says with her body
the world is worth the risk."
vimeo.com/78439954
"The girl who goes alone says with her body
the world is worth the risk."
vimeo.com/78439954
Elizabeth Austen: The Girl Who Goes Alone
Elizabeth Austen performs her poem "The Girl Who Goes Alone" as part of Hedgebrook Rising! at Town Hall Seattle, April 9, 2013. Also performing that night:…
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March 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I so identify with your take on this! Awareness of possible risks must not stop us claiming our right to the outdoors. I'm sure you know Elizabeth Austen's wonderful poem and its defiant conclusion:
"The girl who goes alone says with her body
the world is worth the risk."
vimeo.com/78439954
"The girl who goes alone says with her body
the world is worth the risk."
vimeo.com/78439954
Hostelling Scotland, the equivalent of England & Wales' YHA, has the same system when you become a member. No GB or UK category, just Scotland, Wales, Ireland (Northern) or England. Really good to be able to put Wales. Must piss off the Ulster Unionists though!
March 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Hostelling Scotland, the equivalent of England & Wales' YHA, has the same system when you become a member. No GB or UK category, just Scotland, Wales, Ireland (Northern) or England. Really good to be able to put Wales. Must piss off the Ulster Unionists though!
Indeed! The Wildlife Trust are trying to find out who they belong to, but they can wreak a lot of havoc in the meantime!
March 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Indeed! The Wildlife Trust are trying to find out who they belong to, but they can wreak a lot of havoc in the meantime!