Patrick Barkham

@patrick_barkham

Natural History Writer, The Guardian. Books: Wild Child, Islander, Butterfly Isles, Badgerlands. Editor, The Wild Isles, hefty new anthology of nature writing.

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Joined March 2009
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    Apr 2

    Here's why we need to save Holt Hall! Beautifully put by . Please help local charity put together bid to buy it and continue to run it for children's outdoor education

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  2. Apr 10

    Really sad to hear that Dr Ian Gibson has died. He was a selfless public servant, a great champion for Norfolk - smart, witty, principled. He was also a rare person - a Labour politician who grasped the importance of the environment.

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    Apr 9

    I'm excited to say and I are bringing you the first Rewilding & Reintroduction Summit live with tomorrow . . . tune in from 10am to hear from the best in the business helping to reshape & improve our landscapes . Signup →

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    Apr 7

    Have you signed this yet? petition Please do and give it an RT too please.

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    Apr 9

    We love dogs! We've gathered some of our canine friends and their humans to explain how we can Take the Lead to keep dogs and wildlife safe while enjoying nature reserves and countryside this spring 🐶🌳

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  6. Apr 9

    A "relief" road that will destroy this magnificent old oak?We have to save our society from making these mistakes, which stem from greed and myopia.

    Film 20th C thinking for a 21st C problem
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  7. Apr 9

    Another book recommendation (especially if you have children aged 8 to 11). I loved reading this new graphic novel and so did Milly and Esme (aged 9). Moving, totally believable modern fairytale.

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  8. Apr 9

    This is a brilliant book. We're overwhelmed by words but these are short, true, moving and urgent. Jay Griffiths is an amazing writer. She is also incapable of being boring!

    'One of our greatest and most important writers' Happy publication day to Jay Griffiths' Why Rebel (Hamish Hamilton), a passionate, poetic manifesto for urgent rebellion and a paean to the deep and extraordinary beauty of the natural world.
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    2 Apr 2020

    It may not be the most attractive of fish to all, but we are more than a bit smitten for the burbot, a recently lost native UK freshwater fish species. What’s more, after 6 years of work, we have moved one step closer to bringing back this fish to Norfolk’s fenland rivers! 😍

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  10. Apr 2

    Brilliant stuff, well said Amelia!

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    Both my brother and I had wonderful times at Holt Hall, if you have anything to spare please consider donating to so that all children can have the same chance we did.
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    Apr 2

    Short thread on compost, peat extraction, our gardens, OUR power, climate & wildlife. Many more of us are gardening (good!) Peat is depleting at a terrifying rate & there are consequences (bad). Excellent piece A voluntary ban has failed. 1/5

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  12. Apr 2

    Please help save this amazing place of outdoor education for everyone – Holt Hall is being sold off. Local charity hopes to buy it. Now putting together bid document with help from our donations:

    This is the place where children are immersed in learning outside without realising it. Where the outdoors calms worriers, develops leaders, allows exploration and for now the place lies empty. Give to our crowdfunder help us to fill this place with them again.
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    Apr 1

    We're delighted to welcome back three of our Virtual Writers in Residence for this special event! and Valur Gunnarsson will reflect on their residency projects with Norwich-based nature writer . 20 April, 7pm

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    Apr 1

    'Make a memory': campaigners fear revised Countryside Code lacks bite The new Countryside Code is hopelessly confused on use of disposable BBQs - this means more devastating fires like the Wareham Heath one last year.

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  15. Apr 1

    is published in paperback today. Celebrating neighbourhood nature and wild children everywhere. Even when they roll their eyes at terrible dad jokes.

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  16. Mar 31

    I LOVE this. One primrose is "a flashlight of new hope... so much noise from one tiny flower". Inspiring and beautiful and true.

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    I'm applying to join and seven other crew members for the mission to the moon in 2023 .
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  17. Mar 31

    So I got to interview the brilliant once for the Guardian here, and I get to interview him again tonight for – please join us online at 7pm tonight, tickets here: Nightingale chatter guaranteed!

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  18. Mar 31

    This is tonight, 7pm. Sam is so interesting and talented and has a truly beautiful new book out about nightingales. Please join us!

    We're excited to hear from folk musician tomorrow night, in conversation with , discussing Sam's new book - the story of the bird that's inspired musicians, writers and artists around the world. Tomorrow at 7pm:
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  19. Mar 31

    Free online premiere tonight of Open Road – short films made by young people in lockdown. There's some powerful, poetic filmmaking and insights into nature, young minds and these bleak times. Book tickets here via

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  20. Mar 31

    Big issue this spring/summer – please keep your dog on a lead so they don't disturb nesting birds. (You can tell from the look on Betty's face in this video that she wants to get her paws on one of the blackbirds singing so beautifully in the background.)

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