Batworker, Nottinghamshire mammal recorder, naturalist, photographer and acoustic guitar strummer. Nature Recovery Manager at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
Nottingham
Joined May 2011
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Michael Walker retweeted
Writers' archives are fascinating, and it was amazing to have a rootle through Ronnie Blythe's notebooks and papers. Great news that the @britishlibrary
are looking after it. Ronnie Blythe event there in Feb: events.bl.uk/events/the-r... My story here: theguardian.com/books/2026/j…
Michael Walker retweeted
The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂
Booking available here:
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Michael Walker retweeted
Demand the @GOVUK scrap the part of the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill which threatens important wildlife protections!!
✍️Take action here wtru.st/3SkLinU
Michael Walker retweeted
Meet Alice 👋 Having recently graduated from the University of Turin, Alice Ciampricotti has been volunteering with @NottsDormice and interning for @PTES working with her favourite species, hazel #dormice.
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#DormouseWeek 🐭🍂
A fox had to be rescued from the Colwick fish pass observation platform this morning after being trapped in the grid. It need a smaller mesh to protect wildlife please @JacksonCivils @EnvAgency @NottinghamParks @Nottswildlife @ValerieHolt10
Hopefully the rain clouds will keep away until I've finished a chapter of Wild Service. Excellent so far. Powerful and thought provoking chapters beautifully written.
The perfect place to give my Ploughman Wood history talk. A room full of oak timbers felled in 1460, a product of a nearby ancient wood, Ploughman perhaps @Nottswildlife
ALT The Saracens Head in Southwell
ALT Elizabethan wall paintings
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Michael Walker retweeted
If you subscribe to our free newsletter you will be reading this morning about how @DefraGovUK went to @Gameandwildlife for information in preference to taking advice of @NaturalEngland & Defra staff on gamebird licensing. This is the subject of a Wild Justice legal challenge🧵
Michael Walker retweeted
Why not treat your loved ones, or yourself to one of @NottsDormice unique #dormouse gifts featuring artwork by Courtenay of @bespokefolk All profits will help fund the #Nottinghamshire #Dormouse Project nottinghamshire-dormouse-gro… @Mammal_Society @PTES @ChrisGPackham @Nottswildlife
Ink and watercolour number 2. We spent the day in Rutland on Saturday and had a short walk around Uppingham. I can guarantee that the next building I draw will not have bow windows!
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First attempt at an urban pen and watercolour sketch of Victoria Park near where I work in Sneinton from a photo taken on a lunchtime walk last week. No idea what I'm doing with the watercolours but happy with this first go.
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Michael Walker retweeted
It can't be considered rewinding, the site is too small and too busy, but the management at Skylarks NR by @Nottswildlife and these guys gives a glimpse of a wilder, more sustainable landscape – at West Bridgford, England
Michael Walker retweeted
We shouldn’t have to choose between new homes, clean water & nature’s recovery 🌱
We’re urging the @GOVUK not to U-turn on promises to protect our environment and stop nutrient pollution. #NutrientNeutrality
Really looking forward to this talk.
Robert Raikes' House, Gloucester. Mid-16thC timber-framed townhouse with incredible decorative square-panelling and bargeboards. This & more early modern buildings will feature in 3 weeks time when I give an online talk on Investigating Tudor Buildings:
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Michael Walker retweeted
All set up for the 68th annual @Mammal_Society conference. If you're around, please do come & say hello #DormouseChat @NottsDormice @NTU_ARES
Michael Walker retweeted
Can't believe what I'm hearing. Swift bricks aren't even controversial. They're a cheap, easy way to restore our dwindling bird population. Yet neither Tory Minister, nor Lab opposition, will commit to make them mandatory. What planet are they on?? @Natures_Voice @WriterHannahBT
Michael Walker retweeted
*GIVEAWAY*
To celebrate FMN's upcoming moult & @PeoplesBkPrize: WIN a paperback + wildflowers from @seed_ball!🌼
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