@jamescanton

Lecturer at University of Essex; wild writer; field wanderer; novice birder; amateur naturalist and archaeologist.

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Joined June 2010
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Episode 148: James Canton - Renaturing noordenproductions.com/natur…

Episode 148: James Canton - Renaturing — Noorden Productions

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Episode 148: James Canton - Renaturing — Noorden Productions

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Daffodils and Cherry Trees, Ashleyhay - by English landscape artist, Mark Preston To brighten up a dull grey day!
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Horse Chestnut seedling
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Save Wivenhoe's Old King George Oak Tree

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English Bluebell leaves have broken ground 🫠 Six days earlier than last season. We can’t say ‘last year’ given they are so early it’s still the same year
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Jim Leary@Jim_Leary3 Dec 2024
I took him to the Rudston Monolith and then we went to the famous hunter-gatherer site of Star Carr where we meet a farmer who showed us her flint collection - here two Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged arrowheads and an Early Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead.
A photo of the Rudston Monolith.

ALT A photo of the Rudston Monolith.

A photo of three flint arrowheads - two brown barbed-and-tanged and one grey leaf-shaped.

ALT A photo of three flint arrowheads - two brown barbed-and-tanged and one grey leaf-shaped.

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Revealed: tax loophole exempts 355 landowners from inheritance tax - including huge grouse moor estates & pheasant shoots I FOI'd HMRC for details & found this tax break is worth *at least* £68m & likely far more @RachelReevesMP please fix this! 1/ theguardian.com/money/2024/o…

Loophole exempts 355 landowners in England from inheritance tax, data shows

Chancellor urged to cancel tax break that uses scheme to register land as heritage asset and worth at least £68m

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On the hill yesterday, challenged by gamekeeper... GK: Are you lost? Me: No. GK: But this is private land. Me: It's a NP, most of it is. GK: then you can't come this way. Me: It's Access Land. GK: It's a conservation area. Me: Conserving what? GK: Er... gamebirds. Me: 🤷‍♂️
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A year ago the @HolkhamEstate with the @N_Rivers_Trust & Charles Rangeley Wilson embarked on a project to reconnect an ancient chalk stream back to the floodplain This is the result, amazing what you can achieve when you work collectively allow nature some space
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Nothing to see here, just Oliver with an average size Kingdom of Kent oak 🥱🌳
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Looking forward to reading this with some trepidation 😉
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Writing about nature, in an age of climate emergency and eco-anxiety, is more critical than ever says author @jamescanton of @LiFTS_at_Essex. He talks about inspiring the next generation of nature writers in our MA in Wild Writing course. theconversation.com/new-natu…
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Maybe we should run this as a 3 minute TV ad. Wadda da ya think?
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Long Meg and her Daughters
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Here’s the cover of my new book Renaturing - out with Canongate in March 2025 🌸🌳🦋🪲🐛🌻 Don’t you just love it?
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Thank you to everyone who came to our walking with wild writer @jamescanton workshop on Saturday! Our next Art in the Park workshop is Animal Crackers: Sculptures in the Park with Clare Isles & Tom Armstrong: artexchange.org.uk/classes/a… With the support of @CultureEssex @Essex_CC
wild walkers hug a huge oak tree

ALT wild walkers hug a huge oak tree

a large oak tree in the centre of Wivenhoe Park with many walkers around it's base

ALT a large oak tree in the centre of Wivenhoe Park with many walkers around it's base

James Canton talks about the trees to a group of walkers in Wivenhoe Park

ALT James Canton talks about the trees to a group of walkers in Wivenhoe Park

https://www.artexchange.org.uk/classes/animal-crackers-sculptures-in-the-park/

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First day of Flint Fest was a cracker. Back for round two today!
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.@canongatebooks has nabbed nature writer @jamescanton's new guide to rewilding, titled Renaturing: A Year in the Life of a Small Field 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/can…

Canongate nabs James Canton’s guide to rewilding

Canongate has nabbed nature writer James Canton’s new guide to rewilding.

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tonygaluidi@tonygaluidi9 Jun 2024
Quite possibly the finest location of any stone circle. Two of Castlerigg's treasures tonygaluidiart.com #StandingStoneSunday, @megportal
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