Lecturer at University of Essex; wild writer; field wanderer; novice birder; amateur naturalist and archaeologist.
Joined June 2010
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James Canton retweeted
18 Apr 2025
Daffodils and Cherry Trees, Ashleyhay - by English landscape artist, Mark Preston
To brighten up a dull grey day!
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James Canton retweeted
5 Apr 2025
Horse Chestnut seedling
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James Canton retweeted
29 Dec 2024
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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James Canton retweeted
3 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.
ALT A photo of the Rudston Monolith.
ALT A photo of three flint arrowheads - two brown barbed-and-tanged and one grey leaf-shaped.
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James Canton retweeted
29 Oct 2024
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…
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James Canton retweeted
28 Oct 2024
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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James Canton retweeted
17 Sep 2024
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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James Canton retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Nothing to see here, just Oliver with an average size Kingdom of Kent oak 🥱🌳
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James Canton retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Looking forward to reading this with some trepidation 😉
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James Canton retweeted
25 Jul 2024
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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James Canton retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Maybe we should run this as a 3 minute TV ad.
Wadda da ya think?
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James Canton retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Long Meg and her Daughters
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12 Sep 2024
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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James Canton retweeted
19 Aug 2024
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
ALT wild walkers hug a huge oak tree
ALT a large oak tree in the centre of Wivenhoe Park with many walkers around it's base
ALT James Canton talks about the trees to a group of walkers in Wivenhoe Park
ALT https://www.artexchange.org.uk/classes/animal-crackers-sculptures-in-the-park/
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James Canton retweeted
16 Jun 2024
First day of Flint Fest was a cracker. Back for round two today!
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James Canton retweeted
21 May 2024
.@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…
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James Canton retweeted
9 Jun 2024
Quite possibly the finest location of any stone circle. Two of Castlerigg's treasures
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#StandingStoneSunday, @megportal
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