Europe & UK
and associated islands
This is a subdirectory of the HOME | Nature Directory on Substack. This sub-page lists publications that are based in Europe and the United Kingdom.
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Europe-wide/Global
Europe and UK
Bee-Witched is an eclectic mix of beekeeping tales, nature writing zines, art-making for mental health, and field notes from the meditative art of crafting with your hands.
From the writer: This is a post I feel perfectly demonstrates what my Substack at least tries to be like. Bringing different elements that I love together, and grounding them all in nature and mental health...all while sharing my art!
Global/feral; Europe presently
Dispatches from the intersection of fiction, nature writing, and empowerment through ancestral skills.
From the author: This is the place to discover what lies behind each of the different tabs on my Substack homepage, a map or guide to the whole.
Europe and UK
Relating with the living world
Europe and UK
Florist and writer, Sarah, shares what it's like to be a florist. What's the best way to keep flowers alive? You're welcome to ask!
Artist’s note: Being a florist gives you an insight into intimate moments in other people's lives: I started working as a florist when I was 14, which meant I was confronted with death and grief from a young age. It's made me have a lot of strong thoughts about dying and British people's fear to talk about it.
Ireland and France
Twice monthly newsletters on a mix of wildlife & conservation, sustainable food, art & culture from Wildwood Trust Kent, Ireland and France
From the writer: I have been a teacher and a veterinary nurse; I love all wildlife but am absolutely passionate about cats domestic & wild
United Kingdom; Global
A worldwide gardening club, where we get to explore the world of gardens and gardening.
Note from the writer: The Gardening Mind is aimed at all levels of gardeners, and this post was intended to give ideas to even the newest gardener as well as to inspire those with more experience.
Europe/Global
Moving Mountains is about noticing the small and the slow, living with unpredictability and instability. It is not about overcoming or conquering, but of living with and connecting.
From the author: Start here.
Europe and UK
A fortnightly newsletter describing sightings of some of nature's most amazing phenomena and the astronomical, meteorological and ecological causes behind them.
From the author: Here is a good place to start.
Europe and UK
A poetically philosophical look at farming, nature, ecology, and localism - with a few other things thrown in too.
Exploring Europe
Indulge in our planet‘s beauty and enjoy calming, heart-warming stories full of eye-candy.
From the scientist: I have a soft spot for living beings others are afraid of, insects, snakes, sharks, spiders, bats. But as a zoologist I am connected to all living beings anyway. Here is a good entry point to find out what my work is all about.
Europe and UK
Suggested: Start here.
France
France
I write at the intersection of creativity, herbalism and alchemy from a hamlet in a forest.
From the writer: I'm a poet, novelist, publisher and herbalist and love helping others on their transformative paths; here’s a piece with a wonderful exploration of the ‘language of the land.'
France
Join me on my quest, via words and photography, to get to know the places I live and travel, from the smallest leaf to the highest mountain pastures. Also plant ecology.
Author’s note: This piece is a love letter to the synergy of living in a place and writing about it, and also gives an overview of my most beloved essays from my first year on Substack.
France
Light hearted nature journaling and field notes from small holding on a hill in France…
France
My only near neighbours are my wild kin – birds, animals, trees, plants, weathers, seasons and elements...I write about all this.
From the artist: Here is a good place to start.
France
Working through our entangled lives with the rest of the natural world through poetry.
From the writer: Here’s a good place to start.
Ireland
Ireland
An animist archaeologist and artist writing from an ecocentric and decolonial perspective.
From the artist: This essay is an animist's intimate exploration of recognising and reclaiming our place in the natural world; as its subtitle says, it's been written in praise of the spirit of moss, trees, wind and rain.
Ireland
I write about the culture, history and nature of the countries where I live and travel.
Writer’s note: I like this piece because it focuses on the healing power of nature.
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
[About this publication, translated from Dutch]: Weekly newsletter about nature and nature experience. In my newsletter I answer the questions: “How can we return to our wild roots in nature? How do we get back in the primal forest? How do we get rid of our screens?”
From the writer: Start here.
Romania
Romania
The best prescription in the world is a daily dose of nature. If you aren't getting yours, you can borrow the best of ours.
Artists’ suggested post: Our two-room traditional wooden home was built in 1938, among the fields of haystacks in Breb, Romania. They have magical powers to get us outside every single day.
Scandinavia
Norway
Using objective details of our natural world as a lens through which we can understand our subjective world. And vice versa.
From the poet: Here is a good starting place. Anthropomorphism might be just another form of zoomorphism. We are animals, after all.
Norway
I illustrate microbes as wildlife in their natural habitats, aiming to make the microbial world more relatable for everyone.
Spain
by James Evarts
Spain (Catalunya)
We are a group of over 50 scientists and we do: inventory of species (3,500 so far), two weather stations, digital monitoring of river systems, & ongoing counts of butterflies, birds, & flowers across an area of approximately 4,500 acres which represents the entire river valley of the Río Catllar.
Scientist’s note: Visit our site (in Catalan and English) to learn of our discovery of a robust population of Thyreophora cynophila ( Bone Skipper), our monitoring of the extremely threatened Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean Desman), and our study of two populations of Bombus gerstaeckeri (feeds on Aconitum riparian).
Spain
Shaking off the noise on countryside walks, Pipp began writing on photography shoots in nature. Her book, ‘Sanctuary’ came out in January 2024; a countryside saunter through the seasons, its nature photography inspired by the sparkle of dawn with little text on a gentle self-care theme.
From the artist: I liked the creative touch in this story. It finishes on a cliff hanger which is rare in my stories. Though I have many favourites, the response from other writers to write the next chapter was amazing and fun.
United Kingdom
Scotland, United Kingdom
England
Heart and soul connection with Earth and the more-than-human.
Note from the writer: Start here
United Kingdom
A journal of everyday auguries and under-reported miracles
Author’s note: Here are some miracles I found on my doorstep.
Scotland
Moments of tranquility, gifts of attention: visual poems from a fluid place
Artist’s note: Curiosity prompts me to search this place; fluidity calls to me in nature and art. The feelings this can evoke are too precious not to share, and it's wonderful to hear when it resonates.
Europe & U.K.
Lessons in healing from the Irish landscape: A newsletter of seasons and cycles, nature and women.
Writer’s note: Here’s the piece of writing that made me see that in vulnerability there is connection
United Kingdom
Discover Anne’s writing from her experience as a herbal grower, practitioner, researcher and permaculture designer.
Writer’s note: Here’s a good place to start. I love to write about fantastic medicinal trees such as juneberry!
United Kingdom
Weekly words and photography from adventures and encounters with nature in the Lake District and beyond. Field notes, thoughts on nature connection, slow adventure, foraging and nature knowledge.
From the artist: I think this post sums up the kind of nature based, slow adventures we typically go on and write about. Plus, the light was glorious for the photography.
England
The birds of folklore, mythology, history, and the English countryside.
Author’s suggestion: Start here!
England
Sharing simple beautiful captures of nature and the outdoors through photography and writing.
United Kingdom
Connecting to nature through the lens of Paper Botany
Author’s note: Without plants, we are nothing. This post shows the humblest, most every day plants and flowers — daisies and dandelions — are as wonderful as the most exotic orchid!
United Kingdom
I encourage nature connection and gentle creativity to support wellbeing and the planet.
England
Weekly dispatches from the avian frontier. Subscribers can choose to receive the ‘Birds’ newsletter or the wide-ranging, but often nature-related, ‘Six Things.’
From the author: I love writing about the everyday encounters with birds on my local urban patch. Try this piece for a start.
England
Writing my way around the Wheel of the Year, exploring green spirituality, animism, myth and folklore from a neurodivergent Traveller perspective.
United Kingdom
Walking and sketching in the Norfolk countryside as a way to slow down and breathe in nature and the landscape
From the artist: My posts include forays into favourite books, podcasts and poetry or whatever I discover that I think worth sharing; in this post I am strolling beside the river Waveney in late Spring, pausing along the way to sketch and pondering on the ebb and flow of creativity.
United Kingdom
I write about my experiences as a conservation volunteer to highlight the importance of protecting “everyday nature” and discuss some of the threats it faces.
Author’s note: This post in which I discuss the benefits of conservation volunteering for wildlife and people and the impact it has had on me personally is a good introduction to what I write about, and one I particularly enjoyed writing.
United Kingdom
This Party’s Over contains place writing, personal essays, memoir, environmental writing, nature writing, and a regular country diary.
From the writer: Start here.
England
Rediscovering nature; learning to live again
Note from the writer: This post felt like a culmination of all the reasons why I was returning to nature having just quit my job and facing the possibility of losing my dad, it was laying down the gauntlet of a new life to come.
