Writer Crofter Grandmother Geographer
Author of #WINDSWEPT: life, nature & deep time in the Scottish Highlands
"An instant classic of British nature-writing"
Blog: https://notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/
https://www.annieworsley.co.uk/
Annie Worsley
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The croft is literally awash with orchids: purples & pinks in a great range of size, leaf/flower types & micro-habitat, dozens of nationally scarce pale cream Lesser Butterfly orchids & the first few spikes of rare tiny whites (Pseudorchis albida).
I am very happy 🤗
After all the rain, this evening feels like Christmas 🥰
Yes, boo, it's pouring down today in the NW Highlands but LOOK at these meadow buttercups positively ROCKING it in the sun yesterday.
EVERY single one is pointing his/her face to the golden orb in the sky 💛
What a beautiful, windswept day.
Ah! Summer in the NW Highlands. Blue mountains, green moors, all garlanded with wildflowers and birdsong.
I love seeing the croft come to life, revealing stories from the past, full of hope for the future. On the high, very steep river terrace are dozens of pretty-in-pink heath spotted orchids, on the modern rapidly rewilding riverbank, bluebells -(memories of old woodland) & broad-leaved marsh orchid.
Chance meetings with Kiwis, a house martin's residence, wildflowers blooming, warm sunny days and beach games with the grandchildren.
A new blog for the start of summer.
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/k...
Chance meetings with Kiwis, a house martin's residence, wildflowers blooming, warm sunny days and beach games with the grandchildren.
A new blog for the start of summer.
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/k...
The latest in the series of letters with Lochaber crofter Kirsteen Bell for @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social's Coast, Croft & Hill: letters from the NW Highlands.
In April & May we talked about nightjars, spinning, cuckoos and wildflowers.
Happy reading 🤗
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/05/crof...
Two friends, each with their heart and sense alive to the world around them, words travelling in the air between them.
Happy reading indeed.
Croft, Coast and Hill: From unfurling green tips to cuckoos and nightjars, Spring reasserts itself on Kirsteen Bell and @annieworsley.bsky.social’s respective crofts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/05/crof...
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The latest in the series of letters with Lochaber crofter Kirsteen Bell for @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social's Coast, Croft & Hill: letters from the NW Highlands.
In April & May we talked about nightjars, spinning, cuckoos and wildflowers.
Happy reading 🤗
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/05/crof...
Annie Worsley
Warmth comes to us, eventually. And when it does, the greening and flowering of garden, croft and valley follow swiftly. For a time, the ‘hottest’ yellows come from marsh marigolds and gorse bushes…
notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com
Warmth comes to us, eventually. And when it does, the greening and flowering of garden, croft and valley follow swiftly. For a time, the ‘hottest’ yellows come from marsh marigolds and gorse bushes…
