NATURE
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Bird flu in wild birds in UK 2016-2025 – Mark Avery
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published positive cases of bird flu for each week since the…
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BSBI press release – 2026 New Year Plant Hunt – Mark Avery
As the climate warms, hundreds of wild flowers bloom in midwinter Sea Campion, Cornwall. Photo: Sylvatica Thousands of citizen scientists…
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Twelfth Night wildlife round up – Mark Avery
Opinions differ as to how and when one ‘should’ take down Christmas decorations, just as they do about how and…
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Guest blog – Let’s Ban Bio-beads by Chris Corrigan – Mark Avery
Chris Corrigan, CEO Sussex Wildlife Trust. Photo: Kai Hilton Chris Corrigan is CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and has…
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Sunday book review – Pan-species Listing by Graeme Lyons – Mark Avery
If your New Year resolution is anything to do with seeing more wildlife, becoming a little better at identifying what…
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 19 by Nick MacKinnon – Mark Avery
Photo: Lydia MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in…
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Lead in Leeds children – Mark Avery
This study (which can’t really be that pioneering) is greatly to be welcomed, and indeed is overdue. Some would say,…
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Sunday book review – Ghosts of the Farm by Nicola Chester – Mark Avery
Nicola Chester writes superbly well and has a close relationship with the natural world. This book takes the area around…
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Keir Starmer said what…? – Mark Avery
Photographed in London in July 2014 – funnily enough, outside the BBC. I was listening to BBC R4 PM just…
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This blog’s Book of 2025 – Mark Avery
I have reviewed 50 books on this blog this year – a wide-ranging varied selection including many high quality works.…
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