NATURE
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Guest blog – Don’t Look Around You by Barry Kemp – Mark Avery
I am recently retired but have spent the last 20 years working as an ecologist, primarily in the conservation of…
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Why Hen Harriers don’t prosper in the Forest of Bowland and what could be done about it – Mark Avery
Introduction: This blog was prompted by reading the Draft Management Plan for the Forest of Bowland National Landscape (the new…
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Research in Cumbria explores how fungal networks shape upland treescapes – Mark Avery
New scientific research in Cumbria explores how hidden fungal networks shape treescapes in the UK’s uplands Cumbria Connect, the landscape-scale…
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RSPB – Capercaillies at Abernethy Forest – Mark Avery
Boost for one of the UK’s rarest birds at key site The RSPB has revealed a promising increase in the number of Capercaillie at RSPB Abernethy…
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Rare Pennine wading bird given boost as RSPB survey reveals Dunlin breeding success – Mark Avery
Rare Pennine wading bird given boost as RSPB survey reveals Dunlin breeding success Dunlin. Photo: Simon O’Hare First-ever large-scale survey reveals rare…
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Ben Goldsmith to write Reform nature policies. – Mark Avery
Well, this will be interesting – Ben Goldsmith will be advising Reform on its nature policies according to the Guardian…
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 30 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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RSPB Hen Harrier press release – Mark Avery
Six more rare Hen Harriers vanish on or near grouse moors with another confirmed poisoned Male Hen Harrier. Males get…
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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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