NATURE
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 42 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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Bird flu – positive cases in species of wild bird 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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Guest blog – How donations to World Land Trust can be Multiplied Six Times by Andy Langley – Mark Avery
Andy Langley is a wildlife enthusiast, who for the last seven years has completed an annual sponsored birdwatch to raise…
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Defra quote challenge – winning entry by James Gilbert – Mark Avery
Mark wrote: This Defra quote, “Britain is a proud nation of nature lovers, and this government is committed to turning…
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BSBI press release – Rare fern rediscovered in iconic Cwm Idwal – more than 150 years after last sighting – Mark Avery
Holly Fern on Yr Wyddfa. Photo: Alastair Hotchkiss The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) is thrilled to announce the…
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A tale of (one, two, three, four) fleabanes – Mark Avery
I blame Trevor Dines (click here) for the fact that I glanced at a plant in the car park of…
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Defra press release – a move forward on burning on deep peat soils – Mark Avery
Burning banned on England’s deep peat to protect wildlife Ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat extended to…
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RSPB comment on Defra burning announcement and Defra summary of consultation responses – Mark Avery
Photo: Sarah Hanson In response to this morning’s announcement by Defra of tighteneing of reguations on vegetation burning on peat…
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Wild Justice wins judicial review against Pembrokeshire Coast National Park – Mark Avery
Emblem of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park The decision of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority (PCNPA) to grant planning permission…
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Passenger Pigeon Day, 111 years gone – Mark Avery
The Passenger Pigeon memorial at Cincinnati Zoo. ‘On 1 September 1914, between midday and 1 pm, in the…
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