NATURE
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RSPB press release – Slender-billed Curlew considered extinct – Mark Avery
Global extinction of a bird from mainland Europe and the Mediterranean confirmed by scientists Slender-Billed Curlew, Merja Zerga, Morocco. Photo:…
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Guest blog – Life on The Skerries by David Higgins – Mark Avery
David Higgins works in conservation. He has lived and worked in the Falkland Islands, St Helena Island, India, The Skerries,…
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Letter to my new MP, Lee Barron – Mark Avery
Lee Barron MP. Photo: official portrait https://members.parliament.uk/member/5315/portrait Dear Lee, May I offer my formal congratulations on your election as an…
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Sunday book review – Great Misconceptions edited by Ian Parsons – Mark Avery
This is a collection of essays about rewilding. I wrote what has been placed as the last chapter so I…
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 65 by Kate Haslegrave – Mark Avery
Kate Haslegrave. Photo: Kate Haslegrave Kate is a photographer and has lived in Haworth for the past 20 years.…
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Sunday book review – Small Game Hunter by Peter Smithers – Mark Avery
We are asked ‘Have you ever wondered what entomologists do?‘ and I have, and I enjoyed finding out what…
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Sunday book review – Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands by James Fenton – Mark Avery
This is a stimulating book which takes an independent view of Scotland’s Highland landscape. The author challenges the current…
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Sunday book review – The Good Slug Guide by Jo Kirby – Mark Avery
Do not be fooled by the jokey title, shortish length and smallish pages, this is not a lightweight book –…
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RSPB calls for licensing of gamebird shooting across the UK – Mark Avery
Illegal bird of prey killing must end, urges RSPB Birdcrime report The Birdcrime report, which reviews the past 15 years,…
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 62 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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