NATURE
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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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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 8 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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Sunday book review – The Little Book of Fungi by Britt A. Bunyard – Mark Avery
It’s autumn and this weekend is Fungus Day in the UK and so one’s mind turns to the Kingdom of…
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Press release by Trees for Life – UK ‘return’ for ancient aurochs – Mark Avery
UK ‘return’ for ancient aurochs 400 years after European extinction Huge wild cattle could be ‘back from the dead’ to…
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RSPB press release – Tiny wasp helps protect island bird species threatened with extinction – Mark Avery
Tiny wasp helps protect island bird species threatened with extinction Nightingale Island. Photo: David Kinchin-Smith One of the world’s rarest…
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Guest blog – The Faroe Islands’ Grindadráp: whose business is it? by Alick Simmons – Mark Avery
Alick Simmons. Photo: Stuart Reeves Alick Simmons spent most of his career in public service serving as the UK Food…
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