NATURE
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Greg and Janis Thoren to Receive Illinois Leopold Conservation Award – Mark Avery
Greg and Janis Thoren are the recipients of the 2026 Illinois Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors farmers and forestland…
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Sunday book review – Wild Pavements by Amanda Tuke – Mark Avery
This is a book about urban wildlife and although the author says that she majors on plants and knows less…
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Calderdale Planning Authority challenges windfarm developer’s “misleading statements” and inadequate statutory consultation plans – Mark Avery
Calderdale Council Planning Department has called for big changes to statutory community consultation plans for the contentious Walshaw Moor windfarm…
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RSPB – 726,000 songbirds illegally killed in Cyprus last autumn as enforcement gaps exposed – Mark Avery
An estimated 726,000 migrating songbirds were illegally trapped and killed on the island of Cyprus last autumn, a new report…
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RSPB – Mass death of seabirds across UK and Europe following winter storms underlines fragility of populations – Mark Avery
Mass death of seabirds across UK and Europe following winter storms underlines fragility of populations The RSPB is calling for…
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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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