NATURE
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 19 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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Lead in Leeds children – Mark Avery
This study (which can’t really be that pioneering) is greatly to be welcomed, and indeed is overdue. Some would say,…
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Sunday book review – Ghosts of the Farm by Nicola Chester – Mark Avery
Nicola Chester writes superbly well and has a close relationship with the natural world. This book takes the area around…
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Keir Starmer said what…? – Mark Avery
Photographed in London in July 2014 – funnily enough, outside the BBC. I was listening to BBC R4 PM just…
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This blog’s Book of 2025 – Mark Avery
I have reviewed 50 books on this blog this year – a wide-ranging varied selection including many high quality works.…
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Newsblast readers’ poll – Mark Avery
I asked the readers of my monthly newsblast six questions on 21 November. Two were about their age and sex,…
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RSPB press release – ‘Skylark Lane’ and ‘Swift Avenue’ – Mark Avery
‘Skylark Lane’ and ‘Swift Avenue’ – UK wildlife in freefall while nature-related road names increase New insights from the RSPB,…
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RSPB press release – Peat with a Dram – Mark Avery
Major whisky makers join forces for first-of-its-kind peatland revival at RSPB reserve The Oa. Photo: David Wood A landmark conservation…
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Trees for Life launch Missing Species project – Mark Avery
Rewilding charity to launch Missing Species Programme for Scottish Highlands Returning four ‘architects of the wild’ – lynx, beavers, red…
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Sunday book review – Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by Richard I. Wilson. – Mark Avery
The 429 spiders and 26 harvestmen species covered in this book form a significant proportion of the c700 spiders and…
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