NATURE
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RSPB press release – Slithering success for UK’s most secretive snake – Mark Avery
Slithering success for UK’s most secretive snake Smooth snake. Photo: Ben Andrew/RSPB images The Smooth Snake is the UK’s rarest…
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The badly valued uplands – Mark Avery
It wouldn’t be true to say that the following was the talk I delivered at a conference in Sheffield on…
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Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 22 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 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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