Mark Avery
@markavery.bsky.social
Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa
Yesterday I had the pleasure of looking around Windsor Great Park with the amazing Ted Green.
Ancient trees & very rich in fungi and invertebrates. A fascinating visit of one of our most important SACs. Appropriately (?) we had mushroom pizza in the Savill Garden restaurant for lunch.
Ancient trees & very rich in fungi and invertebrates. A fascinating visit of one of our most important SACs. Appropriately (?) we had mushroom pizza in the Savill Garden restaurant for lunch.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Yesterday I had the pleasure of looking around Windsor Great Park with the amazing Ted Green.
Ancient trees & very rich in fungi and invertebrates. A fascinating visit of one of our most important SACs. Appropriately (?) we had mushroom pizza in the Savill Garden restaurant for lunch.
Ancient trees & very rich in fungi and invertebrates. A fascinating visit of one of our most important SACs. Appropriately (?) we had mushroom pizza in the Savill Garden restaurant for lunch.
Nick MacKinnon's latest take-down of the case for a massive windfarm on deep peat on Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/11/14/g...
Would you buy a used windfarm from this lot? Let alone let them build a new one?
#abject #egregious #terrible #lackingfullcompetenece
Would you buy a used windfarm from this lot? Let alone let them build a new one?
#abject #egregious #terrible #lackingfullcompetenece
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Nick MacKinnon's latest take-down of the case for a massive windfarm on deep peat on Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/11/14/g...
Would you buy a used windfarm from this lot? Let alone let them build a new one?
#abject #egregious #terrible #lackingfullcompetenece
Would you buy a used windfarm from this lot? Let alone let them build a new one?
#abject #egregious #terrible #lackingfullcompetenece
Three moths this morning: a Turnip (not shown, commonest moth here at this time of year); Dark Chestnut (left, 2nd for garden), December (right, nfy)
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Three moths this morning: a Turnip (not shown, commonest moth here at this time of year); Dark Chestnut (left, 2nd for garden), December (right, nfy)
Sunday book review: The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: @williamcollins.bsky.social
'A very pleasant read'
#wind #storm #doldrums #gales #Beaufort #Coreolis #dustbowl
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: @williamcollins.bsky.social
'A very pleasant read'
#wind #storm #doldrums #gales #Beaufort #Coreolis #dustbowl
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Sunday book review: The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: @williamcollins.bsky.social
'A very pleasant read'
#wind #storm #doldrums #gales #Beaufort #Coreolis #dustbowl
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: @williamcollins.bsky.social
'A very pleasant read'
#wind #storm #doldrums #gales #Beaufort #Coreolis #dustbowl
Sunday book review: The Birds of Bedfordshire by Tony Ploszajski
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: Beds Nat Hist Soc
'Excellent'
The last Northants avifauna is 130 years out of date...
#bedfordshire #birds @wildlifebcn.org #Sandy #TheLodge @rspb.bsky.social @steveblain.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: Beds Nat Hist Soc
'Excellent'
The last Northants avifauna is 130 years out of date...
#bedfordshire #birds @wildlifebcn.org #Sandy #TheLodge @rspb.bsky.social @steveblain.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Sunday book review: The Birds of Bedfordshire by Tony Ploszajski
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: Beds Nat Hist Soc
'Excellent'
The last Northants avifauna is 130 years out of date...
#bedfordshire #birds @wildlifebcn.org #Sandy #TheLodge @rspb.bsky.social @steveblain.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/09/s...
Publisher: Beds Nat Hist Soc
'Excellent'
The last Northants avifauna is 130 years out of date...
#bedfordshire #birds @wildlifebcn.org #Sandy #TheLodge @rspb.bsky.social @steveblain.bsky.social
David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social speaking in #raunds #northants 20 November (tickets £12 by 12 November).
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social speaking in #raunds #northants 20 November (tickets £12 by 12 November).
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
New GB Red List for vascular plants from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is comprehensive revision of 2005 list.
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New GB Red List for vascular plants from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is comprehensive revision of 2005 list.
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
My latest book: Wings Across the Atlantic.
Available from independent online bookstore Lulu: bit.ly/47yGi6j
Co-author: Colin Rees; cover, Chris Packham; internal art, Ian Rees.
Profits (if any - hint!) to @wildjustice.bsky.social @abcbirds.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/3Lc4mVf
#naturewriting
Available from independent online bookstore Lulu: bit.ly/47yGi6j
Co-author: Colin Rees; cover, Chris Packham; internal art, Ian Rees.
Profits (if any - hint!) to @wildjustice.bsky.social @abcbirds.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/3Lc4mVf
#naturewriting
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
My latest book: Wings Across the Atlantic.
Available from independent online bookstore Lulu: bit.ly/47yGi6j
Co-author: Colin Rees; cover, Chris Packham; internal art, Ian Rees.
Profits (if any - hint!) to @wildjustice.bsky.social @abcbirds.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/3Lc4mVf
#naturewriting
Available from independent online bookstore Lulu: bit.ly/47yGi6j
Co-author: Colin Rees; cover, Chris Packham; internal art, Ian Rees.
Profits (if any - hint!) to @wildjustice.bsky.social @abcbirds.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/3Lc4mVf
#naturewriting
Guest blog: Walshaw Turbine 13 by Nick MacKinnon
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Guest blog: Walshaw Turbine 13 by Nick MacKinnon
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
Guest blog - Blanket bogs and windfarms by @green--jenny.bsky.social
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/30/g...
#peat #bog #turbines #renewable #climate #walshaw #hebden #haworth #floods #petition #PIB
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/30/g...
#peat #bog #turbines #renewable #climate #walshaw #hebden #haworth #floods #petition #PIB
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Guest blog - Blanket bogs and windfarms by @green--jenny.bsky.social
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/30/g...
#peat #bog #turbines #renewable #climate #walshaw #hebden #haworth #floods #petition #PIB
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/30/g...
#peat #bog #turbines #renewable #climate #walshaw #hebden #haworth #floods #petition #PIB
Scottish Rewilding Alliance press release markavery.info/2025/10/29/p...
Large landowners may need to plan for wildlife gain under new law.
#scotland #rewilding #rewildingnation #land #reform #landreformbill
Large landowners may need to plan for wildlife gain under new law.
#scotland #rewilding #rewildingnation #land #reform #landreformbill
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Scottish Rewilding Alliance press release markavery.info/2025/10/29/p...
Large landowners may need to plan for wildlife gain under new law.
#scotland #rewilding #rewildingnation #land #reform #landreformbill
Large landowners may need to plan for wildlife gain under new law.
#scotland #rewilding #rewildingnation #land #reform #landreformbill
A blog musing on (and not on) Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/10/29/o...
"If there were a fan club for Walshaw Moor then I’d be a member, despite never having set foot on it."
#wuthering #hebden #haworth #peat #daftwindfarm #floods
#publicland #grouse
"If there were a fan club for Walshaw Moor then I’d be a member, despite never having set foot on it."
#wuthering #hebden #haworth #peat #daftwindfarm #floods
#publicland #grouse
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A blog musing on (and not on) Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/10/29/o...
"If there were a fan club for Walshaw Moor then I’d be a member, despite never having set foot on it."
#wuthering #hebden #haworth #peat #daftwindfarm #floods
#publicland #grouse
"If there were a fan club for Walshaw Moor then I’d be a member, despite never having set foot on it."
#wuthering #hebden #haworth #peat #daftwindfarm #floods
#publicland #grouse
Almost didn't bother but...
Another beautiful Merveille du Jour (I just love 'em), a Feathered Thorn (nfy) and Dusky-lemon Sallow (lifer).
The thrills of being a novice.
Another beautiful Merveille du Jour (I just love 'em), a Feathered Thorn (nfy) and Dusky-lemon Sallow (lifer).
The thrills of being a novice.
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Almost didn't bother but...
Another beautiful Merveille du Jour (I just love 'em), a Feathered Thorn (nfy) and Dusky-lemon Sallow (lifer).
The thrills of being a novice.
Another beautiful Merveille du Jour (I just love 'em), a Feathered Thorn (nfy) and Dusky-lemon Sallow (lifer).
The thrills of being a novice.
Another good moth night with two Merveilles du Jour, Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut and Dark Sword-grass.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Another good moth night with two Merveilles du Jour, Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut and Dark Sword-grass.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Two marvels today!
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Two marvels today!
I liked this tree, this week. I think it might be a Hornbeam. But I liked the amazing neatness of the leaves on the road too. The clock on Easton Maudit church, Northants, had stopped.
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I liked this tree, this week. I think it might be a Hornbeam. But I liked the amazing neatness of the leaves on the road too. The clock on Easton Maudit church, Northants, had stopped.
Sunday book review - Endemic by @bsbicountries.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
October 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Sunday book review - Endemic by @bsbicountries.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
Sunday book review - The Book of Bogs by Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Publisher: @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
Contributions from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @gregorynorminton.bsky.social
#bogs #peat #wuthering
Publisher: @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
Contributions from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @gregorynorminton.bsky.social
#bogs #peat #wuthering
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sunday book review - The Book of Bogs by Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Publisher: @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
Contributions from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @gregorynorminton.bsky.social
#bogs #peat #wuthering
Publisher: @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
Contributions from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @gregorynorminton.bsky.social
#bogs #peat #wuthering
The latest Nick MacKinnon guest blog on failures of competence in plans for massive windfarm on Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/10/15/g...
Scoping Report, rightly, gets rough ride from Planning Inspectorate.
Would you invest in this lack of competence?
Scoping Report, rightly, gets rough ride from Planning Inspectorate.
Would you invest in this lack of competence?
October 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The latest Nick MacKinnon guest blog on failures of competence in plans for massive windfarm on Walshaw Moor markavery.info/2025/10/15/g...
Scoping Report, rightly, gets rough ride from Planning Inspectorate.
Would you invest in this lack of competence?
Scoping Report, rightly, gets rough ride from Planning Inspectorate.
Would you invest in this lack of competence?
Have been away for a few days and have been enjoying the flood of Merveille du Jour images but (have to admit) the Fear of Missing Out was rising.
Two this morning - one in the moth trap, one on the sheet. They are marvellous ways to start the day. #northants #moths
Two this morning - one in the moth trap, one on the sheet. They are marvellous ways to start the day. #northants #moths
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Have been away for a few days and have been enjoying the flood of Merveille du Jour images but (have to admit) the Fear of Missing Out was rising.
Two this morning - one in the moth trap, one on the sheet. They are marvellous ways to start the day. #northants #moths
Two this morning - one in the moth trap, one on the sheet. They are marvellous ways to start the day. #northants #moths
Slightly disappointed that A Message from Martha wasn't similarly used - more and longer words!
A Message from Martha
Cover: Carry Akroyd
A Message from Martha
Cover: Carry Akroyd
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Slightly disappointed that A Message from Martha wasn't similarly used - more and longer words!
A Message from Martha
Cover: Carry Akroyd
A Message from Martha
Cover: Carry Akroyd
My Remarkable Birds (1st ed) was used to train AI. Anthropic has agreed to pay compensation to rights holders. I am part of a USA class action.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My Remarkable Birds (1st ed) was used to train AI. Anthropic has agreed to pay compensation to rights holders. I am part of a USA class action.
Check if you qualify too secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Remarkable Birds markavery.info/books/remark...
Cover: Audubon
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