What a rollicking good read! Cool Coul!
Mark Averyby Mark·11d ago
This is the type of thing that happens if I wake up ridiculously early – I’ve read the 164 pages, 593 paragraphs and four appendices of the Reporters’ report to Scottish Ministers which formed the...
News: Cool Coul News
Mark Averyby Mark·12d ago
One of Scotland’s most important places for nature saved from destruction Scottish Ministers have today announced that they will save the internationally important wildlife site at Coul Links from...
Banknote species
Mark Averyby Mark·13d ago
The Bank of England has announced the results of a public vote on which four animal species should feature on the back of future banknotes to replace long-dead ‘famous’ people.
Guest blog – Wakelyns needs your help! by David Wolfe
Mark Averyby Mark·13d ago
David Wolfe is a barrister who, with his brother, inherited a farm, a rather special farm called Wakelyns, that his parents, particularly his father who was an agricultural researcher, had set up...
Data centres from the general to the particular
Mark Averyby Mark·15d ago
There’s a lot of discussion about the need for, and the environmental impact of, data centres, often linked to AI if we are to profit from the benefits of new technology.
RSPB: Albatross deaths
Mark Averyby Mark·17d ago
New analysis estimates thousands of endangered albatrosses killed each year by Southern Hemisphere longline fisheries Over 30,000 seabirds are estimated to die annually in Southern Hemisphere...
This is evidence (1)
Mark Averyby Mark·21d ago
I’m thinking of how to respond to the Defra call for evidence on gamebird shooting (as readers of my monthly newsblast will know).
Watershed and catchments for the public good
Mark Averyby Mark·21d ago
I’ve promoted this petition in my newsletters, on social media and in my Birdwatch column as I think it is a clever move, a timely move and a well-managed campaign so I am delighted that Ash...
Sunday book review – Our Wild Pennines by John Birch
Mark Averyby Mark·23d ago
The author of this books lives in the north of England and is an ex-police officer and a gifted photographer. The photographs are superb and the production values of this book are very high.
Guest blog – Boft Hole of CEP (240 MW) by Nick MacKinnon
Mark Averyby Mark·26d ago
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights.
Sunday book review – Insects of Britain and Europe by Thomas C. John, Peter Mullen and Paul D. Brock
Mark Averyby Mark·4 Oct 2026
This book was published last week and I’ve been giving it a close look. It does what you’d expect from its title and cover – it’s a photographic identification guide to lots and lots of insects...
RSPB Medal goes to lead ammunition group
Mark Averyby Mark·3 Oct 2026
Group instrumental in establishing a phased ban on the sale and use of lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales is set to be honoured by the charity.
Where’s Kazakhstan?
Mark Averyby Mark·28 Sept 2026
This very rare bird (from Asia; rare in the UK) chose a quiet part of the Cotswolds to make a long stay and was thus available to view for over two months.
Guest blog – Wildlife Crime and the First Few Minutes by Paul Bateman
Mark Averyby Mark·28 Sept 2026
Paul Bateman is Founder and Principal Instructor of the Independent Wildlife Crime Investigators & Trainers Association.
Sunday book review – Peasants by Maryam Aslany
Mark Averyby Mark·27 Sept 2026
This is a very interesting book and although I wouldn’t say it will have changed my life it has given my thinking a shove in a different direction, and I thank the author for that.
Sunday book review – Doctors by Nature by Jaap de Roode
Mark Averyby Mark·27 Sept 2026
We’re pretty much accustomed to animals having evolved to lessen the chances that they might be eaten.
Guest Blog – How donations to World Land Trust can be multiplied four times by Andy Langley
Mark Averyby Mark·21 Sept 2026
Andy Langley is a World Land Trust (WLT) supporter who will be completing his annual sponsored birdwatch at the start of October to raise funds for WLT’s Autumn Appeal, which will launch with Big...
Sunday book review – The Secret Language of Birds by Colin Rees
Mark Averyby Mark·20 Sept 2026
This is an interesting and attractive book which does, though, have one significant snag. I know the author and have worked with him, and so it’s not surprising that I warmed to the book...
Book Spam – an example
Mark Averyby Mark·20 Sept 2026
I wrote a while ago about scams that I had received about promoting my books – click here. I’m still getting them – several a day.
Record year for Hen Harrier chicks at RSPB Geltsdale
Mark Averyby Mark·18 Sept 2026
- A record-breaking 13 Hen Harrier chicks fledge at RSPB Geltsdale in Cumbria - Conservation efforts help deliver best breeding season in over a century - Success offers hope for species’ recovery...
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