Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 11hWhat does Natural England think of the daft, damaging development plan for wind turbines all over a protected landscape? They have thought about it a lot but can’t find much to like in it markavery.info/2026/10/08/g... 4 subversives & a wire-haired dachshund 📷 Lorne Campbell/Telegraph 041
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Giant (for an aphid) Willow Aphid. Quite a fun find (not in my garden). 161
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sunday book review: Insects of Britain & Europe: a field guide by Thomas C. John, Peter Mullen and Paul D. Brock Publisher: @princetonupress.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/10/04/s... "a great resource" @royentsoc.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social 0112
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026NEWS: RSPB Medal celebrates success of campaign to ban lead ammunition markavery.info/2026/10/03/r... 0213
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Plumed Fan-foot earlier this week in our Raunds garden VC32. 0180
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Filbert Cobb (not his real name) RIP. I never met Filbert Cobb although he was a regular commenter on my blog and wrote four wonderful guest blogs. Today he is being laid to rest. See markavery.info/2026/10/02/f... 📷 Hazel nuts/Cobs/Filberts Wolfgang Vreder/Unsplash 1203
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Where's Kazakhstan? The tale of a rare bird, donations from delighted twitchers and where the money went markavery.info/2026/09/28/w... @birdguides.bsky.social #cotswolds #shrike #twitch 📷 Dave Collins/BirdGuides 53114
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Guest blog by Paul Bateman - Wildlife Crime and the First Few Minutes markavery.info/2026/09/28/g... @wildjustice.bsky.social @wildlifeblog.bsky.social @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social 088
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Crisis? What crisis? My local authority rescinds the climate emergency declaration it made five years ago markavery.info/2026/09/28/c... Do they think things have got so much better...? 📷 Sara Ward/NN Journal 1112
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sunday book review: Doctors by Nature by @jaapderoode.bsky.social Publisher: @princetonupress.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/09/27/s... 'a fascinating tale' @england.nhs.uk @lshtm.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social 0112
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sunday book review: Peasants by Maryam Aslany Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/09/27/s... 'a mind-expanding read - thoroughly recommended' @labouruk.bsky.social @nfudc.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social 072
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Scarce Silver-lines was a lifer for me and is such a classy moth. VC32, Raunds, Northants. 2411
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Tried some wine-roping this week; mixture of booze and sugary things attract some moths which don’t go to light traps. No luck this time but Old Lady is the species I sometimes get. 2130
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mot a moth, but Bombardier Beetle near moth trap this morning. Quite a good record for VC32. 2232
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nice variety of moths; Rusty Dot, Barred Sallow, Gold Triangle and Brindled Green. VC32, Raunds, Northants. 090
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good to see Barry Gardiner MP wearing his Yellowhammer pin badge as Westminster species champion on today’s #BBC #politicslive 1191
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026An account of a book scam markavery.info/2026/09/20/b... #naturewriting #books #authors 3187
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sunday book review: The Secret Language of Birds by Colin Rees. Review: markavery.info/2026/09/20/s... Publisher: @thamesandhudson.bsky.social An interesting read with gorgeous artwork but an awkward font. 064
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 18/09/202613 Hen Harrier chicks fledged at Geltsdale RSPB nature reserve - excellent news. More details markavery.info/2026/09/18/r... 1486
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Four moths from yesterday's catch (Dark Sword-grass, Lunar Underwing, Orange Swift and Barred Sallow) which mean that it's autumn just as much as the Robin singing from the bushes and Blackbirds 'clacking' away before roosting. 0212
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sunday book review: Prelude to Murder by Alan Stewart & Lyndsey Hamilton. Publisher: Thirsty Books. Review: bit.ly/4cDxsrs 'Gripping account of #murder by an ex-gamekeeper & the bullying & #wildlife deaths that presaged it. This will be one of my books of 2026.' 0126
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is promising but by no means a certainty markavery.info/2026/09/11/i... #iceland #whaling 0254
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nick Mackinnon analyses the really sloppy proposal for shrinking but massive windfarm on deep peat markavery.info/2026/09/10/g... This level of analysis takes ages, dedication and brains. I am so impressed. 051
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Two Clancy’s Rustics and a (lifer) Vestal this morning. VC32 Northants. 190
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Public back nature restoration as a means to protect us from extreme weather (climate change) markavery.info/2026/09/10/r... @rewildingbritain.org.uk 0345
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026RSPB extends Lower Lough Erne nature reserve markavery.info/2026/09/10/r... 081
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I had to change a plug the other day - I enjoyed it. That’s the first time I’ve changed a plug for years and years. 160
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Guest blog - What all Wise Men and Women Know by Ric Edelman markavery.info/2026/08/23/g... #suffolk #iran #png #desert #rainforest #cheetah #naturewriting @greenlighttrust.bsky.social 011
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One man and his dog still well ahead on points in contest with multimillion££ windfarm proposal. Nick Mackinnon has this alleged plan on the ropes markavery.info/2026/08/20/g... and the opposing corner must be reaching for the towel. #walshawmoor #haworth #hebden #climate #peat #slide 0184
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A minute before the total eclipse a week ago in northern Spain and it's slightly gloomy but then the skies darkened for 90+ seconds. Very impressive. If I were a medieval peasant I'd wonder what was happening. Even vaguely understanding what's happening didn't remove the awe of the experience. 0192
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our colander is back in the UK and is telling its mates about the total eclipse it saw a week ago in northern Spain. 2231
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Spotted this interesting bug in our cabin, yesterday, on the Pont Aven as we reached Plymouth returning from Santander, Spain. It's a Planuncus tingitanus or Variable Cockroach - a good record for the UK! Maybe we brought it with us on clothing/baggage. #brittanyferries 071
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We have a minor flying ant thing happening. I noticed the Black-headed Gulls obviously hawking before I noticed the ants! 0171
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Farming always plays the victim Guardian article www.theguardian.com/environment/... My take on it markavery.info/2026/08/05/f... #drought #food #wheat #land 4264
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A productive night Mon/Tues for moths: Gypsy, Scythris limbella and Cydia amplana all lifers. C. amplana probably 7th record for VC32 (although three weeks ago it would have been 4th!). #teammoth 1241
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm sad at the passing of Rod Liddle. Guardian obit www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a... My blog markavery.info/2026/08/05/r... @newstatesman1913.bsky.social @thespectator1828.bsky.social 430
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The 4th of five episodes of the evolution of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and his T-shirt markavery.info/2026/08/05/6... 020
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026from Sharrock Atlas 1976. That colony lasted for over 50 years then... 020
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sunday book review: Drifting North by @dominicmhinde.bsky.social Publisher: @manchesterup.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/08/02/s... 'A very good read' #carbon #climate #renewables #coal #Uist #Shetland #Orkney #Lanark @wainwrightprize.bsky.social 2186
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sunday book review: Bitter Honey by @jenniedurant.bsky.social Publisher: @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/08/02/s... 'It's a cracker!' Bee hives are driven thousands of miles across USA to provide pollination services. Not all plain sailing. 075
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Scotland’s rarest mountain woodlands get £108k grant markavery.info/2026/07/31/s... #rewilding #nevis #corrour #glencoe @n-t-s.bsky.social @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social @treesforlife.bsky.social 📷 @scotlandtbp.bsky.social 03710
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Obs gave me several low-certainty options but none was even faintly believable. This Eratophyes wd've been nice. This Wikipedia image is created by user ruut aussems at Waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. This image is uploaded as image number 6529033 at Waarneming.nl 010
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Fellow moth-ers - have you ever done this? I spent nearly 40mins this morning trying to identify this well-marked, tiny but beautiful, and sadly dead, moth. Until I turned it over and found it was a piece of wood. 🤣 #teammoth 91146
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 30/07/2026No-fly zone over part of @rspbminsmere.bsky.social markavery.info/2026/07/30/n... 0105