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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 1d

Was surprised to see I do

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly disappointed that A Message from Martha wasn't similarly used - more and longer words!

A Message from Martha

Cover: Carry Akroyd

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 2d

Chaotic, thoughtless, unsupportable government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 2d

Two pretty moths (Red-green Carpet, LHS and Barred Sallow, RHS) and a Mottled Rustic which, common tho it is, was nfg and a lifer.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 3d

Good list Andy!

Andy Langley @langers77.bsky.social · 4d

***See how donations to World Land Trust can be MULTIPLIED by 6️⃣!***

Yesterday I did an all day birdwatch to raise money for @worldlandtrust.org Autumn appeal, to save threatened forest in Colombia.

£5,000 🎯could become £30,000.

@markavery.bsky.social

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 3d

Very pleased to see Lone Wolf short-listed here. Deserves to win prizes.
My review markavery.info/2025/08/10/s...

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Pelagic @pelagic.bsky.social · 6d

New on the blog! We talked to Wilson Wall and David Morgan about Citizen Science in Biology 📖

Read the full interview ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/4pz3mncf

#citizenscience #biology #sciencehistory #fieldwork #survey #ecology #conservation

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rru.bsky.social @rru.bsky.social · 6d

This shelf looks a lot like my Bluesky feed from my nature/writing list.

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 7d

Spotted 🧐 in the wonderful Sam Read Bookseller in Grasmere on Sunday by a friend. Loving the company Land Beneath the Waves is keeping! 🥰

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 6d

ICYMI: Jason Burke, Helen Garner, Richard Holmes, Justin Marozzi, Adam Weymouth and Frances Wilson have been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 👇 #BookSky

'Eunuchs, pirates, horny wolves, terrorists': Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 shortlist revealed

ebx.sh

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Steve Nash @stevenash71.bsky.social · 6d

Another big increase in St Mellion last night, with 372 moths of 50 species noted. Best of the migrants were 7 Pearly Underwing, 2 White-speck, Delicate, l-album Wainscot & Scarce Bordered Straw. #teammoth

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 6d

On the same day the Conservatives blame net zero and renewables for high energy costs, a detailed new study explains how Spain's net zero and renewables have given it some of the lowest power prices in Europe. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

What can the UK learn from Spain breaking of the 'ruinous link' between gas and power prices?

Wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive gas and coal on Spain’s electricity prices by 75 per cent since 2019, new analysis finds

www.businessgreen.com

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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d

A respectable 61/14 last night - first moth to greet me was a Merveille du Jour and it was great to finally meet a Satellite and Carcina quercana, both absent from our old garden despite being quite common locally. Box fresh Sallow also a treat and two Black rustic #TeamMoth

Merv, Merveille du Jour - a beautiful green moth with black and white markings. North Herefordshire, SO24

Carcina quercana, a brown micro moth with long antennae and golden yellow edges to its wings
North Herefordshire, SO24

A lovely fresh Sallow. An autumnal yellow moth with brown markings on the wings. North Herefordshire, SO24

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 3d

More than breezy today

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 4d

‘A breezy day’
(From a pre-war Ladybird - circa 1935)
Artist: Rene Cloke

1930s style illustration of two children walking in Woodland. Their clothes are being tugged by the breeze and hats are blowing away.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4d

Bradford, 1978, photo by Don McCullin.

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Jan Crooker @artforver.bsky.social · 5d

Posting a bright and colorful painting a day. jancrooker.com

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 4d

🍄⭐ It's #UKFungus Day! ⭐ 🍄 Why not test your knowledge with our FUNgus Quiz ❓Take the challenge alone or share with friends at your next quiz night: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/afungusquiz

A night-time photo of the base of a wide tree trunk, with illuminated mushrooms on the ground around the trunk.

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 5d

From fungal leather to natural dyes, and maybe even self-repairing fabrics, fungi are shaping a new era of sustainable textiles. Fungi aren’t just fascinating—they could be the key to a circular, low-impact fashion industry! Read this blog for #UKFungusDay: ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiandfashion

Fungi and fashion | UK Fungus Day

Fungi offer inspiration for new materials, colours, and sustainable fabric opportunities that could transform what we wear.

ukfungusday.co.uk

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 19d

🍄🌱 Gardens can be fungal hotspots — if we let them! In this blog for #UKFungusDay, Jassy Drakulic @jassydrak.bsky.social at The RHS explores how garden practices can encourage (or suppress) fungi & why that matters for #SoilHealth & #Biodiversity. www.ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiingardens
#Gardening

A group of orange mushrooms growing in grass next to a dry-stone wall.

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 5d

A day off of my tour on #FungiFriday, so braved the torrential rain to visit Oakhill Nature Reserve in #Goole. Surprised to find so many lovely things! AM very happy for any corrections to my IDs in the ALT text. #fungi #nature #Yorkshire #mycology #mushroom

Clockwise from top left: yellow fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans) / witch’s hat waxcap (Hygrocybe conica) / collared earthstar (Geastrum michelianum) / Jew’s ear (Auricularia auricula-judae).

Clockwise from top left: pleated inkcap (Parasola pilicatis) / shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) / trooping crumble-cap (Coprinellus disseminatus) / mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus).

Clockwise from top left: blewit (Collybia nuda) / rosy bonnet (Mycena rosa) / yellow stainer (Agaricus xanthoderma) / shaggy parasol (Macrolepiota rachodes).

Clockwise from top left: humpack brittlegill (Russula caerulea) / sickener (Russula emetica) / stinking dapperling (Lepiota cristata) / possibly an aniseed funnel (Clitocybe odora), though I am far from sure.

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Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social · 7d

UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA

Parrot waxcap fungi. Image credit Ellyn Baker

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 6d

FREE online event: How to get involved in #Waxcap Watch🍄

Want to know more about grassland fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps?

Take our training & join thousands of volunteers doing Waxcap surveys!🙌

📅6 October
🕢7pm
📍Online

Book today👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk