Mark Avery
@markavery.bsky.social
Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa
Results of BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social New Year Plant Hunt markavery.info/2026/01/13/b...
Some flowering later, some flowering earlier - climate change squeezing winter out of the calendar.
#botany #climate #weather #plants #BSBI
Some flowering later, some flowering earlier - climate change squeezing winter out of the calendar.
#botany #climate #weather #plants #BSBI
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Results of BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social New Year Plant Hunt markavery.info/2026/01/13/b...
Some flowering later, some flowering earlier - climate change squeezing winter out of the calendar.
#botany #climate #weather #plants #BSBI
Some flowering later, some flowering earlier - climate change squeezing winter out of the calendar.
#botany #climate #weather #plants #BSBI
Government remains off track says OEP www.theoep.org.uk/report/progr...
RSPB reaction markavery.info/2026/01/13/r...
Government failure with no sign that this government cares...
RSPB reaction markavery.info/2026/01/13/r...
Government failure with no sign that this government cares...
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Government remains off track says OEP www.theoep.org.uk/report/progr...
RSPB reaction markavery.info/2026/01/13/r...
Government failure with no sign that this government cares...
RSPB reaction markavery.info/2026/01/13/r...
Government failure with no sign that this government cares...
Guest blog - Ban Bio-beads by @chriscorrigan3.bsky.social of @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Blog markavery.info/2026/01/06/g...
#sussex #bio-beads #southernwater #hastings #rye #dollimore
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @strandliners.bsky.social
Blog markavery.info/2026/01/06/g...
#sussex #bio-beads #southernwater #hastings #rye #dollimore
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @strandliners.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I've been taking down Christmas cards from around the house and have done a wildlife survey of them markavery.info/2026/01/05/t...
January 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I've been taking down Christmas cards from around the house and have done a wildlife survey of them markavery.info/2026/01/05/t...
Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
Guest blog #51 by Nick MacKinnon on bonkers plans for windfarm on Walshaw moor. markavery.info/2026/01/02/g...
This figure is very striking, I feel.
This figure is very striking, I feel.
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Guest blog #51 by Nick MacKinnon on bonkers plans for windfarm on Walshaw moor. markavery.info/2026/01/02/g...
This figure is very striking, I feel.
This figure is very striking, I feel.
Guest blog by Nick Brown - Blackcaps and Mistletoe. markavery.info/2026/01/02/g...
January 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Guest blog by Nick Brown - Blackcaps and Mistletoe. markavery.info/2026/01/02/g...
Christmas cards arriving - fewer each year as traditionalists decline in numbers.
Quite a lot of birds - do you get them too?
Will do a 12th Night review of wildlife (sensu lato) species. Camels count! Would love to see yours too.
Predict Robin victory.
#wildlifeonChristmascards
Quite a lot of birds - do you get them too?
Will do a 12th Night review of wildlife (sensu lato) species. Camels count! Would love to see yours too.
Predict Robin victory.
#wildlifeonChristmascards
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Christmas cards arriving - fewer each year as traditionalists decline in numbers.
Quite a lot of birds - do you get them too?
Will do a 12th Night review of wildlife (sensu lato) species. Camels count! Would love to see yours too.
Predict Robin victory.
#wildlifeonChristmascards
Quite a lot of birds - do you get them too?
Will do a 12th Night review of wildlife (sensu lato) species. Camels count! Would love to see yours too.
Predict Robin victory.
#wildlifeonChristmascards
Did you hear the Flow Country mentioned on Mastermind on Monday as a World Heritage site?
Here's a book that addresses that too, available from www.lulu.com/shop/colin-r...
Here's a book that addresses that too, available from www.lulu.com/shop/colin-r...
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Did you hear the Flow Country mentioned on Mastermind on Monday as a World Heritage site?
Here's a book that addresses that too, available from www.lulu.com/shop/colin-r...
Here's a book that addresses that too, available from www.lulu.com/shop/colin-r...
Glad to see this study of lead levels in children.
More info here markavery.info/2025/12/11/6...
Wonder what the blood lead levels in gamekeepers' kids are like?
More info here markavery.info/2025/12/11/6...
Wonder what the blood lead levels in gamekeepers' kids are like?
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Glad to see this study of lead levels in children.
More info here markavery.info/2025/12/11/6...
Wonder what the blood lead levels in gamekeepers' kids are like?
More info here markavery.info/2025/12/11/6...
Wonder what the blood lead levels in gamekeepers' kids are like?
50th guest blog dismembering the case for a giant windfarm between #Haworth and #Hebden Bridge.
Latest: markavery.info/2025/12/10/g...
The series: markavery.info/blog/archive...
#peat #plath #bronte #wuthering #floods #turbines #climate
Wonderful Nick Mackinnon & friends return in new year.
Latest: markavery.info/2025/12/10/g...
The series: markavery.info/blog/archive...
#peat #plath #bronte #wuthering #floods #turbines #climate
Wonderful Nick Mackinnon & friends return in new year.
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
50th guest blog dismembering the case for a giant windfarm between #Haworth and #Hebden Bridge.
Latest: markavery.info/2025/12/10/g...
The series: markavery.info/blog/archive...
#peat #plath #bronte #wuthering #floods #turbines #climate
Wonderful Nick Mackinnon & friends return in new year.
Latest: markavery.info/2025/12/10/g...
The series: markavery.info/blog/archive...
#peat #plath #bronte #wuthering #floods #turbines #climate
Wonderful Nick Mackinnon & friends return in new year.
Blowy mild night in Northants and a Light Brown Apple, an appropriate December moth and, more of a surprise, this Silver Y to enjoy this morning. #TeamMoth
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Blowy mild night in Northants and a Light Brown Apple, an appropriate December moth and, more of a surprise, this Silver Y to enjoy this morning. #TeamMoth
My last review before I reveal my blog's Book of 2025 (at noon). And it's a cracker!
Book: Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
"A wonderful book"
#naturewriting
Book: Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
"A wonderful book"
#naturewriting
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
My last review before I reveal my blog's Book of 2025 (at noon). And it's a cracker!
Book: Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
"A wonderful book"
#naturewriting
Book: Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
"A wonderful book"
#naturewriting
My penultimate review before I reveal my blog's Book of 2025 at noon.
Sunday book review: Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @eandtbooks.bsky.social
"Very enjoyable & recommended to those interested in both people & wildlife"
#naturewriting
Sunday book review: Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @eandtbooks.bsky.social
"Very enjoyable & recommended to those interested in both people & wildlife"
#naturewriting
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My penultimate review before I reveal my blog's Book of 2025 at noon.
Sunday book review: Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @eandtbooks.bsky.social
"Very enjoyable & recommended to those interested in both people & wildlife"
#naturewriting
Sunday book review: Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/30/s...
Publisher: @eandtbooks.bsky.social
"Very enjoyable & recommended to those interested in both people & wildlife"
#naturewriting
A poll of readers of my monthly newsletter (464 responses) shows that 44% of them say they voted #Labour in 2024 but only 7% would vote that way in a general election tomorrow.
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A poll of readers of my monthly newsletter (464 responses) shows that 44% of them say they voted #Labour in 2024 but only 7% would vote that way in a general election tomorrow.
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
Nish Kumar supports rewilding.
"The future I want to see is one where the incredible diversity of nature replaces polluted waters and silent landscapes."
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/r...
#rewilding @rewildingbritain.org.uk
📷Matt Stronge
"The future I want to see is one where the incredible diversity of nature replaces polluted waters and silent landscapes."
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/r...
#rewilding @rewildingbritain.org.uk
📷Matt Stronge
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Nish Kumar supports rewilding.
"The future I want to see is one where the incredible diversity of nature replaces polluted waters and silent landscapes."
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/r...
#rewilding @rewildingbritain.org.uk
📷Matt Stronge
"The future I want to see is one where the incredible diversity of nature replaces polluted waters and silent landscapes."
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/r...
#rewilding @rewildingbritain.org.uk
📷Matt Stronge
Guest blog: Nick MacKinnon continues to demolish the case, already in tatters, for huge Walshaw Moor windfarm.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/g...
Who knows, but I'd be shocked if it got 👍👍
Part of me wants a parallel universe where we see what wd've happened without this strong local campaign.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/g...
Who knows, but I'd be shocked if it got 👍👍
Part of me wants a parallel universe where we see what wd've happened without this strong local campaign.
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Guest blog: Nick MacKinnon continues to demolish the case, already in tatters, for huge Walshaw Moor windfarm.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/g...
Who knows, but I'd be shocked if it got 👍👍
Part of me wants a parallel universe where we see what wd've happened without this strong local campaign.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/28/g...
Who knows, but I'd be shocked if it got 👍👍
Part of me wants a parallel universe where we see what wd've happened without this strong local campaign.
A couple of December moths in (actually, outside) the moth trap this morning.
They are quite cute.
They are quite cute.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A couple of December moths in (actually, outside) the moth trap this morning.
They are quite cute.
They are quite cute.
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
Third category: sharing plants with others
Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia), Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden
Third category: sharing plants with others
Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia), Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
Third category: sharing plants with others
Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia), Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden
Third category: sharing plants with others
Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia), Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
Second category: finding plants in wild places.
Into the depths – Aquatic plants at Loch Ullachie, Aberdeenshire by Ian Francis
Second category: finding plants in wild places.
Into the depths – Aquatic plants at Loch Ullachie, Aberdeenshire by Ian Francis
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
Second category: finding plants in wild places.
Into the depths – Aquatic plants at Loch Ullachie, Aberdeenshire by Ian Francis
Second category: finding plants in wild places.
Into the depths – Aquatic plants at Loch Ullachie, Aberdeenshire by Ian Francis
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
First category: Up close with diagnostic features.
Grass-of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), Birnie, Morayshire, by Catriona Matheson
First category: Up close with diagnostic features.
Grass-of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), Birnie, Morayshire, by Catriona Matheson
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social announces winning photographs markavery.info/2025/11/27/w...
First category: Up close with diagnostic features.
Grass-of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), Birnie, Morayshire, by Catriona Matheson
First category: Up close with diagnostic features.
Grass-of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), Birnie, Morayshire, by Catriona Matheson
Peat with a dram on The Oa of Islay markavery.info/2025/11/22/r...
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Peat with a dram on The Oa of Islay markavery.info/2025/11/22/r...
Skylark Lane and Swift Avenue markavery.info/2025/11/22/r...
RSPB finds bird populations falling while roads named after those birds are rising. Hmm - is that progress?
📷Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)
RSPB finds bird populations falling while roads named after those birds are rising. Hmm - is that progress?
📷Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Skylark Lane and Swift Avenue markavery.info/2025/11/22/r...
RSPB finds bird populations falling while roads named after those birds are rising. Hmm - is that progress?
📷Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)
RSPB finds bird populations falling while roads named after those birds are rising. Hmm - is that progress?
📷Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)