Mark Avery
@markavery.bsky.social
Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa
Pinned
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
Our future is wild - www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/appeal
Winter appeal 2025 - Our Future is Wild
For 10 days, until 28 November, every donation will be doubled when you donate to our appeal.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our future is wild - www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/appeal
Sunday book review: Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by @ecology-digest.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sunday book review: Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by @ecology-digest.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Ian - many thanks!
Nice shelves!
Nice shelves!
For a handful of nature writers, I want to read all that they write. The common traits? Knowledge, understanding, clarity of thought, and a knack for transferring it all to the page with humour and enthusiasm. Mark is one of them. And his co-author is very good too. @markavery.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ian - many thanks!
Nice shelves!
Nice shelves!
You can tell me what you think - the reader is the judge.
Yeah, look what's just landed, thanks @markavery.bsky.social If it's as good as the likes of your "Message from Martha" then the only down side is it'll not take me long to read🙂👍😉 Also like the excellent artwork by Ian Rees which breaks up the monthly entries👍
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
You can tell me what you think - the reader is the judge.
Looking forward to reading this. #naturewriting
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Looking forward to reading this. #naturewriting
Sunday book review: Conserving Nature in Greater Yellowstone by Robert Keiter.
Publisher: uchicagopress.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
#yellowstone #grizzly #wolf #fire #elk #grazing #ecosystemapproach
Publisher: uchicagopress.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
#yellowstone #grizzly #wolf #fire #elk #grazing #ecosystemapproach
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sunday book review: Conserving Nature in Greater Yellowstone by Robert Keiter.
Publisher: uchicagopress.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
#yellowstone #grizzly #wolf #fire #elk #grazing #ecosystemapproach
Publisher: uchicagopress.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
#yellowstone #grizzly #wolf #fire #elk #grazing #ecosystemapproach
Gary - thanks for this. Under new management now. A lot of Pheasants around, I noticed...
I remembered this from 1995 www.newscientist.com/article/mg14...
Royal fungus
THE Duke of Edinburgh has been warned that his decision to fell the 275-year-old oaks along Queen Anne's Drive in Windsor Great Park would destroy one of only four trees in Britain that harbours the r...
www.newscientist.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Gary - thanks for this. Under new management now. A lot of Pheasants around, I noticed...
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)
Am making daily visits to the Post Office to post books to people.
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 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Am making daily visits to the Post Office to post books to people.
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
Reposted by Mark Avery
Absolutely loved seeing these two 1st winter Caspian Gulls together tonight on the North. For all the cachinnans I've seen here over the last 30 years, I don't often see Caspo side-by-side, so this was a real Larid treat.
Love it!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
1/2
Love it!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
1/2
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Absolutely loved seeing these two 1st winter Caspian Gulls together tonight on the North. For all the cachinnans I've seen here over the last 30 years, I don't often see Caspo side-by-side, so this was a real Larid treat.
Love it!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
1/2
Love it!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
1/2
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A few more of the brilliant Cosmopterix pulchrimella that showed up at CMO HQ for the first time ever last night. Top drawer micro 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A few more of the brilliant Cosmopterix pulchrimella that showed up at CMO HQ for the first time ever last night. Top drawer micro 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
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Up here in Galloway, gathering them (before the hedge-strimmers get in!) is an annual activity. The gin is quietly stewing.
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Up here in Galloway, gathering them (before the hedge-strimmers get in!) is an annual activity. The gin is quietly stewing.
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Oh I do love a myth buster!
"Ultimately if we had a government that had any conviction or integrity whatsoever they would be facing down the water companies on this, rather than… pushing money towards private capital that should be our money, our assets, our wealth. It’s time to take it back."
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh I do love a myth buster!
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"This is not opposition to Conservative policy. This is enthusiastic continuation under a different logo. The political theatre of party conflict obscures a deeper continuity: both major parties are committed to what can only be called corporate capture of the state."
The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them.
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain’s Corporate Welfare Bonanza
Rachel Reeves’ budget rhetoric hides the biggest corporate giveaway in modern British history
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"This is not opposition to Conservative policy. This is enthusiastic continuation under a different logo. The political theatre of party conflict obscures a deeper continuity: both major parties are committed to what can only be called corporate capture of the state."
Reposted by Mark Avery
The deep deep shame of the opt out!
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests | Cop30 | The Guardian
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The deep deep shame of the opt out!
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BBC News - MSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish Parliament passes land reform bill
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BBC News - MSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Important #rewilding milestone. Officials have announced that a pack of wolves is under strict protection in the Pyrenees. The two adults and their three cubs, born this year, are being looked after by the Catalan government. It is 100 years since wolves disappeared. www.segre.com/ca/societat/...
Detectada la primera llopada a Catalunya en 100 anys, amb tres cadells
La Generalitat remarca que és un "fet històric" que arriba després de dècades de seguiment de l'espècie
www.segre.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Important #rewilding milestone. Officials have announced that a pack of wolves is under strict protection in the Pyrenees. The two adults and their three cubs, born this year, are being looked after by the Catalan government. It is 100 years since wolves disappeared. www.segre.com/ca/societat/...
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A bird perched on a rock for the #Birdoftheday ? Playing into my hands, allow me to introduce my little friend...
The biggest and best European Raptor. @alan678.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social 🪶
The biggest and best European Raptor. @alan678.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A bird perched on a rock for the #Birdoftheday ? Playing into my hands, allow me to introduce my little friend...
The biggest and best European Raptor. @alan678.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social 🪶
The biggest and best European Raptor. @alan678.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social 🪶
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...