Mark Avery

That appears to be almost everywhere that isn’t up a hill! More or less all arable areas? Or have I misunderstood???

Week in wildlife: a watchful egret, a sun-seeking swan and a procession of caterpillars This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Could be better - too many captive animals (it’s not week in captive wild animals) and a lot of vague identifications of the actual species. How wild are those ‘wild horses’? If your sport, art or cookery coverage were of this standard you’d be embarrassed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thoren family farmers in Illinois receive state Leopold Conservation Award for sustainable farming.

More: markavery.info/2026/03/06/g...

I thought this was an interesting example from USA (and the link to Aldo Leopold got my attention).

#farming #USA #sustainability #soil #water #wildlife

11 moths of 7 species, with Satellite and Twin-spotted Quaker lifers (I’m a novice) but you can see how Oak Beauty got its name from this one. #moths #vc32 #northants

I did stay awake & it was a better programme than most - not shouty. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social got 3 sustained rounds of applause - Kettering’s pretty green (& Green).
I haven’t seen George for years, but he is often very impressive (not always, but often). I’d like to be more Monbiot.

Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity The court of justice said Portugal had committed serious infringements of EU environmental law

The Office for Environmental Protection is not an adequate substitute for this approach, is it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Did your parents tell you that…? 😉

I saw my first Brimstones, Peacocks and Honey Bees last week and now I can add another sign of spring - the first ice-cream van jingle (Match of the Day tune) in our street.

Question Time is sometimes pretty good but often horrendous, and I’m normally in bed at that time. But I see it’s from nearby Kettering and, more importantly, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is on the panel. May give it a try tonight.

Useful thoughts. Many thanks

Ta. Very helpful.

Many thanks. Appreciated

Ta. Much appreciated.

Ta. All comments much appreciated.

Ta!

Yep, same on my iPhone. Ta!

Words?

Glass half full tale.

I gave a talk last night in an in-county pub. Nice crowd.

Just before I arrived I was potholed and nearside front tyre wrecked. £75 taxi home (45mins) and the bill for repair to come.

But the group were fun and it meant I could have 2 pints as I wasn’t driving home. Cheers!

I’ve been fiddling with my website HOME page. Might fiddle some more. Any thoughts on this markavery.info ?

Doesn’t look great on my phone - how about yours? But I’m more interested in whether the words are helpful to visitors.

Any comments gratefully received.

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain

Or, to put it another way, wars are a bad thing and affect lots of industries. We’ll have to see how it goes.
UK farming very reliant on high inputs - many would say too reliant and too high inputs. Check a waterway near you to see where some end up. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Contentious (to the point of being hopeless IMHO) proposal for Calderdale Energy 'Park' gets pushbacks from @calderdale.bsky.social on detail, timing & consultation period markavery.info/2026/03/04/c...

Planning Authority doing its job.👍

#turbines #walshaw #peat #floods #climate

Oops! This link would help too! markavery.info/2026/03/04/b...

Marsh Clubmoss rediscovered in Dunbartonshire by @bsbiscotland.bsky.social of @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Trump is right that Starmer is no Churchill but then is he claiming to be Woodrow Wilson, FDR or Harry S. Truman?

And Trump’s jibe makes Starmer look like he is an independent character - no harm domestically.

There is something going on with Blackbirds in southeast England, as those at Saturday's @btobirds.bsky.social conference heard markavery.info/2026/03/01/b...

See also www.bto.org/get-involved...

#usutu #virus #blackbirds

‘Huge moment': Northern California's first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree The likely discovery of a condor egg on California's north coast gives new hope for the recovery of the endangered bird.

Good news: Condors almost certainly incubating egg in northern California www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Here was one of my Condor moments, in Arizona 9 and 10 June 2011 markavery.info/blog/archive...

There's a Blackbird singing outside, now at 6am. Nice.

Stopped clocks are right twice a day! But I was pleased!

Many thanks!

NatureSpot www.naturespot.org is a site I always check - thank you again.

I sometimes wish I lived over the border in Leics (but only sometimes).😊

First Obsidentify to get me started, then a look at images online, then a closer look with a hand lens. It's the size, the stripiness, the time of year and guesswork. That's why I'd value a more expert opinion than my non-expert opinion.

Office for Environmental Protection & RSPB on one side - Defra on the other. Who do you trust in a disagreement about wildlife protection? markavery.info/2026/03/03/r...

Rachel Reeves briefly channeled Hannah the Plumber in Spring Statement but what wd Greens do if they had power? We don't know.