Mark Cocker
Finding Wonder in the Living World
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UNOFFICIAL BOOKCLUB NO 8
Gerry Maguire Thompson Rewilding an Urban Garden: An Illustrated Diary of Nature’s Year, Wild Books, £9.99. A link to Gerry and Marina’s website is here So often we hear about the crisis of climate change and the sixth extinction and feel not only overwhelmed… Continue Reading “UNOFFICIAL BOOKCLUB NO 8”
Unofficial Bookclub No 7
Bees of the World: A Guide to Every Family, Laurence Packer, Princeton University Press, 240pp, £25. Bees of the World is a beautiful, fascinating and truly welcome book, partly because it so graphically dispels a myth promoted in some greenwash media. You will have… Continue Reading “Unofficial Bookclub No 7”
Unofficial Book Club no 6
The Peregrine Falcon by Richard Sale and Steve Watson, Snowfinch Publishing, 528 pages. I have finally laid hands on The Peregrine Falcon by Richard Sale and Steve Watson, 2022. It’s available at £49.99 from Raptor Aid. For once the book is part of a… Continue Reading “Unofficial Book Club no 6”
The Unofficial Book Club no 5
Trees, Peter A Thomas, New Naturalist 145, HarperCollins, 505 pp, £65 hbk I’m ashamed it’s taken so long to review this fabulous title by Peter Thomas. My excuse was that I have a small library of books on trees. I’ve even reviewed a modest… Continue Reading “The Unofficial Book Club no 5”
Spurn Revisited
This month I began a exciting old-new adventure, when I was asked to be the official Patron at Spurn Bird Observatory. It is a place that looms large in my whole development as a naturalist. Strange to relate, but Spurn returned to me this… Continue Reading “Spurn Revisited”
Danes Moss
A Letter to Cllr Sam Corcoran Dear Sam Corcoran I write to you about your support for a proposed 950-house development on the Danes Moss raised mire that interpenetrates Macclesfield town. Everyone says you are a conscientious, listening councillor, well respected and devoted to… Continue Reading “Danes Moss”
Zagori through 360 Degrees
Monday 16-23 May 2022 STOP PRESS This tour has two last-minute places. Please email me here or go straight to booking here. Zagori is a distinct area of the northern Pindos mountains in Greece close to the western city of Ioannina, the regional capital.… Continue Reading “Zagori through 360 Degrees”
The Unofficial Bookclub no 4
Accidental Flowers by Lily Peters, Arachne Press, £9.99 and Words from the Brink, editor Cherry Potts, Arachne Press, £9.99. This intermittent series of blog posts is intended to profile new but sometimes lesser-known works on environmental themes. Arachne Press is definitely a micro-publisher whose… Continue Reading “The Unofficial Bookclub no 4”
Derbyshire Break 1
with Mark Cocker Mon 25 April – Thurs 28 April 2022 A four-day all-inclusive break to experience the hills and dales of north Derbyshire with multi-award-winning naturalist and author in his home patch. This tour is now full but we will run other breaks soon.… Continue Reading “Derbyshire Break 1”
Derbyshire Break 2
with Mark Cocker Mon 4 July – Thurs 7 July 2022 A four-day all-inclusive summer break to experience the hills and dales of north Derbyshire with multi-award-winning naturalist and author in his home patch. If you would like to go straight to the booking… Continue Reading “Derbyshire Break 2”
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