Naturalist and multi-prize-winning author. 13 books incl One Midsummer's Day, Our Place, Birds & People and Crow Country Guardian country diarist since '87.
Joined December 2012
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Mark Cocker retweeted
Thursday at 7pm I’ll be chatting with @urbanbirder as part of his ‘In Conservation With…’ series. Previous guests include @Kate_Bradbury, @MarkCocker2, @CarolineLucas & @MargaretAtwood!
Details: jeffollerton.co.uk/2024/11/0…
#birds #wildlife #ecology #biodiversity @pelagicpublish
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Mark Cocker retweeted
27 Oct 2024
Wow!! Ring Ouzels on my late @WeBS_UK - alt 350m #YorkshireDales moor. They do breed right in this spot - but poss winter migrants rather home grown stayers? Ideas welcome. Some Fieldfares & Redwings to boot. @MarkCocker2 @nybirdnews @BradfordNature #BirdsOfTwitter #Birds
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
What will Wash #waders do if a barrage is built and the mud disappears?
Lessons from the Yellow Sea:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202… 🎂2⃣
Waders of the Wash:
wadertales.wordpress.com/201…
Article about barrage:
waderquest.net/wp-content/up…
#ornithology #shorebirds
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Mark Cocker retweeted
20 Oct 2024
One for @ruthdavis27 in tray? 🤔 @TonyJuniper @Natures_Voice @BeccyRSPB @RSPBTitchwell @MarkCocker2 @acorncarver
15 Oct 2024
What will Wash #waders do if a barrage is built and the mud disappears?
Lessons from the Yellow Sea:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202… 🎂2⃣
Waders of the Wash:
wadertales.wordpress.com/201…
Article about barrage:
waderquest.net/wp-content/up…
#ornithology #shorebirds
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Mark Cocker retweeted
19 Oct 2024
"Mors tua, vita mea."
An amazing picture from the Val Tramontina (Pordenone) by Renato Fadi of a (male) Horn-nosed Viper (Vipera ammodytes) immortalised in the act of swallowing a Robin. Should keep him going for the winter! Via FB.
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19 Oct 2024
RT @gill__lewis: Having a break from here for a bit. It’s been hard seeing disturbance of nesting seabirds & seals, now knowing that an adv…
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19 Oct 2024
What a great night it was at the Fisher Theatre in Bungay last night. I'm now heading east to Lowestoft and the East Point Pavilon with my SHOCK OF THE OLD show tonight. Come along to my seaside special!
eastpointpavilion.com/events…
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18 Oct 2024
Last night was a hunter's moon but can you name the silhouettes here?
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Mark Cocker retweeted
14 Oct 2024
NEW PROJECT: Volunteers needed to monitor raptors in Wales 🦅
Press release & details about how to get involved 👇
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
From Louis Armstrong to Louis VI
A Tune into Nature Music Prize Playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/3j…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
'It was mayhem. It was magic. It was beyond words, beyond price, in fact, beyond any kind of human measure, except to say that it makes all our lives richer merely to know that it is there. Now.' Thrilling writing by @MarkCocker2 on a wonder-full spectacle.
15 Oct 2024
the explosive beauty when 14 tonnes of waders take to the air. My diary on one of the greatest spectacles in all English nature. theguardian.com/environment/…
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15 Oct 2024
To think that we could even consider jeopardising one of the last great displays of natural abundance in England for trade benefits to Lincolnshire and Norfolk beggars belief.
15 Oct 2024
Lovely, lyrical writing, Mark.
#RSPBSnettisham is an absolute gem.
The Wash does not need a barrage:
waderquest.net/wp-content/up…
So many #waders from so many countries depend on the wonderful mud, as discussed here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/201…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Lovely, lyrical writing, Mark.
#RSPBSnettisham is an absolute gem.
The Wash does not need a barrage:
waderquest.net/wp-content/up…
So many #waders from so many countries depend on the wonderful mud, as discussed here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/201…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Breath taking 🤩
15 Oct 2024
the explosive beauty when 14 tonnes of waders take to the air. My diary on one of the greatest spectacles in all English nature. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
15 Oct 2024
129 hen harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors.
Utterly shameful policy from @NaturalEngland @DefraGovUK
This is on your watch now, @MaryCreagh_ @SteveReedMP How many more?
New blog:
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
14 Oct 2024
Groundhog day ad infinitum.
So, @DefraNature @NaturalEngland we have known what the problem is for decades - so what are you doing to make managers & employers on sporting estates criminally responsible for this endless carnage? (PS the answer is not brood management)
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Mark Cocker retweeted
13 Oct 2024
Love nature? Love music?
The Tune into Nature Music Prize is back!
Check out the new website, judges and prizes.
Tune in and celebrate nature.
tuneintonaturemusicprize.inf…
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the explosive beauty when 14 tonnes of waders take to the air. My diary on one of the greatest spectacles in all English nature. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Mark Cocker retweeted
4 Oct 2024
Hello @NatResWales
I have asked by email exactly what you mean by “to ensure disturbance [of nesting seabirds]is kept at an acceptable level” and you have declined to answer. It’s important because the future biodiversity of Ceibwr Bay pivots on these statements. @huw4ogmore
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Mark Cocker retweeted
4 Oct 2024
So, @PembsCoast @NatResWales approve of some unspecified level of reckless & intentional disturbance at an SSSI / SAC
@CadwCeibwr despite evidence of disturbance, low breeding success and predation at vacated nest sites.
No wonder Wales wildlife is in such a dire state.
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