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Mark Avery

Standing up for Nature

Tag: David tipling

Sunday book review – Penguins – close encounters by David Tipling

Mark January 11, 2015March 24, 2026 6 Comments

Did you like the John Lewis advert? That is what Christmas is all about after all – which retailer has the best advert to get you spending your money. Which of the world’s 17 species of penguin was it? I’ve never seen a penguin in the wild, only a few in zoos, but then very…

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Sunday Book Review – Birds and People by Mark Cocker (photographs David Tipling)

Mark August 4, 2013March 24, 2026 10 Comments

This book arrived on Thursday and I have to admit that I have not read all the 400,000+ words, but I don’t have to, to be able to tell you that this is a fantastic book. It is a book to dip into for knowledge and pleasure.  I have dipped into some of those places…

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