Naturalist Mark Cocker marks his 1,000th Country Diary column for the Guardian
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Naturalist Mark Cocker marks his 1,000th Country Diary column for the Guardian

2 hours ago · Originally published 17 Oct 2026 8/10 Original headline: From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary
Mark Cocker has reached a milestone of 1,000 contributions to the Guardian's long-running Country Diary, a column he has written for 39 years. By documenting the shifting bird populations in his local Derbyshire patch, his work provides a long-term perspective on how the UK's natural landscape has changed since he began writing in 1987.
Source: The Guardian UK Derbyshire
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