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Nature Tripping

Jo Kennedy and Cathy Shaw

Jo and Cathy go out to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of nature at various locations around the British Isles. Join them as they chat about the wildlife around them and listen in to their surroundings.

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Nature Tripping Episode 10 - Learning Birdsong in the...

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2020/06/11

In this episode we take the opportunity to meet the warblers, millions of whom travel thousands of miles every year, returning to the UK to breed, and sing - possibly in a tree near you! We then reveal the often overlooked acoustic charm of the long tailed tit. [Timings: Willow Warbler @ 2mins 19secs; Blackcap @ 13mins 45secs; Long tailed Tit @ 25mins 03secs]

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Episode 9 - Spring in the South Pennines

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2020/05/15

As lockdown continues Cathy and Jo go out to explore their immediate locality: a post-industrial valley cut deep into the South Pennine hills. They survey the landscape from the moor tops, with the skylarks high above them, then journey down to a small wooded valley to investigate what’s living in the stream. The episode wraps up with a visit to an area of nearby upland fenced off some 20 or 30 years ago for tree planting, and a chat about the positive impacts of this small ‘rewilded’ patch of the

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Episode 8 - April Dawn Chorus, Northern England

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2020/04/21

This episode is a long field recording of a dawn chorus made at the beginning of April, and accompanies our podcasts on learning birdsong in the coronavirus lockdown. We provide a short spoken introduction, but then just leave the birds to it.

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Episode 7 - Learning Birdsong in the Coronavirus...

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2020/04/14

Coronavirus lockdown continues, but song thrushes and blackbirds are singing away in parks and gardens. Join Cathy and Jo in this episode to listen to and learn about their distinctive songs. Meanwhile the first summer visitors are back (chiff chaff), and chatty goldfinches seem to be everywhere. (Song Thrush @ 1min 55secs; Blackbird @ 8 min 35 secs; Chiff Chaff @ 18mins 0 secs; Goldfinch @ 26mins 26secs)

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Episode 6 - Learning Birdsong in the Coronavirus...

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2020/03/31

Cathy and Jo can't go nature tripping, so instead they're listening to birdsong on their doorstep, and sharing some tips on how to identify song from three of the nations's commonest species. (Robin @ 8min 15secs; Wren @ 15mins 0secs; Chaffinch @ 25mins 58 secs).

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Episode 5 - A Hebridean Beach in Winter

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2020/03/23

Storm Ciara has not long passed. Cathy and Jo are on a Hebridean Island and take a trip to the beach to experience wind, waves, stacks of seaweed and an encounter with the local seals.

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Episode 4 - Big Garden Birdwatch

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2020/02/26

It’s the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch weekend. Jo and Cathy stock up the bird feeders and settle in to observe what’s going on outside the back door. With small microphones attached to the garden tree, close-up sounds of birds pecking for food, beating their wings and squabbling with each other are revealed. The podcast ends with an extended recording of activity at the bird feeders.

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Episode 3 - Winter Dawn Chorus

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2020/01/10

As day is breaking Cathy and Jo visit the local allotments to listen to the winter dawn chorus and chat about identifying bird species by their song. After singing alone in the darkness, robins are joined by wrens, blackbirds and tits, as well as some less familiar British species, proving that although it's cold and dark, winter can be a fruitful time to listen out for birds.

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Episode 2 - Caerlaverock

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2019/12/12

It's a windy weekend in December and Cathy and Jo are at Caerlaverock on the Solway Firth. They listen to the wild ducks, geese and swans over-wintering in the vast merse (salt marshes) for which this area is famous. It proves to be one of the nosiest wildlife experiences to be heard in the British Isles during winter. The podcast includes (at the end) a long recording of the busy wetland soundscape at dawn, featuring wigeon, whooper swans and even some curlew.

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Episode 1 - Morecambe Bay

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2019/11/21

Cathy and Jo take a field trip to Morecambe Bay - a popular winter feeding ground for many wading birds and ducks. Join them as the tide rushes in for a discussion about this vast estuarine habitat and its different bird species, their feeding behaviours, and migratory patterns. Time is also spent discussing the plight of the curlew - present on the Bay, but also one of Britain's most endangered birds.

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