Autumn’s arrived and Tom Pattinson’s got heap lie on in the garden… and he’s enjoying the seasonal blooms and foliage.
Leaves are falling and so are feathers… Tom Cadwallender’s here to tell us more about the great moult… and he’s keeping an eye on urban skies.
And we’re going back in time on an archaeological dig with Steve Lowe and the Anglo-Saxons… Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.
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Nature Garden Podcast: 7 October 2023
00:00:00: Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
Carl: audio: Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
It’s a chance to take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees… and an opportunity to hear great Northumbrian stories…
In this episode… Autumn’s arrived and Tom Pattinson’s got heap lie on in the garden… and he’s enjoying the seasonal blooms and foliage.
Leaves are falling and so are feathers… Tom Cadwallender’s here to tell us more about the great moult… and he’s keeping an eye on urban skies.
And we’re going back in time on an archaeological dig with Steve Lowe and the Anglo-Saxons…
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast….
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00:02:03: Autumn's arrived #1
Carl Stiansen: The autumn garden is a magic place and Tom Pattinson’s revelling in the late blooms and foliage.
Tom Pattinson: audio
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00:07:27: Not so feathered friends
Carl Stiansen: Birds do some incredible things and here’s one that’s completely new to me… Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s investigating our feathered, or maybe ‘not so feathered’ friends, during Autumn and the ‘great moult’.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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00:17:12: Autumn's arrived #2
Carl Stiansen: Picking fruit is one of the perks of seasonal planting and this week Tom’s checking the ripeness of apples and filling his boots and trugs…
Tom Pattinson: audio:
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00:22:32: Urban birds
Tom Cawallender’s been swapping the shoreline for the street and checking out the tall buildings and parks for some urban avian surprises.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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00:27:14: Anglo-Saxons at Felton
Carl Stiansen: Steve Lowe is downing trowels after an amazing dig with volunteers, alongside fieldwork archaeologist, Jane Harrison, finding out how the Anglo Saxons lived in Northumberland. (sometime between the fifth and ninth centuries).
Steve Lowe: audio
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00:38:09: Jobs for the week with Tom P
Carl Stiansen: And…to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom Pattinson: audio:
00:43:44: Outro and theme tune
Carl Stiansen: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; and birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology… and Steve Lowe from The Northumberland Rivers Trust. I’m Carl Stiansen and, don’t forget, you can listen back to all the previous reports we’ve done on the Nature Garden Podcast… that’s the Nature Garden Podcast… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now.
Theme outro: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).