The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
A trip down the garden path and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and the birds and the bees and more.
The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
Nightjars & roses
Summer’s here and Tom Pattinson’s out smelling the roses and revelling in their colours, scents and fragrances…
Tom Cadwallender’s off in search of the nocturnal Nightjar and migrating birds on the Aln Estuary…
And Steve Lowe is out on in the hay fields around Allendale surrounded by the charismatic calls of curlews…
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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00:00:00: Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
00:00:17: Carl intro
Carl: 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 stories from the past and present…
In this episode…
Summer’s here and Tom Pattinson’s out smelling the roses and revelling in their colours, scents and fragrances…
Tom Cadwallender’s off in search of the nocturnal Nightjar and migrating birds on the Aln Estuary…
And Steve Lowe is out on in the hay fields around Allendale surrounded by the charismatic calls of curlews…
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast….
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00:01:38: Roses #1:
Carl: It’s one of our favourite flowers whose pretty blooms are associated with love, innocence, friendship and even death, a flower that’s steeped in history and this week, Tom Pattinson’s passion is the rose…
Tom Pattinson:
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00:07:10: Nightjars:
Carl: Now here’s a bird that I’ve never seen but, to be fair, it is rather hard to spot unless you’re out and about in the wee small hours.. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s here to shine a light on the dark world of the Nightjar.
Tom Cadwallender:
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00:15:26: Roses #2:
Carl: Tom’s popped his rose tinted glasses on as he luxuriates in the beautiful blooms and perfumes of roses and he’s selected five of his favourites to share with us….
Tom Pattinson:
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00:21:04: Curlews:
Carl: And now, let’s get back in the great outdoors with a couple of reports… first from Steve Lowe who is watching curlews in the hay meadows of West Northumberland moors... and then we’ll be joining Tom Cadwallender on the Aln Estuary…
Steve Lowe… and then:
00:25:19: Along the Aln estuary: Tom Cadwallender:
00:30:53:Jobs for the week with Tom P:
Carl: And… to the sound of wor blackbird… here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom Pattinson:
00:36:24: Outro: Carl: 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 and Cresswell Pele Tower. 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, bye for now.