Leave the leaves

As October passes its magical baton on to November… 

Tom Pattinson’s taking a trip into the kaleidoscope of colours and toffee apple smells in the garden… and he’s also joining forces with Naturalist, David Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation, USA on why it’s so important to ‘Leave the leaves’.

And Tom Cadwallender’s looking at one of the wonders of the natural world… the staggering journeys of birds… and the importance of our urban gardens and green spaces as habitats.

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean.
• 2:03 Crescendo
• 7:13 Incredible journeys
• 17:17 Autumn gold
• 22:53 Leave the leaves
• 28:12 Furtling winter thrushes
• 36:08 Jobs for the week with Tom P
• 41:06 Outro

Transcript

Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).

Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. 

Thanks for joining us on a canny wee wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees, and the flowers and trees…  and it’s a chance to hear some great stories from the past and present…

In this episode… As October passes its magical baton on to November… 

Tom Pattinson’s taking a trip into the kaleidoscope of colours and toffee apple smells in the garden… and he’s also joining forces with Naturalist, David Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation, USA… on why it’s so important to ‘Leave the leaves’.

And Tom Cadwallender’s looking at one of the wonders of the natural world… the staggering journeys of birds, and the importance of our urban gardens and green spaces as habitats.

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast.

Theme tune fades...

Carl Stiansen: Hello... Autumn’s magnificent colour change and leaf fall are at a crescendo and Tom is out and about, looking at some of his favourite trees… hello Tom, how’s it gannin?

Tom Pattinson: audio

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Carl Stiansen: Back in the day, we had some unusual ideas about where birds disappeared to when migrating…. It’s remarkable how much we’ve learnt over time… and Tom Cadwallender’s tracking bar-tailed godwits… and the amazing journeys of our birds.

 Tom Cadwallender: audio

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Carl Stiansen: The science of autumn’s changes always fascinates me and Tom’s reveling in  the multi-coloured displays and ‘harvesting its treasures’ to make gardeners’ gold. 

Tom Pattinson: audio

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Carl Stiansen: Now, for a first on the Weekending Show… a message to inspire us from across the pond, and very timely listening to the two Toms talking about gardens and birds… here’s Naturalist, David Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation, in the USA…  and reasons why you should ‘Leave the leaves’… hello and a hearty Northumbrian welcome to the show, David: 

David Mizejewski: audio

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Carl Stiansen: Wor Tom Cad’s been ‘doon sooth’… and looking at why urban gardens and green spaces are so important for birds… It’s a lovely piece though I should flag up a wonderful ‘f’ word’s coming up… oh yes, I think for the first time on the show, we get to hear the word ‘furtling’ as the ‘winter thrushes’ appear…

Tom Cadwallender: audio

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Carl Stiansen: And so…to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…

Tom Pattinson: audio: Jobs for the Week

 Outro: Carl Stiansen:  You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology… and … David  Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation.

Don’t forget, you can listen back to all of our previous programmes via the Nature Garden Podcast… that’s the Nature Garden Podcast… 

I’m Carl Stiansen… thanks for listening and enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now.