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
Auks, rooks & long grass
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Tom Pattinson’s musing on the benefits of ’No Mow May’ and keeping your grass long...
We’re down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we’re checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows’…?
And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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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…
Tom Pattinson’s here musing on the ’No Mow May’
We’re down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we’re checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows’…?
And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…
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Glory be… the sun has got its hat on and come out to play… finally… and more house martins have just arrived – wonderful! Tom Pattinson is looking at the joys and perils of May Gardening and the benefits of not mowing your lawn..
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Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is reflecting on something we may almost take for granted… as we have so much of it…the wonder of the North Sea and the importance of it for nature... here’s Tom with some reflections on the water and puffins, guillemots and razorbills…
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May has been a bit of a dodgy month for growing flowers and veg from seed outdoors… but now is a great time to get going and growing… Tom’s got a few suggestions for us all…
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Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust and part of the Creswell Pele Tower team is down under the rookery checking out the corby craws and their collective passion for communal living.
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And here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Outro:
You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; 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 do check out our Twitter and Facebook page: The Nature Garden and we’ll be back soon and, in the meantime, enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature… bye for now.
Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Carl Cape, Steve Deegan and Jamie Robb.