Ashdown Forest podcast

Season 2, Episode 2 - Summer episode How can farming work with nature? (00:00) Intro with wildlife guide Tom Forward – soil, the last frontier and a whistlestop guide to the five principles of regenerative farming. (05:31) What is conservation grazing? - with Rich Allum and Tristram Stuart (16:45) A tour round Elizabeth Buchanan’s organic farm (27:51) Trip to Groundswell, the Regenerative Agricult...

Season 2, Episode 1 - Spring episode How can we connect children with nature more? Are children still excited about the outdoors? Hear from 9-17 year olds. ‘Slimed, scratched, bitten and stung’? Is this the way to ignite curiosity? Hear from outdoor educators Lisa Stevens and Paula Da Luz. The magic of the humble stick…with Rich Skrein, Forest School specialist. Teenagers on a dusk walk… discoveri...

Here’s our one minute trail – what we’re about and what’s coming up… This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Link to our social platforms Please subscribe and leave a review. You can support the production of the Ashdown Forest podcast by donating here: https://ashdownforest.org/get-involved/ Please specify ‘podcast’ where it says ‘Tell us more abou...

Did you know that Ashdown Forest is the '100 Aker Wood' (Christopher Robin's spelling) from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories? Hear from Pooh enthusiasts visiting the Forest... • What was the real Christopher Robin like? Ann Thwaite, biographer of Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, tells us. • Dawn: how to manage the ever-increasing deer population. • Dusk: youth rangers join our search...

Cats, bats and curlews... · Dawn: bird ringing explained · Cats: how to reduce their impact on wildlife · Curlews, lynx, wildcats & the Natural History GCSE with author and campaigner Mary Colwell · Dusk: bat spotting on the Forest. Link to our social platforms This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Please subscribe and leav...

· Tom and Eka revel in a moth bonanza… · ‘Conservation Hero’ Dave Goulson (Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex) sees a world in a cowpat… · Musician Sam Lee rhapsodises about Nightingales. Link to our social platforms This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Please subscribe and leave a review. You can support the producti...

· Tom joins in with the dawn chorus and at dusk, the eerie, electric sound of Nightjars churring... · Clare Balding from BBC Radio 4’s Ramblings brings her ‘Tigger’ energy to the Forest… · Rewilding trailblazer Isabella Tree tells Eka about her new ‘Book of Wilding’. And by the way, we do know that 2 x 85 is 170, not 160…but it was dark and we were being eaten by midges. However, wh...

This soundscape of the Ashdown Forest is dedicated to James Adler . James was the Chief Executive of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest from January 2021 to May 2023. Why is Ashdown Forest special? This soundscape is a compilation of highlights of interviews with people who know and love the Forest, blended with wildlife sounds. It is a celebration of this rare space, so close to the biggest city...

· Dawn walk – a lonely lapwing, dogs and adders… · Tony Juniper, dedicated wildlife campaigner and Chair of Natural England... · Kari Dunbar – how to improve your dogs impact on wildlife… · Dusk – the delight of children, frogs, toads and an intimate encounter with a woodcock. This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Link to our s...

 · Dawn walk with wildlife guide Tom Forward – introducing the Forest · James Adler, Chief Executive of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest · Green MP Caroline Lucas on wildlife corridors · Dusk walk… with owls galore. Link to our social platforms This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife. Please subscribe and leave a review. You ca...