As lockdown restrictions start to ease, Mya-Rose Craig explores how we can expand our birding horizons from our back gardens and regular walks to further afield, paying a visit to the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust’s Slimbridge reserve in Gloucestershire which will reopen soon.
Writer, broadcaster and actress Emma Kennedy explains her love of birding, stork spotting, RSPB Minsmere and blackbirds singing show tunes – as well as revealing that crows hold grudges for 20 years!
18 year old Yetunde Kehinde, a member of the Natural History Museum’s Youth Advisory Panel and Action for Conservation ambassador, gives tips on discovering nature in an urban environment.
Nature beatboxer Jason Singh talks to DJ & producer El Búho about how he blends birdsong into electronic music to raise awareness about endangered bird species.
Host: Dr Mya-Rose Craig
Music Host: Jason Singh
Guests: Emma Kennedy, Yetunde Kehinde, Kate Fox, El Búho
Producer: Tom Bonnett
Executive Producers: Jane Gerber & Katie Derham
Production Manager: Cara Ghoshal
Production Assistant: Louis Facey
Sponsors: Severn Trent Water & Swarovski Optik
Music:
Podington Bear - Happiness Is
Podington Bear - Fluorescence
Podington Bear - Pink Gradient
Podington Bear - Delta
Podington Bear - Golden Hour
Chancha Via Circuito - Maca Tobiano from A Guide to the Birdsong of South America
El Bu’ho - Dim Sum from Cenotes EP
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Remolinera Real from A Guide to the Birdsong of South America
Dj Jigue - Ferminia from A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean
The Garifuna Collective - Black Catbird from A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean
Barrio Lindo - Capuchino Pecho Biano from A Guide to the Birdsong of South America
Birdsong Recordings:
Mike Stranks
Dobroide
Straget
Soundatic
Inchadney
Juskiddink
Podcast art by Make Productions
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Follow Emma Kennedy on Twitter: @EmmaKennedy
Enjoy her birding, books and bricks at: www.emmakennedy.co.uk
Yetunde Kehinde is an ambassador for Action for Conservation. Follow them on Twitter: @Action4Conserv
Check out Action for Conservation’s new book "How You Can Save The Planet" by Henrikus van Hensbergen https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/317/317556/how-you-can-save-the-planet/9780241453049.html
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge Wetland Centre is a visitor centre open all year and home to thousands of birds, mammals and other wildlife.
A massive thank you to the WWT for opening their doors to us early for the Covid-safe recordings featured in the show.
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre is delighted to be opening their doors again from 12th April. Every person who is coming to visit will need to pre-book.
Find out more about El Búho: www.sonidoelbuho.com
"A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean” is an album of music inspired by the song of endangered birds with 100% of the profits going towards organisations working to p
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