Ashdown Forest podcast Eka Morgan

Season 2, Episode 1
Children & Nature: Bumper 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… discovering biofluorescence.
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With thanks to Dara McAnulty for permission to read from his ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’.
Natural History GCSE
Ashdown Forest Youth Volunteer Group (13-17 years) is every 3rd Sunday of the month: Find out more and reserve a free place
For Rich Skrein see: richardskrein.com. Rich works with the Garden Classroom, the inner-city nature connection charity: www.thegardenclassroom.org.uk
Background reading:
‘Learning with Nature’ by Marina Robb, Victoria Mew and Anna Richardson.
‘The Nature Seed, How to Raise Adventurous and Nurturing Kids’, by Lucy Jones and Kenneth Greenway.
‘So professional and well-constructed.' Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.' Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
We are hugely grateful to the Titcomb Foundation and the Friends of Ashdown Forest for their generous funding towards this episode of the podcast.
We also appreciate all the support that The Ashdown Forest Foundation (TAFF) gives us to keep this podcast going.
Producer: Eka Morgan
Guitar: Jared Thode
Artwork: Carry Akroyd
Technical support: David Kitto
If you have suggestions for future subjects or if you are in a position to sponsor future episodes, please get in touch: ashdownpodcast@gmail.com.

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.
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'An invaluable source of information. I actually thought I was listening to a Radio 4 broadcast, it was so professional and well constructed.'
Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.'
Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
'Magical, life-enhancing and full of pearls of wisdom.'
Christina Coleman, Environmental Advisor to the UK Government
'So educational, quirky and fun.'
Khorshied Nusratty, Director of Media Relations at Gallup, USA

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 for rutting deer.
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This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife.
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 about your gift’. Thank you!
If you have suggestions for future subjects or if you are in a position to sponsor future episodes, please get in touch: ashdownpodcast@gmail.com.
Podcast webpage
'So professional and well constructed.' Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.' Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
We are hugely grateful to a wildlife enthusiast for generous funding towards this episode of the podcast.
Producer: Eka Morgan
Guitar: Jared Thode
Artwork: Carry Akroyd
Technical support: David Kitto

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.
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This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife.
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 about your gift’. Thank you!
If you have suggestions for future subjects or if you are in a position to sponsor future episodes, please get in touch: ashdownpodcast@gmail.com.
Podcast webpage
'So professional and well constructed.' Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.' Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
We are hugely grateful to a wildlife enthusiast for generous funding towards this episode of the podcast.
Producer: Eka Morgan
Guitar: Jared Thode
Artwork: Carry Akroyd
Technical support: David Kitto
Music extract: The Arc by David Gray from Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds.

· 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.
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This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife.
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 about your gift’. Thank you!
If you have suggestions for future subjects or if you are in a position to sponsor future episodes, please get in touch: ashdownpodcast@gmail.com.
Podcast webpage
'So professional and well constructed.' Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.' Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
We have been fortunate to receive a generous contribution from a local individual towards this episode of the podcast.
Producer: Eka Morgan
Guitar: Jared Thode
Artwork: Carry Akroyd
Technical support: David Kitto
Hoverfly sound effect: Simon Elliott
Grasshopper sound: Baudewijn Odé
Music extracts:
The Garden of England (Seeds of Love) from Sam Lee’s ‘Old Wow’ album.
Singing with Nightingales collaborators: Sam Lee on Shruti Box followed by Anna Mudeka on vocals and Mbira.
www.singingwithnightingales.co.uk

· 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, what we are referring to is very exciting.
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This podcast takes the Ashdown Forest as a springboard for conversations about wildlife.
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 about your gift’. Thank you!
Podcast webpage
'So professional and well constructed.' Vanessa Williams, Director BBC Countryfile
'This podcast is a total delight and an immersion in nature itself.' Isabella Tree, rewilding pioneer
We have been fortunate to receive a generous contribution from a local individual towards this episode of the podcast.
Producer: Eka Morgan
Guitar: Jared Thode
Artwork: Carry Akroyd
Technical support: David Kitto
If you have suggestions for future subjects or if you are in a position to sponsor future episodes, please get in touch: ashdownpodcast@gmail.com.