Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

<h1><strong>The Farne Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of Northumberland, have a very special species of seabird during the summer that fiercely protects its young with its dive-bombing technique. </strong></h1><div> <p><br>However, it’s the Arctic Terns’ ability to fly thousands of miles during their migration from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic Circle that really sets them apart.  </p><p>Join Rosie and Rangers Dan Iceton and Tom Hendry on Inner Farne as they spend time with the Arctic Terns and experience their dive-bombing tactics first-hand.  </p></div><br><div> <em>[Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure. </em> </div><br><div> <em>Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more. </em> </div><br><div> <em>Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor.</em> </div><br><div> <a href="http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/"><em><a href="http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/">www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/</a></em></a> </div><br><div>Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts">https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts</a> </div><br><div> <strong>Production:  </strong><br>Hosts: Rosie Holdsworth and Dan Iceton <br>Producer: Katy Kelly  <br>Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez  </div><br><div>Contributor: Tom Hendry </div><br><div><strong>Discover More:  </strong></div><br><div>Find out more about The Farne Islands: <br><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/farne-islands/our-work-on-the-farne-islands">Our work at Farne Islands | Northumberland | National Trust</a> </div><br><div>Follow us @wildtales Instagram account </div><br><div>If you’d like to get in touch with feedback or a story idea you can contact us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> </div>

<div> <p> <strong>Just outside Belfast, lie the Mourne Mountains - a land of granite peaks and wide skies, but also a place of witches, fawns and lions.  Protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, an Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a UNESCO Global Geopark, this remarkable landscape is also a doorway to imagination.  <br><br></strong>Join National Trust ranger Kate Martin as she journeys from the streets of Belfast to the Mourne Mountains, exploring the places that shaped C.S. Lewis’s childhood and inspired his creation of Narnia. Discover how city, story and landscape came together to form one of the most beloved worlds in children’s literature.  </p><p>(AD) Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.<br>Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.<br>Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor. <a href="http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/">www.cotswoldoutdoor.com</a><br> <br> Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel:<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/_Smzdtsh_tM">https://youtu.be/_Smzdtsh_tM</a></p><p><strong>Production</strong><br> Presenter: Kate Martin<br> Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris<br> Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez<br> Contributors: Dr Sarah Waters, Director of the Sterling College C.S. Lewis Center<br> Lolly Spence, Blue Badge Tourist Guide and historian<br> James Fisher, Lead Ranger NI Castle Ward<br> Actor: Ethan Hughes courtesy of Prime Theatre<br> <br> Thank you to The CS Lewis Company Ltd for permissions to use quotes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis © copyright CS Lewis Pte Ltd 1950, in this episode.<br> </p><p> <strong>Discover More</strong><br> If you’d like to know more about visiting The Mournes, please visit  <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/the-mournes">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/the-mournes</a> <br> <br>You can listen to more of Kate’s Northern Ireland adventures here: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4chOwDl6StqIXXN9BT46Qz">Northern Ireland Adventure | Beyond the Bridge - Wild Tales | Nature Podcast | Podcast on Spotify</a>  <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/273H6Os3FNcq7GKKeVu88K">Northern Ireland Adventure | Sea Safari at Rathlin Island - Wild Tales | Nature Podcast | Podcast on Spotify</a>  </p><p>If you’d like to read Dr Sarah Waters’ work on C.S. Lewis, you can do so here: <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-3361">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-3361</a> <br>And you can learn more about the Sterling College C.S. Lewis Center here: <a href="https://www.sterling.edu/academics/cs-lewis-center">https://www.sterling.edu/academics/cs-lewis-center</a>  </p><p><em>If you’d like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at</em> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>  </p></div>

<div>The rock faces of Cwm Idwal are cold, dark and uninhabitable; unless what you love is to dangle off the frozen cliffs. Ice climbing takes you into a winter playground, but as the climate crisis thins the ice, how can climbers and conservationists work together to save one of the UK’s rarest flowers?   <br> <br> Join ecologist and botanist Barbara Jones and ice climber Tom Carrick to scale one of Wales' most dramatic mountains and discover how the precious Lili'r Wyddfa (Snowdon Lily) can survive in this isolated location. </div> <br> <div>For the Welsh transcript of this episode please <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/8820822-dringwyr-eryri-stori-am-ia-a-blodau/transcript">click here</a> <br> <br> Or copy this link: <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/8820822-dringwyr-eryri-stori-am-ia-a-blodau/transcript">https://audioboom.com/posts/8820822-dringwyr-eryri-stori-am-ia-a-blodau/transcript</a><br>  <br> [Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.  <br> Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.  <br> Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor.  <br> <a href="https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/">www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/</a> <br>  <br> <strong>Production</strong> <br> Presenter: Rosie Holdsworth <br> Producer: Marnie Woodmeade <br> Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez </div> <br> <div> <strong>Contributors</strong> <br> Barbara Jones <br> Tom Carrick </div> <br> <div>Image credit: ©National Trust Images/John Millar <br>  <br> <strong>Discover more</strong> <br> If you want to visit Cwm Idwal you can find out more at the National Trusts website: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/carneddau-and-glyderau/cwm-idwal-walk">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/carneddau-and-glyderau/cwm-idwal-walk</a> </div> <br> <div>To see the temperature sensors, you can find them at the BMC website <a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/cwm-idwal-welsh-winter-monitoring-system-live-and-upgraded">https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/cwm-idwal-welsh-winter-monitoring-system-live-and-upgraded</a> </div> <br> <div>You can also find the white guide and more winter mountaineering information here: <a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/mountaineering-resources">https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/mountaineering-resources</a> <br> <br> For more on arctic alpines, here are some resources: <br> <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeBY_B8n5zLo&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMarnie.Woodmeade1%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C0df0440e45624f168fa808de3737186d%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C639008906948525787%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=w%2B0On5TgFJbPcweuJZ%2F3J53nF4HN3lgOdT19bpsj0Uw%3D&amp;reserved=0">Plants on the Edge: Arctic Alpines in Wales / Ar y dibyn: Planhigion Arctig Alpaidd yng Ngymru</a><br>  <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukclimbing.com%2Farticles%2Ffeatures%2Fmountain_plants_in_the_uk__undervalued_and_under_threat-13605&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMarnie.Woodmeade1%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C0df0440e45624f168fa808de3737186d%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C639008906948573028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=a1uxrSjmChj5yXrfhRuUsBpQjp%2BYQBhPDqVrpa81PGU%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/mountain_plants_in_the_uk__undervalued_and_under_threat-13605<br> </a><br> </div> <br> <div>Follow us @wildtalesnt Instagram account </div> <br> <div> <em>If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at </em><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><em>[email protected]</em></a> </div>

<h1>As the festive season unfolds, one familiar face keeps appearing – the little robin. But behind its cheerful presence, is there more to this charming bird’s story? </h1><div> <br>National Trust ranger Rosie Holdsworth chats to garden wildlife specialist Sean McMenemy about the remarkable life of robins, revealing their fascinating year-round behaviour and why this beloved bird deserves to be celebrated all year long.  <br> <br><br>(AD) Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.<br>Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more. <br>Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor. <a href="http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com">www.cotswoldoutdoor.com</a><br> <br>Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel: <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts">https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts</a><br> <br><strong>Production</strong> <br>Presenter: Rosie Holdsworth <br>Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris <br>Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez <br>Contributor: Sean McMenemy  <br><br><br><strong>Discover more</strong> <br>You can read Sean’s garden wildlife blog here: <a href="https://www.arkwildlife.co.uk/blogs/sean-mcmenemy">Sean McMenemy Wildlife Blog</a>  <br><br>Follow us on our @wildtalesnt Instagram account <br><br>If you’d like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>    </div>

<div>How can a golf course become a place for nature and people to thrive? Ajay Tegala visits Sandilands in Lincolnshire over its first year as the once manicured lawns transform into a wetland habitat. But with one of the driest springs on record, can Sandilands go from one birdie to another? Will there be enough water for wading birds return?  </div> <br> <div>[Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure. <br> Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more. <br> Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor. <br> <a href="https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/">www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/</a>  <br>   <br> Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel:  <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts">https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts</a>   <br>  <br>  <br> <strong>Production</strong> <br> Presenter: Ajay Tegala <br> Producer: Marnie Woodmeade <br> Sound designer: Jesus Gomez <br>  <br> <strong>Contributors</strong> <br> Carl Hawke <br> Kirsty James <br> Dave Miller <br> <br> <strong>Special Credit:</strong> A big thanks to Jannis Bonner, composer student at the Guildhall School of Music &amp; Drama, for their collaboration to this episode with the track "Breath of the Canopy". <br> <br> <strong>Eurasian booming bittern sfx: </strong><br> Author: Niels Krable <br> Link: <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/100296">https://xeno-canto.org/100296</a> <br> <br> <strong>Discover more</strong> <br> <br> If you want to visit Sandilands or keep up to date with their progress you can find them here: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/sandilands">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/sandilands</a> </div> <br> <div>Follow us @wildtalesnt Instagram account <br> Image credit: ©National Trust Images/Rob Coleman</div> <br> <div> <em>If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at </em><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><em>[email protected]</em></a> <br> <br> </div>