The Wildlife Garden Podcast The Wildlife Garden Podcast
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A monthly podcast on how to garden for wildlife right at home with top-tips, plant ideas and even a book club!
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Ep. 33 Let It Bloom June! And a Spectacular Speedwell
As we head into June we encourage you to leave the mower alone, with a little help from Plantlife. Then we have the second part of our interview with the fabulous Dr Abigail Lowe, talking about the preferred food for pollinators. And we polish things off with a stunning garden speedwell as our Native Plant of the Month, Veronica spicata ssp. spicata.
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The Wildlife Garden Podcast | Facebook
The Wildlife Garden Podcast (@thewildgdn) | Twitter
Ellie’s Wellies – Organic Gardening | Facebook
The Wild GDN | Youtube
Websites for Wildlife Gardeners
Garden Wildlife Recording Schemes
Buzz Club
Big Butterfly Count
Big Garden Bird Watch
BTO Garden BirdWatch
Nature Overheard
Bugs Matter
Sightings
Blackbird
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Poplar Hawk Moth
Hedgehog
Grey Heron
Carrion Crow
Wood Pigeon
No Mow May
Plantlife Guide To Liberating Your Lawn
No Mow May The Right Way
Wildlife Garden Forum Symposium
Dr Abigail Lowe
Nature Overheard Project
Urban Nature Project
Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding
Shifts in honeybee foraging reveal historical changes in floral resources
Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability
Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Spiked Speedwell - Veronica spicata ssp. spicata
Biological Flora of the British Isles: Veronica Spicata
Botanical Society for Britain and Ireland Plant Atlas 2020
RHS - Veronica spicata
Gardeners World How to Grow Veronicas
Early Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Pantaloon Bee
Yellow Legged Mining Bee
Heath Fritillary
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Ep. 32 Interview: Dr Abigail Lowe and Windflower
This month we are thrilled to interview Dr Abigail Lowe, Community Science Officer at the Natural History Museum and an expert on plants and their pollinators. We also have a brief clip from the British Trust for Ornithology and a wildlife gardening correspondent too! If that’s not enough, we then look at a spring delight, the charming Windflower or Anemone nemorosa.
Help us keep the podcast running by making a donation! Every penny goes towards our running costs, and means there are no adverts or sponsors messages to listen to. We're grateful for any donations to PayPal.
Our Links
Find the podcast in your podcast app
The Wildlife Garden Podcast | Facebook
The Wildlife Garden Podcast (@thewildgdn) | Twitter
Ellie’s Wellies – Organic Gardening | Facebook
The Wild GDN | Youtube
Websites for Wildlife Gardeners
Sightings
Hairy-footed flower bee - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Lacewings
Two-pronged Bristletails
Red Dead-Nettle
Greenfinch
Wildlife Garden Forum Symposium
All WLGF talks
Rob Jaques - Observing extreme weather events through weekly garden wildlife records
Dr Abigail Lowe
Nature Overheard Project
Urban Nature Project
Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding
Shifts in honeybee foraging reveal historical changes in floral resources
Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability
Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) (plantlife.org.uk)
Anemone nemorosa L. in BSBI Online Plant Atlas 2020
Bilberry bumblebee - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Melanostoma mellinum | NatureSpot
Platycheirus discimanus | Flickr
The Fern | UKmoths
Endophytus anemones [Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (ukflymines.co.uk)
Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana | UKmoths
Save The Trees Of Armarda Way
STRAW Plymouth (Save the TRees of Armada Way)
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Ep. 31 The Garden Jungle and Holly
Join us in our Garden Jungle with a fabulous book by Professor Dave Goulson. If that's not enough, we have brand new research from Professor Goulson's team on garden birds and we look at a fabulous tree for wildlife, the native Holly.
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Ep. 30 A Riotous Rainbow of Winter Colour
Gardens should be full of flower all year round! In this episode we prove you can have every colour of the rainbow brightening your garden this winter. Then pucker up for our Native Plant of the Month: Mistletoe.
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Ep. 29 The Deadwood is ALIVE! With Silver Birch
It's sometimes said that wood is most alive when it is dead. In this episode we delve deep into the rotten world of deadwood and discover the fascinating range of creatures that rely on it. We then pick one tree in particular, the stunning Silver Birch for our 'Native Plant of the Month'.
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Ep. 28 Should we Rewild our Gardens? Plus...the Hart’s Tongue
A big question many wildlife gardeners may have asked themselves...should we Rewild our gardens? After a chat about our opinion, we get 'fernatical' about the Hart's Tongue, the first fern as part of our native plant of the month!
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CLICK HERE FOR SHOWNOTES
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Customer Reviews
Podcast for the soul!
I recently discovered this podcast as I started a new job with a long commute. I absolutely adore the funny friendly conversations about wildlife gardening. Really informative as well. I’m a keen wildlife gardener and there is something here for everyone from experts to absolute novices. I’m glad in a way that I’m late to discovering this because it means I get to binge a load of episodes in one go (I’m 11 episodes in with about 22 to go!) Keep up the good work guys, long may it continue!
Inspirational & informative
I’m a new listener and absolutely loving the content which is conveyed in such a friendly and helpful manner. Recommend to all who want to understand more about bringing wildlife into your outside spaces.
Top pod
If you are in to wildlife gardening, this is the best I’ve come across. Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and approachable even if you are a beginner like me!