About this episode

Chris Skinner explores birdwatching at High Ash Farm, focusing on the willow tit and various willow species.

Send us Fan Mail In the soft pre-dawn light of mid-March at High Ash Farm, Chris Skinner sits patiently in the Fox's Grove hide hoping for a glimpse of the elusive willow tit, one of the farm's dwindling specialities, while blue tits, coal tits and long-tailed tits swarm the feeders. Later, joined by Matthew Gudgin in a newly planted extension of Woodcock Wood, they celebrate the willow – all five British species thrive here, from towering white and crack willows to the three sallow species. ...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Skinner

Guest: Matthew Gudgin

Topics covered

• birdwatching
• nature conservation
• willow species
• wildlife
• farming

Keywords

• willow tit
• birdwatching
• High Ash Farm
• Matthew Gudgin
• nature
• wildlife
• willow species

Mentioned in this episode

Products: willow tit, blue tits, coal tits, long-tailed tits, white willow, crack willow, sallow species

Places: High Ash Farm, Fox's Grove, Woodcock Wood

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