About this episode

Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin explore the life cycle of foxgloves and the predation of a little owl by a peregrine falcon at High Ash Farm.

Send us Fan Mail On a breezy mid-June morning at High Ash Farm, Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin stand among towering foxgloves in dappled woodland — spectacular spikes of purple, pink and white, buzzing with bumblebees. Chris explains their biennial life cycle, vast seed production, and the important heart medicine (digitalis) derived from them. Nearby, a sobering discovery: the fresh remains of a little owl, plucked by a peregrine falcon near a busy road — a stark reminder of the raw predat...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Skinner

Guest: Matthew Gudgin

Topics covered

• foxgloves
• peregrine falcons
• biodiversity
• nature observation
• wildlife
• medicinal plants

Keywords

• foxglove
• peregrine falcon
• little owl
• digitalis
• biodiversity
• nature
• wildlife
• medicinal plants

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Foxglove, Digitalis

Places: High Ash Farm

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