78: The Cost of Dry Stone Walling and Shifty Wildlife

78: The Cost of Dry Stone Walling and Shifty Wildlife

May 15, 2026 · 57 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the costs of dry stone walling, escaped zoo animals, and insights from a forestry survey.

This week's topics include: Guessing how much Defra thinks dry stone walling costs, escaped zoo animals, a little bit of politics, shifty wildlife and a real topic in the form of the Royal Forestry Society's latest Breaking Points survey report. Hosted by your favourite Richard and Callum. CountrySlide is a podcast that looks at farming, conservation and life in the British countryside.You can contact us by email on: contact@countryslide.co.uk Links - RFS Breaking Points Survey report - Subscribe on Patreon for extra content (you can cancel at any time) - If you enjoy what we do, consider a one-off tip on Ko-fi - Sign up to our Newsletter - The Rural Register - CountrySlide website - Negus' book tour dates can be found here - Land Use Framework The Hosts Richard Negus website Callum McInerney-Riley website Richard Prideaux website Edited and Produced by Amy Green for Rural and Outdoor.

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