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Football Falcons Rookies and Rooks

How a keen birdwatcher and football coach is bringing his passion for nature and the beautiful game together.

Nadeem Perera presents this week's Open Country from Richmond Park. He's with two young footballers from West Ham and Birmingham City. Nadeem is nature mad and wants to share his passion for birdwatching with the young players as a way of using nature as a tool for better sportsmanship. As a football coach as well as wildlife presenter, Nadeem believes an appreciation of nature can be incorporated into football clubs' daily outdoor training sessions. He's in Richmond Park where he first discovered his love of the outdoors and takes Manny Longelo and Liam Jones on a walk around the park guided by Assistant Park Manager Peter Laurence. Along the way he sets the boys a task of spotting as many birds as they can in order to be crowned the inaugural Open Country Man of the Match.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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24 minutes

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Sat 24 Aug 2024 06:07

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  • Thu 22 Aug 2024 15:00
  • Sat 24 Aug 2024 06:07

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