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Best of Natural History Radio Episodes

  1. Living World - Springtime in the Hazel Coppice

    The ancient tradition of coppicing, the periodic cutting of trees and allowing the to...

  2. Living World - Segestria Florentina

    In the first Living World of the autumn run, Chris Sperring travels to Exeter to find...

  3. Living World - Ravens 05 Deb 10

    The raven is both agile and majestic in flight but shrouded in mystery, superstition...

  4. Living World - Raft Spiders

    Presenter Paul Evans meets up with John Hughes from the Shropshire Wildlife Trust to a...

  5. Living World - Puffins

    Its summertime and for this weeks Living World Paul Evans crosses over to the Farne he...

  6. Living World - Ptarmigan

    Lionel Kelleway joins Cairngorm Mountain Head Ranger Nic Bullivant on the snow fields...

  7. Living World - Pine Marten

    This week on Living World, presenter Trai Anfield travels to mid Scotland for an with...

  8. Living World - Oil Beetles

    Devon is home to all four oil beetle species recorded in Britain. For this weeks' Paul...

  9. Living World - Native Lime

    This week's Living World sees presenter Chris Sperring heading to Hampshire where with...

  10. Living world - Mendip Voles

    Chris Sperring this week joins Dr Fiona Mathews, Senior Lecturer in Mammalian Biology...

  11. Living World - Malham Caddisfly

    The Malham Sedge has not been seen for four years. Paul Evans joins a research project...

  12. Living World - Long-tailed Tits: The Winter Flock

    Seeing a flock of black and white striped, powder puff pink flanked long-tailed tits a...

  13. Living World - Lepidopteran Winter

    Each year Britain's butterflies and moths attempt to make it through the cold, dark...

  14. Living World - Islay Birds

    Islay is a haven for birds. For this weeks' Living World, Michael Scott joins long for...

  15. Living World - Hedgerows

    Lionel Kelleway visits hedgerow ecologist Rob Walton on a farm in Devon, where they of...

  16. Living World - Grey Seals of Blakeney

    A small group of female grey seals first chose the naturally managed sand spit Point,...

  17. Living World - Great Crested Newt

    As the weather starts to chill, Chris Sperring travels to the Somerset Levels to seek...

  18. Living World - Glow Worms

    This week on Living World, presenter Chris Sperring is in Buckinghamshire on the for...

  19. Living World - First Flight

    Lionel Kelleway joins Brian Morrell from WWT Caerlaverock to witness a wildlife rarely...

  20. Living World - Fairy Rings

    Both mysterious and fascinating fairy rings are steeped in mythology. In this episode...

  21. Living World - Dymock Daffodils

    Paul Evans follows the Poet's Path into the heart of wild daffodil country as he in in...

  22. Living World - Dry Stone Walls

    Mary Colwell travels to White Peak to meet Sarah Henshall, lead ecologist with Buglife...

  23. Living World - Dabbling Ducks, 1st March '15

    In winter, the UK's estuaries and wetlands play host to many species of 'dabbling,' or...

  24. Living World - Crossbills

    Crossbills are finches with large heads and bright colours: the males are red and the...

  25. Living World - Coquet Terns

    Presenter Trai Anfield travels to Coquet Island off the Northumberland coast for this...

  26. Living World - Barnacle Geese of Caerlaverock

    After a long summer spent raising their young in the Arctic, barnacle geese need a in...

  27. Living World - Arctic charr

    Lionel Kelleway travels to Lake Windermere in the Lake District to encounter one of a...

  28. Living World - Ancient Trees

    Lionel Kelleway travels to Herefordshire to marvel at the Old Masters of the British...

  29. Living World - Adders of Loch Lomond

    On the eastern edge of Loch Lomond adders are preparing for another summer.

  30. Living World - A Starling Eruption

    Each year the reedbeds of the Somerset Levels become the winter home for hundreds of...

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