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A podcast about the people, places and ideas shaping the British countryside.

Featuring voices from across the SideCountry network, each episode brings informed conversation, candid opinion and occasional disagreement to rural life in all its forms. Expect interviews and round-table discussions spanning conservation, farming, forestry, food, field sports, outdoor life, land management, culture and countryside policy.Serious when it needs to be, irreverent when it doesn’t, SideCountry looks beyond the familiar divides to explore how the countryside works, who it belongs to and what its future might hold.

SideCountry: https://sidecountry.co.uk/shows/sidecountry/

ABOUT THE SIDECOUNTRY NETWORK

SideCountry is an independent multimedia network for everyone who works in, on, lives in or simply loves the British countryside.Through podcasts, films, writing and more, it brings together people, stories, practical knowledge and informed opinion from across rural and outdoor life.

SideCountry covers everything from land management, conservation and countryside policy to food, farming, forestry, field sports, outdoor pursuits and rural culture.

Discover SideCountry:
https://sidecountry.co.uk/

Explore all shows:
https://sidecountry.co.uk/shows/

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  • Who Owns a Migrating Bird? with Mark Nowers

    Who Owns a Migrating Bird? with Mark Nowers
    Oct 22 2026
    What happens to Britain’s birds when they leave Britain?Richard Prideaux and Callum McInerney-Riley are joined by Mark Nowers, RSPB Turtle Dove Conservation Adviser in Essex and one of the people behind Operation Turtle Dove.

    Recorded in the middle of autumn migration, they start by looking upwards. Redwings are arriving from Scandinavia and Iceland, geese are coming in from Siberia, other birds are simply passing through, and some will travel thousands of miles further south.

    Mark explains the flyways connecting Britain to the Arctic, Europe and Africa, how bird ringing and satellite trackers transformed what we know about migration, and why people once genuinely believed swallows spent the winter at the bottom of ponds.

    Then things get more complicated. Atlantic storms, food failures and warmer winters all have an effect on migrating birds. And a bad year for lemmings in the Arctic can eventually show up in the number of young Brent geese arriving in Britain.

    Which raises a bigger question: are they actually “our” birds?

    A conversation about bird migration, but really about how thoroughly connected the natural world is.


    In this episode
    • Why mid-October is one of the busiest times for bird migration in Britain
    • The East Atlantic Flyway and where Britain’s winter visitors come from
    • Why people once thought swallows spent winter underwater
    • How ringing developed into satellite tracking
    • Storms, vagrant birds and arrivals from North America
    • Bramblings, waxwings and birds moving in search of food
    • Climate change winners and losers
    • The surprisingly important connection between lemmings, Arctic foxes and Brent geese
    • Whether a migratory bird can really belong to one country
    • Turtle doves, hunting pressure and conservation across an entire flyway
    • What farmers can do for farmland birds, and why funding matters
    Links
    • Operation Turtle Dove
    • RSPB: Turtle Dove
    • BTO: Bird Migration – A Masterclass
    • BTO Cuckoo Tracking Project
    • BTO BirdTrack
    • SideCountry
    • Support SideCountry on Patreon


    DISCLAIMER

    Views are those of individual speakers and do not necessarily represent SideCountry, its presenters, contributors, partners or sponsors. For general information and entertainment only. Laws, seasons, access and guidance change; check official sources, obtain permission and act within your competence.
    Rozwiń Zwiń
    41 min
  • When Was Britain Last Wild? with Eloise Kane

    When Was Britain Last Wild? with Eloise Kane
    Oct 15 2026
    What does “wild” actually mean in a country where almost every landscape bears the mark of people?

    George Browne and Richard Prideaux are joined by archaeologist and author Eloise Kane, whose book Wilderlands: The Human History of Wild Britain traces 12,000 years of our changing relationship with the natural world.

    Starting with the extraordinary antler headdresses found at Star Carr, the conversation moves through ancient field boundaries, hunting, domestication, introduced species and deliberately designed landscapes to ask how much of what we think of as natural has actually been shaped by human hands.

    There are brown hares that arrived thousands of years after people did, man-made landscapes that now feel completely wild, red kites moving from pest to conservation success story, and wolves that have become symbols of both what Britain has lost and what some people would like to bring back.

    That leads into the modern arguments around rewilding, access, wild camping and our tendency to value nature most when it behaves in the way we would like it to. Do we really want wildness, or do we want the appearance of it without the inconvenience?

    Rather than searching for some perfect point in the past to recreate, Eloise argues for using history to understand the landscape we actually have. The fact that somewhere bears our mark does not automatically make it less valuable.


    Useful Links
    - Wilderlands: The Human History of Wild Britain
    - Eloise Kane on Bluesky
    - Star Carr Archaeology Project
    - SideCountry
    - Support SideCountry on Patreon





    DISCLAIMER

    Views are those of individual speakers and do not necessarily represent SideCountry, its presenters, contributors, partners or sponsors. For general information and entertainment only. Laws, seasons, access and guidance change; check official sources, obtain permission and act within your competence.
    Rozwiń Zwiń
    41 min
  • Social Media and the Mountains

    Social Media and the Mountains
    Oct 8 2026
    What happens when going outdoors becomes content?Social media has encouraged huge numbers of people to walk, camp and spend time in the mountains. But it has also created an industry of outdoor influencers, brand deals and increasingly dramatic content, where looking adventurous can sometimes matter more than knowing what you're doing.Richard Prideaux is joined by Scotty, better known as Scotty on the Summit, a former Royal Navy aeronautical engineer with years spent working alongside commando units and a lifelong background in the outdoors.Scotty began posting online to share what he had learned, but quickly found himself frustrated by the images and narrative circulating through hiking social media. They discuss how misinformation gets repeated, why risky-looking content performs so well, and the role outdoor brands and marketing agencies can play when free kit and social reach become more valuable than experience.But where does encouraging people outside end and responsibility begin? Richard and Scotty look at the accusation of gatekeeping, why qualifications and professional instruction still matter, and what can happen when somebody sees an experienced-looking person doing something risky online and assumes they can safely do the same.The conversation also gets into navigation, weather, route planning, GPS, map and compass skills, clothing, mountain rescue and the satisfaction that comes from learning the craft rather than simply completing the route.Because perhaps the answer isn't to stop listening to people on the internet or stop encouraging people into the hills. It is to make competence something worth aspiring to.Competence is cool.In this episode:How outdoor social media became dominated by influencers and brand contentWhy bad advice spreads so easily onlineFree kit, sponsorship and the pressure to make things look extremeWhen adventurous content starts influencing real-world riskIs talking about experience and training really gatekeeping?The difference between encouraging people outdoors and preparing them properlyWhy professional guides, instructors and qualifications still matterLearning navigation rather than simply following a GPS routeMap, compass, weather and route-planning skillsThe value of self-reliance in the mountainsWhy outdoor brands need to think about who represents their productsVisibility, clothing choices and being found if something goes wrongTaking pride in learning a craft properlyWhy competence is coolUseful links:Scotty on the Summit on InstagramMountain Training: Hill SkillsSupport the SideCountry NetworkMountain Training: Mountain SkillsAdventureSmart UKMountain Rescue England and Wales: Stay SafeSideCountry NetworkOrdnance Survey: Map SkillsDISCLAIMERViews are those of individual speakers and do not necessarily represent SideCountry, its presenters, contributors, partners or sponsors. For general information and entertainment only. Laws, seasons, access and guidance change; check official sources, obtain permission and act within your competence.
    Rozwiń Zwiń
    45 min
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