A soundscape from Rewilding Coombeshead in Devon: White Storks, Turtle Doves (and Goldfinches) and Marsh Frogs..These sounds would once have been common in the UK, are now extremely rare….but hopefully these are sounds that will become commonplace once again due to the epic species reintroduction work of people like Derek Gow and his team at Coombeshead Rewilding; where they breed Beavers, Wild Cats, White Storks, Watervoles, Harvest Mice, Glow Worms, Mole Crickets, Adders, Black Grouse, Turtle Doves and Red Backed Shrike for species reintroduction projects around the UK

In this episode, I explore the beech forests of Southern Sweden, and I go in search of the sound of howling wolves, which prompts me to take a little dive into the controversial and often divisive topic of wolf culling and wolf conservation in Sweden and Europe.

Like many of my wilder life podcast episodes, this one is part travelogue story, with field recordings from my adventures, and also part topical investigation and discussion. If you find yourself wondering what my sources are for the information I present here, you can find links to them on the show’s website, at www.awilderlife.uk/links.

In this episode, I explore the beech forests of Southern Sweden, and I go in search of the sound of howling wolves, which prompts me to take a little dive into the controversial and often divisive topic of wolf culling and wolf conservation in Sweden and Europe.

Like many of my wilder life podcast episodes, this one is part travelogue story, with field recordings from my adventures, and also part topical investigation and discussion. If you find yourself wondering what my sources are for the information I present here, you can find links to them on the show’s website, at www.awilderlife.uk/links.

The delicate and delightful churring of Turtle Doves at Rewilding Coombeshead, in Devon, June 1st 2024.... recorded on 1st June of 2024. With just over 2,000 breeding pairs in the UK, a decline of 99% since the 1960's - Rewilding Coombeshead's Turtle Dove breeding and release programme is a vital step in conserving our biodiversity.

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The delicate and delightful churring of Turtle Doves at Rewilding Coombeshead, in Devon, June 1st 2024.... recorded on 1st June of 2024. With just over 2,000 breeding pairs in the UK, a decline of 99% since the 1960's - Rewilding Coombeshead's Turtle Dove breeding and release programme is a vital step in conserving our biodiversity.

I captured this beautiful sound last year on the Isle of Rum, during my Scottish Rewilding odyssey....I have plenty more material from that trip, and some really interesting stories to tell... hopefully I'll get around to it soon!

In a Devon woodland (UK) at 5pm, a song thrush sings it's heart out for the glory of springtime. It's April and the woodland is alive with birdsong

A little taster of episodes still to come, and an update on future plans for the show.

Part two of 'Deep Listening in the Wild', is narrated and produced by Sonic Artist Jamie House, as he brings his perspective on how the practice of deep listening with modern technologies help us to deepen and enhance our perception and understanding of the more than human world.

In this episode I join Sonic Artist Jaimie House in an abandoned naval fort in the suburbs of Plymouth, and experience 'deep listening' to the 'more than human world'