Your Farm and Mine

Thousands of Brent geese arrive at Castle Espie on the shores of Strangford Lough in one of the biggest natural spectacles of the year. Anna Ashdown, the warden there, explains how to recognise their calls, and how to tell them from other geese.

And Helen Mark visits the Green Lane museum in the Roe Valley Country Park near Limavady. It's a place with many stories of the landscape, the people and a rich linen-industry heritage. But it was under threat of closure until a local heritage group stepped in. Helen meets volunteers, and also the park's first ever warden Danny O'Kane who set up the park some 40 years ago, and even saved the very building the museum is housed in

Presented by Helen Mark. Listen again to the whole programme at BBC Sounds.

The town of Lurgan in County Armagh is a place which boasts Northern Ireland's biggest park, and its only "calendar house". In this special podcast, Anne Marie McAleese investigates a few of Lurgan's many stories, from the magnificent Brownlow House with its 365 rooms and 52 chimneys, to the graveyard which is the final resting place of both the great and the good. Presented by Anne Marie McAleese and with special reports from Helen Mark.

Martin Gallen, known locally as Banba, has become the first ever uilleann pipe maker to join the Guild of Master Craftsmen. It's the highest qualification that professional crafters can attain. Brian Kernohan met him at the workshop where the musical magic happens.

And John Heagney tells the story of his father, Bernie, who left the townland of Kinnigillian at Dunamore near Cookstown in County Tyrone, more than a century ago. Aged 16, he left the family farm and went to Canada as part of the British Home Children programme. He would never see his parents again. His son, John, told Anne Marie McAleese that it was this poignant event that has now resulted in his novel called Traveler.

Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

David Caron, editor of the Gazetteer of Irish Stained glass windows, has been exploring the stained glass heritage of places of worship in Derry, including St Columb's Cathedral, St Eugene's Cathedral, and others. When Colum Arbuckle met him at St Eugene's Cathedral he learned about the process of creating these windows, and how many of them are left to celebrate.

And a statue is created to honour Tom Dunn in Rostrevor, County Down. He was a hedge school master, a prominent figure in the United Irishmen movement, and he taught both Presbyterians and Catholics. Fiona Pelgrum, an historical research consultant, and genealogist, explained the project.

Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

In 1711, eight women and a man were found guilty of witchcraft at Carrickfergus courthouse. A young girl new to the area, Mary Dunbar, had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her. They became known as the Islandmagee Witches. The majority were sentenced to a year in jail and forced to do time in the public stocks. Historian, Andrew Sneddon, tells Anne Marie McAleese what's known about those events, and she also hears about a new interactive exhibition in Carrickfergus museum.

And Castle Coole in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh was built to impress in the 1790s, as home to the Earls of Belmore, but with servants kept firmly out of sight. Deirdre Donnelly met Rona McKnight, Collections and House Manager at Castle Coole, along with two volunteers, Thomas Maguire and Lizzie Hogg.

Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

Mullaghcarn, the Glenelly Valley, Cranagh and Davagh Forest are all part of the Sperrins Sculpture Trail where three giant art installations have recently been created to showcase the geology, archaeology and heritage of the area. Deirdre Donnelly joined the Rural Tourism Officer for Derry City and Strabane District Council, Philip McShane, and Glenelly woman, Rose Mary Murphy, to explore the stories and see the giants.

And Colleen Savage explains a new cross border storytelling project in Mullaghbawn, called Border Talk, which is an effort to develop the storytelling community in both counties Armagh and Monaghan.

Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

A tribute to the poet Seamus Heaney, from his home place in Bellaghy, to mark ten years since his death. And Helen Mark visits a field of sunflowers in Killeague, between Coleraine and Limavady.

Presented by Helen Mark.

The Lough Erne Pilgrim Way is a new exhibition at Enniskillen Castle, celebrating many of the important religious sites on the islands of the lough. Catherine Scott, museums officer, tells Anne Marie McAleese that traditions, stories, superstitions, cures and names have been recorded even when the sites themselves have been lost.

And baritone Ryan Garnham from Ballynahinch is one of five talented opera singers appearing at the Glenarm Festival of Voice, and featuring arias, Irish art songs and ensemble pieces. Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

Environmentalist Patrick Frew from Cloughmills, who has been nominated for a National Lottery Award in the outstanding individuals section, chats to Anne Marie McAleese about a yurt, an old mill, and volunteering; and Anthea McWilliams from R-Space gallery in Lisburn explains the idea of the Linen Biennale - a celebration of the fabric that is synonymous with Northern Ireland. Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

Hugh Dougherty tells Anne Marie McAleese about the cross-border bus service once run by the County Donegal Railway. Customs officials inspected passengers, suitcases and even the Aran sweaters of passengers, when they crossed the border. And Steven O'Kane from Garvagh offers advice on how to make a cow beautiful in preparation for an agricultural show.

Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.