Episode #22
The Animals of Farthing Wood
This week on Bird Brain , we're doing something a little different! Instead of focusing on a single bird character, we're taking a journey through the entire world of The Animals of Farthing Wood with conservation campaigner and MRes Biosciences researcher, Liliana Tarrant Snedden . More than thirty years after the series first aired, we explore everything from whether its central message about habitat loss is more relevant than ever, to who/what the modern villain might be? A few key things we cover include: • Why The Animals of Farthing Wood remains one of Britain's most powerful environmental stories. • The biggest conservation wins and setbacks of every decade since the series aired (from disappearing hedgerows and declining insects to pine marten recoveries and the Future Generations Act in Wales. • Why grassroots activism gives us genuine reasons to be hopeful, and how ordinary people are helping shape the future of nature. Whether you grew up traumatised by the hedgehogs crossing the road, cheering on Fox, or you've never watched the series at all, this episode is actually about something much bigger... How our relationship with British wildlife has changed, and where it might be headed. Useful links: Lilliana Tarrant Sneddon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liliana.rts/ BTO Youth: https://www.bto.org/get-involved/young-people UK Youth for Nature: https://www.youthfornature.org/ Citizen science projects from the BTO: https://www.bto.org/get-involved
