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The official podcast of the Hampshire Countryside Service. Expect a walk through all things nature and mindfulness from news from your local country park to how to better live in the moment.

Hampshire Countryside Service

Hampshire


    • Aug 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 56 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Looking After Nature

    Episode 33: Wildlife in Rivers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 25:39


    In this episode, we learn about Hampshire's chalk stream rivers, discuss the amazing wildlife living in them and the work being done to protect their habitat.

    Episode 32: Pollinator Q&A session with our rangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 17:00


    Learn about pollinators and how you can help the Hampshire Countryside Service team efforts in supporting them.

    Episode 31: Butterfly Conservation UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 23:12


    Learn about butterflies and moths and what you can do to help them as Ashlea chats to Dr Zoƫ Randle from Butterfly Conservation UK.

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    Episode 30: Inspiring teenagers to get outdoors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 26:08


    Inspire teenagers to spend time in nature with some top tips from Lottie and Becky in this episode of Looking After Nature.

    Episode 29: Hampshire Swifts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 27:22


    Karima talks to Catharine from Hampshire Swifts.

    Episode 28: Busting Countryside Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 12:33


    Andy and Ben explore some of the most well-known myths about nature.

    Episode 27: Fantastic Frog Facts with Froglife

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 27:11


    Find out more about frogs, their natural habitats and how you can help to protect them.

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    Episode 26: Sustainable Living

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 25:19


    Find out how you can live more sustainably and reduce your waste at home.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 25 – A walk along the river Itchen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 26:29


    Join Carly and Andy as they walk along the river Itchen and spot some wildlife along the way.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 24 – Trees and Seeds at Queen Elizabeth Country Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 24:32


    Join Carly and Andy as they visit Queen Elizabeth Country Park to learn all about trees and seeds.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 23 – Pollinators at Martin Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 23:13


    Join Carly and Andy as they visit the pollinators at Martin Down National Nature Reserve.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 22 – England Coast Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 22:06


    Join Carly on a visit to Wicor Recreation Ground in Portchester to meet Allison, England Coast Path Project Manager.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 21 – A wander around Whitchurch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 61:41


    Andy and Carly join Jonathan in his hometown to explore the local village and discover the wildlife on show.

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    Rights of Way episode 6 – Parish Council

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 16:16


    The final episode of our right of way mini-series and we're near Andover to meet a parish councillor.

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    Rights of Way episode 5 – Walking With The Wounded

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 11:28


    Part 5 of our rights of way series and we're joined by members of the Walking With The Wounded charity.

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    Looking After Nature: RoW episode 4 – Ramblers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 15:55


    Part 4 of our rights of way series sees us meet members of the Ramblers, a charity that promote walking for health and pleasure.

    Looking After Nature: RoW episode 3 – British Horse Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 31:24


    Part 3 of our rights of way series sees us meet Petronella from the British Horse Society to see how people and horses can safely use rights of way paths.

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    Looking After Nature: RoW episode 2 – Path wardens and volunteers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 15:47


    Part 2 of our rights of way mini-series and Carly and Gemma meet Judy, a path warden and volunteer.

    Looking After Nature: RoW episode 1 – Meet the rights of way team

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 42:32


    Our new podcast mini-series on rights of way is here!

    Looking After Nature: Episode 20 – Nature recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 23:28


    Andy introduces the topic of nature recovery and how it can help prevent climate change.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 19 – Dog control

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 29:45


    Bird Aware Solent part their wisdom on looking after your dog on the beach.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 18 – Signs of spring

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 37:54


    We're joining Jo in her hometown to see if we can spot the first signs of spring.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 17 – Garden birdwatching

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 40:15


    We're back for the new year coming to you from Bishop's Waltham ahead of the Big Garden Birdwatch.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 16 – Food waste & recycling

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 22:12


    Carly and Andy are at a former landfill site in Southampton to talk waste with the Smart Living team.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 15 – Trees & climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 51:33


    Carly and Andy are at QE Country Park to meet James from our tree team.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 14 – Ancient trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 43:57


    We've headed north to Newbury to find out more about ancient trees.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 13 – Marine wildlife

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 39:37


    For September, we're down at Hill Head beach to talk marine wildlife.

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    Looking After Nature: Episode 12 – Wildlife gardening

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 52:02


    August's episode sees us coming to you from Lepe Country Park to talk wildlife gardening.

    Looking After Nature: Moth special!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 44:02


    A bonus special episode for our #PollinatorPledge fans!

    Looking After Nature: Episode 11 – Farming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 27:14


    For July, we're at Itchen Farm talking to a couple of special guests all about farming.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 10 – Pollinators

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 32:44


    Episode 10 sees us out at Martin Down taking in the glorious views and talking pollinators.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 9 – Hedgerows

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 26:53


    It's time for episode 9 and we're out in the wild! We learn more about the importance of hedgerows to animal habitats and there are some anthill sightings.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 8 – Heathlands

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 27:29


    For episode 8 of our podcast, we're talking the importance of heathland habitats.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 7 – Bird Aware Solent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 25:53


    Episode 7 of our podcast is here and we're joined by the Bird Aware team.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 6 – Conservation grazing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 36:03


    Episode 6 is here and we're talking all things conservation grazing.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 5 – Basingstoke Canal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 34:18


    We're back for episode 5 and this time we're at the Basingstoke Canal to find out more about this fabulous waterway.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 4 – Slow Ways project

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 17:03


    A special bonus episode here as we catch up with Dan from the Slow Ways project.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 3 – Lymington & Keyhaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 23:33


    Episode 3 is here. This month we're at Lymington & Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve with the site manager Pete.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 2 – Bird Aware Solent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 24:57


    We're back for episode 2! This month we're at Hook with Warsash with the Birdaware Solent team.

    Looking After Nature: Episode 1 – Everything trees!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 24:09


    The first full length episode of our Looking After Nature podcast is here. Each month we will be bringing you closer to nature in Hampshire with conversations from our Hampshire Countyside Service rangers.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #16

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 6:15


    The final episode of the series is here and Jo wraps up with a look at happiness and an experiment.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 5:24


    The last meditation of the series is here.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 6:33


    Episode 14 of the podcast is titled self-compassion and looks at kindness.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #13

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 5:55


    Episode 13 is another meditation, this time a body scan with a positive visualisation.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #12

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 5:55


    Episode 12 of the podcast is about gratitude and positive psychology.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #11

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 4:04


    This week's podcast is a mindful pause meditation.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 6:44


    This week's episode is about stress and shows us an experiment that can help when we feel overwhelmed.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 5:45


    The latest episode of Jo's podcast min-series is a lake visualisation meditation.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 7:06


    This week's podcast is about mindful walking.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 5:53


    Episode 7 is another meditation, this time mindful walking.

    Looking After You: Mindfulness with Jo #6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 8:20


    Episode 6 of the podcast is a look at connection and Jo takes us through another mindfulness exercise.

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