Episode 2.28 - Amphibians to Azure A Farm Miracle

In this enchanting episode of the Countryside Podcasts, Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin embrace a damp July morning at High Ash Farm, where a farm miracle unfolds. By the lake, tens of thousands of froglets and toadlets leap from their tadpole origins, abandoning the water in a breathtaking exodus, their tiny forms navigating metre-high grass to escape herons and owls. Half a mile away, a kingfisher’s azure brilliance—cobalt wings and halcyon hues—dazzles from a crafted perch, its dives snaring young rudd and gudgeon, a fledged nest now a silent triumph. The teasel maze stretches across five acres, a pollinator haven humming with bees and red admirals, its clay-cracked paths whispering Saxon history. Listener tales of parasitic wasps and sand martin boxes weave into this journey, as nature’s miracle thrives under a softening sky.

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