The Countryside Hour

By BBC Radio Norfolk

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Farmer and nature lover Chris Skinner shares wildlife recordings and answers questions.


Episode Date
Countryside Extra: The End of an Era
Sep 03, 2023
Countryside Extra: Blackberries, Baling and More
Aug 27, 2023
Countryside Extra: Fungus, Bats and Honeysuckle
Aug 20, 2023
Countryside Extra: Plants and Flowers
Aug 13, 2023
Countryside Extra: Puffballs and Butterflies
Aug 06, 2023
Countryside Extra: Foxgloves, Buzzards and More
Jul 30, 2023
Countryside Extra: Butterflies and Fungi
Jul 23, 2023
Countryside Extra: An Evening Outing
Jul 16, 2023
Countryside Extra: Pond Life!
Jul 09, 2023
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott and Nick Acheson
Jul 02, 2023
Countryside Extra: Australian Visitors
Jun 25, 2023
Countryside Extra: Warm Weather and Orchids
Jun 18, 2023
Countryside Extra: Goatsuckers!
Jun 11, 2023
Countryside Extra: Walking and Wasps
Jun 04, 2023
Countryside Extra: Swallows and Wild Flowers
May 28, 2023
Countryside Extra: Two Martins
May 21, 2023
Countryside Extra: The Woods and the Woodpeckers
May 14, 2023
Countryside Extra: Matthew Joins Chris on the Farm
May 07, 2023
Countryside Extra: Rabbits!
Apr 30, 2023
Countryside Extra: All on the Farm
Apr 23, 2023
Countryside Extra: Rooks, Cherries and Blackthorn
Apr 16, 2023
Countryside Extra: Cattle Egrets, Goldfinches and Swallows
Apr 09, 2023
Countryside Extra: Highlights from Spring 2016
Apr 02, 2023
Countryside Extra: Great and Lesser
Mar 26, 2023
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in
Mar 19, 2023
Countryside Extra: Gulls and Crows
Mar 12, 2023
Countryside Extra: Hiding Out
Mar 05, 2023
The Complete Walks of Chris Skinner
Feb 28, 2023
Countryside Extra: Concluding the Walk
Feb 26, 2023
Countryside Extra: Night Time Safari
Feb 19, 2023
Countryside Extra: Into the City
Feb 12, 2023
Countryside Extra: Back on Track
Feb 05, 2023
Countryside Extra: Chris Continues His Walk
Jan 29, 2023
Countryside Extra: Walk and Talk
Jan 22, 2023
Countryside Extra: What is a Farmer?
Jan 15, 2023
Countryside Extra: Signs of Spring
Jan 08, 2023
Countryside Extra: A Wildlife A to Z
Jan 01, 2023
Countryside Extra: Christmas on High Ash Farm
Dec 18, 2022
Countryside Extra: In the Grip of Winter
Dec 11, 2022
Countryside Extra: Field Mice
Dec 04, 2022
Countryside Extra: Batty About Bats
Nov 27, 2022
Countryside Extra: Mixed Gulls!
Nov 20, 2022
Countryside Extra: Ducks and Fairies!
Nov 13, 2022
Countryside Extra: Fungi, Wasps and Newts!
Nov 06, 2022
Countryside Extra: Chestnuts and Woodcocks
Oct 30, 2022
Countryside Extra: Birds and Bees
Oct 23, 2022
Countryside Extra: Hearing About Hornets
Oct 16, 2022
Countryside Extra: Blackthorns and more
Oct 09, 2022
Countryside Extra: Autumn Past
Oct 02, 2022
Countryside Extra: Extraordinary Slugs!
Sep 25, 2022
Countryside Extra: The Swallows and the Ivy
Sep 20, 2022
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in
Sep 20, 2022
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster and Graham Appleton sit in
Sep 04, 2022
Countryside Extra: Sparrows
Aug 28, 2022
Countryside Extra: Pond Life
Aug 21, 2022
Countryside Extra: Nick Acheson sits in
Aug 14, 2022
Countryside Extra: Waking, Willows and More...
Aug 07, 2022
Countryside Extra: Running Dry
Jul 31, 2022
Countryside Extra: Moths and Wild Flowers
Jul 24, 2022
Countryside Extra: Foxes on the Farm
Jul 17, 2022
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster and Tim Acheson sit in
Jul 10, 2022
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in
Jul 03, 2022
Countryside Extra: Looks at rooks!
Jun 26, 2022
Countryside Extra: Clover and orchids
Jun 19, 2022
Countryside Extra: Some Bonus Visits to the Farm!
Jun 14, 2022
Countryside Extra: Foxgloves and wildflowers
Jun 05, 2022
Countryside Extra: Tom Stewart sits in
May 29, 2022
Countryside Extra: Straying into Suffolk!
May 22, 2022
Countryside Extra: Nick Acheson sits in to answer your questions
May 15, 2022
Countryside Extra: Wild flowers and hedges
May 08, 2022
Countryside Extra: Rabbits!
May 01, 2022
Countryside Extra: Buzzards and Streams
Apr 24, 2022
Countryside Extra: Dawn Chorus Safari
Apr 17, 2022
Countryside Extra: Chiffchaffs and Little Owls
Apr 10, 2022
Countryside Extra: Nettles and Carrion Crows!
Apr 03, 2022
Countryside Extra: A taste of the High Ash dawn chorus
Mar 27, 2022
Countryside Extra: With Anna Perrott and Paul Stancliffe
Mar 20, 2022
Countryside Extra: Toads Doing What Toads Do
Mar 15, 2022
Countryside Extra: One Man and Somebody Else's Dog!
Mar 06, 2022
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in for Matthew
Feb 27, 2022
Countryside Extra: The Wind in the Ashes
Feb 20, 2022
Countryside Extra: Little Mouse!
Feb 13, 2022
Countryside Extra: Water and Woods
Feb 06, 2022
Countryside Extra: Bird Boxes
Jan 30, 2022
Countryside Extra: Midnight Safari
Jan 23, 2022
Countryside Extra: Oh deer!
Jan 16, 2022
Countryside Extra: Of Harvest Mice and Men
Jan 09, 2022
Countryside Extra: The Birds and the Bees
Jan 02, 2022
Countryside Extra: Return of the Rural Riddle!
Dec 26, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Winter Walk
Dec 19, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Link in the Chain of High Ash Farm's History
Dec 12, 2021
Countryside Extra: Snooping on seagulls!
Dec 05, 2021
Countryside Extra: Hoping for Mighty Oaks
Nov 28, 2021
Countryside Extra: Back by the Water
Nov 21, 2021
Countryside Extra: Beside the Seaside!
Nov 14, 2021
Countryside Extra: Going Underground!
Nov 07, 2021
Countryside Extra: Field Trip!
Oct 31, 2021
Countryside Extra: Fungi on the Farm
Oct 24, 2021
Countryside Extra: Butterflies
Oct 17, 2021
Countryside Extra: Back in the Studio!
Oct 10, 2021
Countryside Extra: Night-Time on High Ash Farm
Oct 03, 2021
Countryside Extra: Badgers on the Farm
Sep 26, 2021
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster sits in
Sep 19, 2021
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in
Sep 12, 2021
Countryside Extra: Swallows and Ashes
Sep 05, 2021
Countryside Extra: Late Summer Selections
Aug 29, 2021
Countryside Extra: Roe Deer, Goshawks and More
Aug 22, 2021
Countryside Extra: Chris Goes on a Butterfly Hunt at the Farm
Aug 15, 2021
Countryside Extra: Scooping Up an Unusual Harvest!
Aug 08, 2021
Countryside Extra: The Past, Present and Future of High Ash Farm
Aug 01, 2021
Countryside Extra: Buzzards and Wildflowers
Jul 25, 2021
Countryside Extra: Graham Appleton sits in
Jul 18, 2021
Countryside Extra: Teasel Do!
Jul 11, 2021
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster sits in
Jul 04, 2021
Countryside Extra: Purest Green!
Jun 27, 2021
Countryside Extra: Summer Wildflowers
Jun 20, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Dip into Egyptian Mythology
Jun 13, 2021
Countryside Extra: Back to the Farm!
Jun 06, 2021
Countryside Extra: Flowers of the Fields
May 30, 2021
Countryside Extra: Chris's Conkers!
May 23, 2021
Countryside Extra: Return of the Rural Riddle!
May 16, 2021
Countryside Extra: With Graham Appleton
May 09, 2021
Countryside Extra: Little Owls
May 02, 2021
Countryside Extra: Woodland
Apr 25, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Walk Through the Flowers
Apr 18, 2021
Countryside Extra: The First Swallow of Spring
Apr 04, 2021
Countryside Extra: March Hares
Mar 28, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Spring Tour of High Ash Farm
Mar 21, 2021
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster sits in
Mar 14, 2021
Countryside Extra: Owls Among the Oaks
Mar 07, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Frog Chorus!
Feb 28, 2021
Countryside Extra: Into the Bird Hide
Feb 21, 2021
Countryside Extra: Chris on a Quest!
Feb 14, 2021
Countryside Extra: Skinner in the Snow
Feb 07, 2021
Countryside Extra: Anna Perrott sits in
Jan 31, 2021
Countryside Extra: Kate Brewster sits in
Jan 24, 2021
Countryside Extra: A Bit of a Heavenly Body!
Jan 17, 2021
Countryside Extra: Walking Rat!
Jan 10, 2021
Countryside Extra: More Questions for Chris
Jan 03, 2021
Countryside Extra: Your Questions For Chris
Dec 27, 2020
Countryside Extra: Skinner Safari!
Dec 20, 2020
Countryside Extra: The Lettuce Field
Dec 13, 2020
Countryside Extra: Moth Mating
Dec 06, 2020
Countryside Extra: Butterflies By Night
Nov 29, 2020
Countryside Extra: Fairies of the Woods
Nov 22, 2020
Countryside Extra: Dusk Down on the Farm
Nov 15, 2020
Countryside Extra: Autumn Colours
Nov 08, 2020
Countryside Extra: Down to Earth
Nov 01, 2020
Countryside Extra: Pond Life!
Oct 25, 2020
Countryside Extra: Where the Wild Flowers Grow
Oct 18, 2020
Countryside Extra: Dallying with the Devil!
Oct 11, 2020
Countryside Extra: The Tale of a Tree
Oct 04, 2020
Kestrels
Jul 26, 2020
An all-recorded episode this week
Jul 19, 2020
Buzzards buzzing about
Jul 12, 2020
Making changes on the farm
Jul 05, 2020
Quite a few swallows - so it must be summer!
Jun 28, 2020
By the waterside once again
Jun 21, 2020
A little look at little owls
Jun 14, 2020
Searching out swallows
Jun 07, 2020
Badger watch
May 31, 2020
Down by the riverside
May 24, 2020
Larking about
May 17, 2020
A wander among the redwoods
May 10, 2020
Hello Mr Magpie!
May 03, 2020
Flourishing flowers
Apr 26, 2020
Thanks ants!
Apr 19, 2020
A Skinner safari!
Apr 12, 2020
Dusk and dawn
Apr 05, 2020
Chris is on the line from the farm office
Mar 29, 2020
A quick taste of Skinner humour!
Mar 23, 2020
Heron help
Mar 16, 2020
An all-recorded edition this week
Mar 09, 2020
Barn owls
Mar 02, 2020
Including another mystery sound to guess at
Feb 24, 2020
Recovering from storms
Feb 17, 2020
The impact of Storm Ciara
Feb 10, 2020
Chris is back live in the studio
Feb 03, 2020
With Graham Appleton
Jan 27, 2020
An episode from the farm this week
Jan 20, 2020
More overseas correspondence
Jan 13, 2020
Back for the New Year
Jan 06, 2020
Paul Hayes sits in
Dec 30, 2019
Mistletoe and more
Dec 23, 2019
Moths and more
Dec 18, 2019
Including a virtual tour of High Ash Farm
Dec 09, 2019
A wise old bird
Dec 02, 2019
Another trip to the farm
Nov 25, 2019
Moth mystery
Nov 18, 2019
Spider stories
Nov 11, 2019
A recorded hour from the farm
Nov 04, 2019
The clocks have gone back and the first frosts are being felt
Oct 29, 2019
Himalayan balsam - invasive or not?
Oct 21, 2019
An archive visit to the farm
Oct 14, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Angie George
Oct 07, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Sep 30, 2019
All on the farm
Sep 23, 2019
Solving some of your identification queries
Sep 16, 2019
Celebrating 70
Sep 09, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Sep 02, 2019
The changing face of farming
Aug 19, 2019
Squirrels, bird feeders and more
Aug 12, 2019
Summer on the farm
Aug 05, 2019
All on the farm this week
Jul 22, 2019
Turning the tables
Jul 15, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Jul 08, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Anna Perrott
Jul 01, 2019
Butterflies
Jun 17, 2019
Back from foreign fields
Jun 10, 2019
All on-location special
Jun 03, 2019
An informal cuckoo headcount!
May 20, 2019
Back in the studio
May 13, 2019
The wind in the bluebells
Apr 29, 2019
GBH in the bird world
Apr 15, 2019
Swallows
Apr 08, 2019
With Nigel Middleton
Apr 01, 2019
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Mar 25, 2019
A compilation of recent recordings from Chris's farm
Mar 18, 2019
Netting
Mar 11, 2019
Rooks, blackbirds and many more
Mar 04, 2019
Stunt casting!
Feb 25, 2019
Winter on High Ash Farm
Feb 18, 2019
Feeding tips for the birds
Feb 11, 2019
An unusual sound from a mute bird
Feb 04, 2019
Back from The Gambia!
Jan 28, 2019
An all-location special
Jan 21, 2019
The first Countryside Hour of 2019
Jan 07, 2019
Surprising signs of spring
Dec 17, 2018
December down on the farm
Dec 10, 2018
Woodpeckers
Dec 03, 2018
Answering questions on foxes, garden birds and more
Nov 26, 2018
Autumn on High Ash Farm
Nov 19, 2018
Owls, apples and more
Nov 12, 2018
Bees
Nov 05, 2018
Autumn special
Oct 29, 2018
Nocturnal special
Oct 22, 2018
Hare deaths
Oct 15, 2018
Ivy
Oct 08, 2018
Fairy rings
Oct 01, 2018
With Graham Appleton
Sep 24, 2018
Butterfly spotting
Sep 17, 2018
Chris and Matthew back together!
Sep 10, 2018
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Sep 03, 2018
With Nigel Middleton from the Hawk and Owl Trust
Aug 20, 2018
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Aug 13, 2018
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Aug 06, 2018
Summer on High Ash Farm
Jul 30, 2018
Sizzling summer
Jul 23, 2018
The best thing for blackbirds
Jul 16, 2018
Butterflies
Jul 09, 2018
Chris is back after making hay
Jul 02, 2018
With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes
Jun 18, 2018
With Nigel Middleton from the Hawk and Owl Trust at Sculthorpe
Jun 11, 2018
Down on the farm
Jun 04, 2018
The cuckoo's calling
May 21, 2018
Peanuts and pollination
May 14, 2018
April showers
Apr 30, 2018
A taste of spring
Apr 23, 2018
It doesn't make a summer!
Apr 16, 2018
Willows could be hit by dieback
Apr 09, 2018
Snake-seeking!
Mar 19, 2018
After the cold snap, and bird feeder advice
Mar 12, 2018
Cold comfort for the county's birds
Feb 26, 2018
Goldfinch diet debate!
Feb 19, 2018
Winter on High Ash Farm
Feb 12, 2018
Tackling questions about peacocks, swans and much more besides
Feb 05, 2018
A bird with many names
Jan 29, 2018
A bird Chris has never seen
Jan 15, 2018
Mistletoe memories
Jan 08, 2018
Rooks, crows and more
Dec 18, 2017
In search of the goldcrest
Dec 04, 2017
Chris is back in the studio
Nov 27, 2017
Nocturnal special
Nov 13, 2017
Rats!
Nov 06, 2017
Chris Skinner returns
Oct 30, 2017
Tails of snails
Oct 09, 2017
Fungi on the farm
Oct 02, 2017
Nest boxes, robins and more
Sep 25, 2017
Chris Skinner returns to the studio
Sep 18, 2017
Summer on High Ash Farm
Sep 11, 2017
With Jo Thewlis and Chris Skinner
Sep 04, 2017
A hornets' nest - not stirred up!
Aug 21, 2017
All on the farm
Aug 14, 2017
North Norfolk special
Aug 07, 2017
With Jo Thewlis and Chris Skinner
Jul 26, 2017
Searching for moths
Jul 10, 2017
Buzzards
Jul 03, 2017
Graham Appleton sits in
Jun 26, 2017
Down on the farm
Jun 19, 2017
Partridge protection
Jun 12, 2017
Bids, bees and butterflies
Jun 05, 2017
A recorded special from down on the farm
May 22, 2017
House martins
May 22, 2017
Wildflowers
May 08, 2017
Birds and bluebells
Apr 25, 2017
With Graham Appleton
Apr 10, 2017
With Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin
Apr 03, 2017
Bits and pieces from High Ash Farm
Mar 27, 2017
With Jo Thewlis and Chris Skinner
Mar 20, 2017
With Nigel Middleton
Mar 13, 2017
After Doris
Mar 06, 2017
Down on the farm
Feb 27, 2017
Fair weather friends
Feb 20, 2017
With Graham Appleton
Feb 13, 2017
Chris Skinner returns
Feb 06, 2017
Winter on High Ash Farm
Jan 30, 2017
With Rupert Masefield and Emily McParland from the RSPB
Jan 23, 2017
A decent proposal
Jan 16, 2017
Rats on the go - does it mean snow?
Jan 09, 2017
The last Countryside Hour of 2016
Dec 19, 2016
Rabbits
Dec 12, 2016
Bossy blackbirds!
Dec 05, 2016
With Graham Appleton
Nov 28, 2016
The tables turned!
Nov 25, 2016
More of your countryside questions answered
Nov 18, 2016
Chestnuts, wasps and more
Nov 18, 2016
Autumn on High Ash Farm
Oct 31, 2016
The famous Foxy!
Oct 25, 2016
A small plant with a big personality
Oct 24, 2016
Apples, holly trees and water pipes!
Oct 11, 2016
Features from the farm
Oct 07, 2016
Stirring up a hornets' nest
Sep 30, 2016
Farming and nature
Sep 20, 2016
Under the iron
Sep 14, 2016
Hornets, red kites, sunflowers and more
Sep 09, 2016
Chris returns to the studio
Sep 02, 2016
Ragwort and Himalayan balsam
Aug 05, 2016
With Kevin Murphy and Alan Hutchison
Jul 27, 2016
High Ash highlights while Chris makes hay
Jul 18, 2016
Squirrels, mosquitoes and more
Jul 18, 2016
With Graham Appleton
Jul 05, 2016
Bugloss and caterpillar hunting!
Jun 29, 2016
Spring and early summer on High Ash Farm
Jun 20, 2016
In the night meadow
Jun 17, 2016
Happy hour
Jun 10, 2016
Wildflowers and woodpeckers
May 29, 2016
Swifts and swallows
May 17, 2016
Robins and moles
Apr 26, 2016
Highlights from High Ash Farm
Apr 19, 2016
Swallows and long-tailed tits
Apr 15, 2016
Welcome to The Countryside Hour
Jan 26, 2016