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    2. Fergus Collins
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    Fergus Collins

    Editor, BBC Countryfile Magazine

    Editor of BBC Countryfile Magazine, Fergus lives in deepest Monmouthshire with his family, where his neighbours are farmers, buzzards and sheep. When not working on the magazine he wanders the hills, grows vegetables and plans adventures.

    Recent articles by Fergus Collins

    A nightingale singing in spring
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    Nightingales at dawn in Dorset – magical, beautiful and moving

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    Summer wildlife guide: how to identify and where to see

    Red squirrel for episode 10 of season 5 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
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    Delightful tales of red squirrels and house sparrows

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    Woz Andrew catches a brown trout on the River Tame
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    Walk the River Tame in Manchester to see a river restored to glorious life

    Foraging in a woodland in the Crew's Hole area of Bristol
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    Discover the medicinal powers of wildflowers and plants

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    British crow guide: how to identify each species and where to see

    Sugar Loaf mountain in spring, viewed from the Deri
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    Walk with bluebells and cuckoos on Sugar Loaf in the Brecon Beacons

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    Journey into spring on Exmoor to meet Britain’s most exotic migrant birds

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    British badger guide: natural habitat, diet and how to spot

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    Dawn in the gentle hills of Dorset
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    A gentle nature ramble in rural Dorset – with a magnificent dawn chorus

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    How to compost your waste

    Plane tree on a Brecon Beacons path
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    Climb into the Brecon Beacons for a spring wildlife special

    The Amateur Poacher book by Richard Jefferies
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    Explore the wilds of Wessex in the footsteps of a traditional countryside rogue

    Sign welcoming visitors to The Community Farm near Bristol
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    Explore a brilliant community farm near Bristol

    Monmouthshire, blorenge mountain
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    A gentle springtime stroll along a Monmouthshire stream

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