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A quest to find ancient holy wells in the Countryfile Podcast

Join a podcast quest to find an ancient holy well lost in the Welsh hills

Should cars be banned from National Parks?

Blue tit on branch

Big Garden Birdwatch: how to take part and garden birds to spot

Peregrine Falcon chicks at Corfe Castle. Credit Neil Davidson

Climate change sees mixed fortunes for wildlife in 2020

Christmas setting, decorated fireplace, fur tree

It’s the Christmas special podcast – join the team for a fireside chat

Radio 3 Christmas Sound Walks BBC Countryfile magazine

Don’t miss these Christmas Sounds Walks on Radio 3

Seabirds above waves

Little terns experience best breeding season for 25 years at Norfolk nature reserve

Person silhouetted against starry sky

Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors named International Dark Sky Reserves

River Lugg destroyed by bulldozer December 2020

Bulldozer destroys an extensive stretch of Herefordshire river

101 writers, artists and musicians have written to the Government calling for more access to the countryside

Artists, writers and musicians call on the Government to extend countryside access in England

Autumn foraging for food and home cures in the BBC Countryfile magazine podcast

Autumn foraging for free food and simple cures with a modern herbalist in Bristol

PPE Litter, Cornwall, Great British Beach clean/Credit: Natasha Ewins

Great British Beach Clean finds PPE littering the UK’s shorelines

Coastal homes overlooking the beach and sea at Luskentyre/Credit: Getty Images

Local community calls for legislation to reduce second-home ownership in Harris

Yesnaby Cliffs on Orkney Islands/Cre

Wave energy set to be trialled offshore near Orkney in 2021

Pine marten in tree/ Credit: Frantisek Koneval

Native predators forced into conflict by modified landscapes, finds study