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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

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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

American crayfish in cooking pot/Credit: Getty Images

Catching crayfish may hamper control of invasive species

Looking up at a tree canopy/Credit: Getty Images

The Woodland Trust aim to plant 50 million trees by 2021

Adult male Atlantic salmon leaping upstream to spawning ground, Topcliffe Weir, River Ribble, South Yorkshire, UK. © Jack Perks/Getty

Scientists raise concerns about captive-bred salmon in the wild

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Discussing rewilding with rural commentator Rob Yorke in the Black Mountains – a new podcast

‘Vigo’ the bearded vulture in farmland in the Lincolnshire fens, with a magpie for scale. © Ashley James

Analysis reveals the origins of the bearded vulture in the UK

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Interview with H is for Hawk author Helen MacDonald in the latest BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast

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New project to monitor nature in Cairngorms National Park

Jordans Harvest Festival Master Image

UK’s first ever virtual harvest festival

Programme Name: Cornwall with Simon Reeve - TX: n/a - Episode: This Cornish Summer with Simon Reeve - Ep1 (No. 1) - Picture Shows: (R) with the Taco Boys Simon Reeve - (C) Beagle Media Ltd - Photographer: Chris Mitchell

Best British countryside, nature and wildlife programmes to watch in November 2020