Oh - and we made this week's Radio Times too...! Sitting there surrounded by impeccable company. (Thanks Megan McCubbin!)

Many thanks Farming Today for inviting me on this morning to chat about Wild Justice successful legal challenge against Defra UK on unlawful gamebird licenses.

This was my first time on R4 - thks Anna Hill & Beatrice Fenton for kindness.

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There's been a host of music used on t'podcast (bella hardy, Stornoway, @thebookshopband, The Leisure Society, Louise Jordan, etc...) - enough to make an EP; but, we are particularly chuffed to nuts to know Martin Simpson's 'Cherry Tree Carol' has made it on to his latest album!

Here's something to get you in the mood for our conversation tomorrow. While forest bathing in Dorset I spoke with David Oakes about our relationship with trees, hedge schools, tree time, and more. Listen here: treesacrowd.fm/katie-holten/ Trees A Crowd

This is great!

Thank you for coming to my recent concerts, it’s been such a joy to play for you all. If you’re able to vote for ‘Skydancers’ in the #pFITE24 completion, I would be delighted. Just click on the link here and ‘like’ the video there. Thank you so much. youtu.be/ik8fXogp5vE?si…

Great news for Wakefield and the surrounding area. To hear how andy holden made a tribute to Watertown and Wakefield’s Winged Wildlife, head to: treesacrowd.fm/andy-holden

NEW EPISODE
David heads to Tate St Ives to meet the Father and Son team muddling the minds of both Artist and Naturalist, andy holden & Peter Holden.
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Expect infanticidal cuckoos, the mysterious Jourdain society & sculptures to outlast the birds.
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Fun morning out trying to spot wild boar in Forest of Dean @forestryengland with Trees A Crowd. Lots of signs, but the boar themselves were hiding! 🐗

I'm really delighted with the new cover design for the paperback edition of my book Traffication, out later this year: pelagicpublishing.com/products/traff…

If you could choose a topic to cover in a future episode, what would you plump for?

Two Davids (Hetherington and Oakes) chatting about lynx and the potential for its return to Scotland. Well worth a listen. David Oakes #LynxToScotland
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NEW EPISODE:
David Hetherington is an expert on the Eurasian Lynx & the beneficial links Lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) can manifest within our complicated British ecosystems. Expect folklore, trophic scales, biodiversical benefits and... Hermann Göring?!
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COMING TOMORROW:

A fascinating deep dive into the many riddles of the lynx!

Essential listening for rewilders, farmers and rewilding farmers alike... (oh, and Hildegard von Bingham enthusiasts!)

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COMING SOON!
Andy Holden’s ‘A Natural History of Nest Building’ opens 10 Feb

This 3 screen video installation is inspired by natural history TV programmes. The film is narrated by Andy Holden & his father, ornithologist Peter Holden.

Find out more bit.ly/4aXhHJr

Popped down to Tate St Ives to talk with andy holden & his father about all things art, birds, bird art, and all universal philosophical abstractions that emanate from said avian-creativity for Trees A Crowd. Episode coming soon…

treesacrowd.fm/dr-paul-donald/ worth a listen to Paul Donald chatting to David Oakes on the Trees A Crowd

The February episode of TAC is about potential species reintroductions to the Cairngorms.

But, not this one…!

To hear more about the realities of raptor persecution, and how people are trying to combat it, hear our interview with Ruth Tingay here: treesacrowd.fm/dr-ruth-tingay/