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BBC Countryfile Magazine
Wildflowers on wheels
Cycling botanist Leif Bersweden toured Britain's best sites searching for wild plants, hoping to understand them, the dangers they now face, and why so many of us have become disconnected from the beauty at our feet
5 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
MOVING MOUNTAINS
Unfit and suffering from depression, Sabrina Pace-Humphreys found lasting joy in running in the countryside. Now a champion of ultramarathons, she helps other black runners to enjoy Britain's wild places
4 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
MONEY-SAVING TIPS FOR COUNTRYSIDE EXPLORERS
As the cost of living rises, travel writers Julie Brominicks and Dixe Wills offer their top tips on how to enjoy outdoor holidays without breaking the bank
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Regeneration game
Under pressure to make ends meet, many farmers drive their land hard, which can take its toll on the health of the soil. But on their Lakeland hill farm, Sam and Claire Beaumont use less intensive, wildlife-friendly methods to raise livestock - and their earnings, writes Karen Lloyd
4 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Pirate queens
Swashbuckling outlaws Anne Bonny and Mary Read are finally taking their rightful place in pirate history. Immortalised in sculpture, they are now looking for a shorebound home, says Rosanna Morris
5 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
THE COLERIDGE WAY
It's 250 years since the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the great poet and lover of nature and landscape. Ben Lerwill celebrates by exploring a spectacular hiking route named in the poet's honour, through the lovely hills of West Somerset
6 min |
August 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Diving for silver
The sight of hunting gannets plunging into the sea at speed is one of the greatest natural spectacles in Britain. Shetland wildlife photographer Richard Shucksmith admires the dramatic lifestyle of our largest seabird
5 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
DISCOVER ISLE OF WONDERS
With spectacular chalk cliffs, sandy bays and a natural harbour fringed by precious heathlands, Dorset's Purbeck peninsula is lavishly gifted with natural beauty
6 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Keeping traditions afloat
In her Dorset workshop, boatbuilder and teller of stories Gail McGarva makes traditional wooden vessels, the old-fashioned way
6 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Leading light
Many a boat was dashed to pieces on Bell Rock in the North Sea, until a beacon was built to guide sailors to safe waters. The world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse remains the finest achievement of visionary engineer Robert Stevenson, born 250 years ago this month
6 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Sara Maitland
A day on the beach offers freedom, beauty and childlike fun, whatever your age
2 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Saving our seagrass forests
What if a habitat could capture carbon faster than a rainforest? Neutralise an acidifying ocean? Stop plastic in its tracks? Provide homes for thousands of species? As Countryfile's Plant Britain campaign focuses on conservation on our coasts this year, Sophie Pavelle explores the wonders and opportunities that our dwindling seagrass forests can offer us
7 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
THE HEBRIDEAN COAST THAT STOLE MY HEART
"Breathtaking scenery, unspoilt beauty and wide-open skies"
2 min |
July 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Phantoms of the forest
A powerful, secretive hunter haunts our forests - the goshawk. Film-maker James Aldred has spent hundreds of hours discovering the hidden life of this master of stealth
7 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Should the royals rewild their land?
Green campaigners are urging the Royal Family to help Britain restore nature and tackle climate change by rewilding its vast estates - but some locals are sceptical. Richard Baynes finds out why
7 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Insect Eden
With 134 miles of paths through drifts of wildflowers abuzz with bees and butterflies, the John Muir Pollinator Way is both a beautiful walking route and a way to help revive Britain's insect population, reports Sheila Sim
7 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Sara Maitland
A new GCSE in natural history will empower the future caretakers of our planet
2 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
DISCOVER ROYAL THAMES
From its spring in the Cotswolds, a wild river winds past dreaming spires and palaces to the city and the sea. Ben Lerwill marks Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by exploring the rich, regal heritage of a great river
7 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Life, loss and hope
With many of the UK's plant and animal species threatened with extinction because of human actions, it's easy to feel downhearted. In his new book, Peter Marren explores our complex role as both predator and protector of the natural world – and reveals that none of us are powerless
7 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
AN OAK FOR THE AGES
Since prehistoric times, a giant tree had slumbered in the Fenland soil, until, in 2012, a farmer stumbled across it. Now, skilled craftsmen have transformed the oak into a 'Table for the Nation', as a jubilee tribute to the Queen, writes Rosanna Morris
6 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
A view from the farm Adam Henson
WHY COUNTY SHOWS ARE A DELIGHT OF SUMMER
2 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
A taste of June
STRAWBERRY, LEMON CURD, MASCARPONE & PEPPER SANDWICHES
1 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
A life in colour
Floral meadows surround the old house at Benton End in Suffolk. Once, though, this was one of England's most beautiful country gardens, created by plantsman and artist Sir Cedric Morris, whose life was as colourful as his plants. Now there are plans to renew the house and grounds as a vibrant centre for art and gardening, writes Twigs Way
5 min |
June 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Golden wonders
They are so common we take them for granted. Many gardeners wage war on them. But these wildflowers are marvels of natural design, vigorously well adapted to life in all its forms. Phil Gates celebrates the dandelion
6 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Spring into song
Spring's blend of optimism, fertility and new life has always stirred people into song. Duncan Haskell takes us on a lyrical journey through the melodies of the season
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
NEW NATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2022
Are you inspired by spending time in a place where nature flourishes? Then put pen to paper and let your creativity flow in this year's nature-writing competition
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Fawn rising
This spring, new roe deer fawns are born in quiet woodlands across the countryside. Adele Brand describes a fawn's first year of life, and asks why farmers and some naturalists are worried by the growing numbers of deer
7 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Frost in May
Spring is here at last and in his gorgeous Lincolnshire garden, Adam Frost thrills to every bud that bursts into blossom. The BBC Gardeners' World presenter tells us how nature and the countryside have inspired his career
7 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Ellie Harrison
The unstoppable power and might of stormy weather can remind us of our place in the world
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
DISCOVER THE STORY OF LAKELAND
Take a magical history tour of the mysterious stone circles, dramatic castles, historic quarries and grand country houses of the Lake District with Susie White
8 min |