Auks, rooks & long grass

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Tom Pattinson’s musing on the benefits of ’No Mow May’ and keeping your grass long...
We’re down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we’re checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows’…?

And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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Chapters

1. Intro and theme tune (00:00:00)

2. Keeping your grass long... (00:02:14)

3. Auks: puffins, razorbills and all (00:08:14)

4. May into June: a great time for growing! (00:19:35)

5. The crow family - proper characters! (00:25:10)

6. Jobs for the week in the garden with Tom (00:34:30)