Episode 14: Early Bird Catches The Worm

Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcast

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In this episode Chris Skinner explains the modern practice of minimum tillage or min-till, which involves drilling crops into the previous crop's stubble instead of ploughing the fields. This method saves farmers time and diesel and helps maintain the food source for gulls, which are land birds that spend most of their time inland.

Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin also dwell on his controversial practice of feeding foxes on his farm to prevent them from preying on pheasants and partridges. He talks positively about the increasing number of farmers adopting this approach to wildlife conservation.

They watch buzzards, spot a stoat and Chris Skinner covets a waxwing sighting as he and Matthew Gudgin answer listeners emails.
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