Embrace the Darkness Podcast: Season 2
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- Embrace the Darkness Season 2: Episode 1
This season, join Elinor to explore and encounter some of our fabulous nocturnal wildlife.
For this episode, she joins Olivia French, Heathlands Reunited SAMM Project Team Leader, in the north of the South Downs National Park at Weavers Down, seeking out the amazing and elusive European nightjar.
Sitting on the side of a hill as the sun sets, waiting for the nightjars to make themselves known, Olivia and Elinor discuss the importance of heathlands, the amazing wildlife that calls it home and this special bird who migrates thousands of miles every year to nest on these sites.
Whether you are a regular on heathlands and have heard nightjars churring before, or this is your first introduction to these magical creatures, this episode is sure to inspire you to get outdoors, explore and embrace the darkness!
Remember, if you have a question, comment or suggestion, please email embracethedarkness@southdowns.gov.uk
- Embrace the Darkness Season 2: Episode 1
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- Embrace the Darkness Season 2: Episode 2
For this episode, she joins David Atthowe, Founder of Reveal Nature, whose mission is to “is to ignite a sense of awe and wonder for the mysteries of the natural world.”
David spends a lot of time out in the darkness, and one of the things he is an expert in is biofluorescence, or the glowing of all sorts of wildlife under ultraviolet (or UV) light. David has led biofluorescence walks all across the UK, and around the world, and has just led two walks for South Downs National Park as part of our Dark Skies Festival. But don’t worry if you missed them – he will be back with us in the autumn!
Elinor and David discuss all things that glow in the dark and the wondrous world that awaits us after the sun has set.
For more information on David’s work, please visit https://revealnature.co.uk/
Remember, if you have a question, comment or suggestion, please email embracethedarkness@southdowns.gov.uk
- Embrace the Darkness Season 2: Episode 2
