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The Countryside in May

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by WynfordVaughan-Thomas In 1818 the Mellon family left County Tyrone to find a new life in North America where they founded a bank. Now the family have re-established an American folk park in their native Ulster and JOHN BENNETT has been learning something about' pioneering history.
May finds the rocky islet of the Calf of Man carpeted with bluebells and a staging post for hundreds of migrating birds.-PETER JENNINGS talks abo.ut his life as National Trust Warden there.
HARRY SOAN, expert on the Midlands agricultural scene, reflects on the changing sartorial styles of the Outdoor worker, and ERIC SIMMS watches the sea-birds on the coast of north-east Scotland.
Rather more domesticated is the bird which. MARTIN MUNCASTER has found in Surrey - an owl rearing its young in the sideboard of a house - and KEITH ALLAN looks at the wild goatherds of the Cheviots. Producer DON MOSEY BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tues 8.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bennett
Talks:
Peter Jennings
Unknown:
Martin Muncaster
Unknown:
Keith Allan

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