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Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles

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Open Country: David Lindo on the Isle of Man

David Lindo on the Isle of Man

17/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, David Lindo on the Isle of Man

David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, leaves the city to meet the wildlife of the Isle of Man

David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, loves the birds seen in cities and towns but has always dreamed of visiting the Isle of Man. He sets sail to find puffins, seals and hen harriers.

David Lindo is the Urban Birder. He loves the birds he finds in parks and open spaces in the city but for this weeks Open Country he sets sail for the open spaces and cliffs of the Isle of Man, a landscape he has always wanted to visit. Stuck out in the middle of the Irish Sea The Isle of Man is a birders paradise with rare sightings of elusive birds such as choughs, hen harriers and falcons. David crosses the Sound to visit the Bird Observatory on the Calf of Man where the Manx Shearwater is making a comeback and hears about how to keep the sea god Manannan happy.

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