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Programme serving everyone living in the countryside and tackling the issues affecting them. With rural, farming and environmental news

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Country Focus: Nature's Symphony

Nature's Symphony

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, Nature's Symphony

Helping our songbirds and the joy of listening to them sing

Keeping our song birds singing - it's good for the environment and our souls!

We celebrate "nature's greatest symphony"  as the first Sunday in May is  International Dawn Chorus day.  But we hear how our songbirds need our help!

The Archbishop of Wales, John Davies is retiring, after four years in the role.  He is the first Archbishop to be elected from the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon and Caroline Evans discusses the impact Covid had on the parishes across the countryside and how he sees the future for the smaller, rural churches.

The "Take the Bait" campaign aiming to find a greener alternative to the woven, plastic bait bags that are used by shellfish fishermen 

Taking the strain out of gardening - the garden enthusiasts in Ceredigion who have launched a new green-tech company offering a range of smart, self-watering, climate controlled mini greenhouses.  

and "Birdsong in a Time of Silence" we speak to author Steve Lovatt about reconnecting with nature in the pandemic.

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