In this special extended episode in honour of Earth Day, we talk to Rachel DeSumma from Victoria, Australia. Rachel is a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in the Dandenong Ranges and shares with us some Seasonal Observations from down under! There is bird mimicry and fungi that look like olives, so prepared to be amazed! 

Take 5 minutes to feel your connection to our Earth with the Mindful Moment.

Our Noticing Nature activity this time is to join in with Earth Day activities on Tuesday 22nd April. This could be something you do yourself, like plant some flowers for bees in your garden or flower box, build a bug hotel or go on a litter pick. If you need some inspiration, visit Event Map — Digital Earth Day (arcgis.com) to find organised events around the world.

Let us know what you have noticed, and also if you know the reason that red foxes bark at night around this time of year in the UK.

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Audio credits:

All audio clips are used under the Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dawn chorus birdsong - 234889__nebulousflynn__dawn-chorus-birdsong-london-uk https://freesound.org/

Red fox barking - 537587__craig-cerinocraigsays__red-fox-screeching https://freesound.org/

Bird songs and calls, all from https://www.xeno-canto.org/

UK species:

XC607768 - Eurasian Blackcap song - Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. Jarek Matusiak

XC597437 - Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita. Alexander Henderson

XC634621 - Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris. Jerome Fischer

XC603742 - Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus. Peter Ward and Ken Hall

XC634853 - Common Blackbird - Turdus merula. Susanne Kuijpers

XC636347 - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major. Eduardo Realinho

XC637874 - European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris. Agris Celmins

XC637823 - Rook - Corvus frugilegus. Irish Wildlife Sounds

XC560815 - Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus. Ireneusz Oleksik

XC631742 - Eurasian Nuthatch - Sitta europaea. Neils Van Doninck

XC635230 - Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus. Stanislas Wroza

Australian species:

XC172223 - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus. Marc Anderson

XC283571 - Grey Shrikethrush - Colluricincla harmonica harmonica. Nick Talbot

XC204398 - Grey Fantail - Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa. Marc Anderson

XC407944 - Superb Fairywren - Malurus cyaneus cyaneus. Frank Lambert

XC460806 - Superb Lyrebird - Menura novaehollandiae novaehollandiae. Marc Anderson