Open Country   /     Reed cutting at Cley

Description

Bernard Bishop has lived and worked on the Cley marshes for his whole life. It's the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's oldest reserve and home to a plethora of birdlife, sealife and grazing saltmarsh cattle. Bernard and his family have been cutting reeds to be used for thatching from the marsh for five generations and counting. Bernard talks to Ruth Sanderson as he cuts this year's reed crop with his son and nephew. With birds calling overhead, he reflects on a life spent working in and loving this very special landscape.Produced and presented by Ruth Sanderson

Subtitle
Ruth Sanderson meets reed cutters in Norfolk's oldest nature reserve.
Duration
1473
Publishing date
2024-02-02 18:26
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vsjj
Contributors
  BBC Radio 4
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p0h8rb4x.mp3
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