Found Sound for June

As the Season Turns

Ffern

Arts

4.9 • 846 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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For June's Found Sound, Alice meets science and nature writer Chantal Lyons at Woorgreens Nature Reserve in the heart of the Forest of Dean, to spot the elusive wild boar - learning about their habits, expressions and natural history along the way. This episode was produced by musician and sound artist Alice Boyd, featuring music by herself and The Breath. Thanks go to Chantal Lyons. 'As the Season Turns' is a podcast created by Ffern in collaboration with Lia Leendertz. Each episode, released on the first of the month, is a guide to what to look out for in the month ahead - from the sky above to the land below. Found Sounds are released on the middle Friday of the month. Ffern is an organic fragrance maker based in Somerset. You can learn more about Ffern's seasonal eau de parfum at ffern.co

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns. I'm Leah Lane Darts and I'm delighted to introduce this found sound for June, created by musician and sound artist Alice Boyd.
0:23.6	Found sounds are a new addition to As the Season Turns for 2024.
0:28.6	Brief, meditative episodes for listeners who wish to feel that little bit more immersed in the natural world as we move through the year.
0:42.3	Grounding ourselves in nature and the rhythms our ancestors have always followed. This month, Alice meets science and nature writer Chantal Lyons
0:48.3	at Wargreens Nature Reserve in the heart of the Forest of Dean to spot wild boar.
1:01.4	This episode will last approximately 10 minutes. You may wish to pause the podcast here for a moment while you find somewhere warm and quiet to close your eyes, sit back and settle down into this month's
1:09.6	found sound. The Can you describe where we are currently?
1:30.3	We are right in the middle of the Forest of Dean. Can you describe where we are currently?
1:45.7	We are right in the middle of the Forest of Dean, pretty much bang in the middle,
1:49.8	and we are in this nature reserve. There's forest on all side,
1:54.4	but there's sort of bicks of wood pasture and conifer plantation,
1:58.3	but also lots of natural regeneration, lots of scrub,
2:02.7	and there's birdsong everywhere.
2:10.6	Yes, and my name is Chantauer. My first book came out in February this year.
2:16.0	It's Groundbreakers, the Return of British
2:18.0	Wild Boar. It is about what the return of World War to Britain means for us, for our wildlife,
2:25.8	our landscapes, and also for the ball themselves in terms of how they live their lives and how
2:29.7	they are adapting to life with us again.
2:36.9	It's just past 8pm.
2:39.4	Can you explain what we're going to do this evening?
2:42.6	So this is the golden hour really for seeing ball, that and sort of early morning.
2:47.9	Obviously it's sort of when it's light enough, but the ball will be coming out or sort of just before they turn in for the morning. Obviously it's sort of when it's light enough but the bore will be coming out or sort of
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