{"id":23912,"date":"2023-03-09T16:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=23912"},"modified":"2023-03-09T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:15:31","slug":"hope-for-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/03\/09\/hope-for-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sir David Attenborough visits the puffins on Pembrokeshire\u2019s Skomer Island in Wild Isles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Hope for the wild<\/h2>\n\n
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\u201cPerhaps you can be the first to pass these wild isles on to the next generation in better shape than you found it.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This is Sir David Attenborough\u2019s rallying call in the BBC\u2019s flagship spring series Wild <\/em>Isles. <\/em>The series is a celebration of the astonishing natural wonders we can still find within the British Isles \u2013 and Patrick Barkham does a fine job of summing these up on page 48. Equally, the series contains a powerful message, reflected in Sir David\u2019s words. Yes, we have marvels to treasure, but we\u2019ve lost so much through carelessness, greed and neglect. It\u2019s astonishing, for example, that within my lifetime, nightingales could disappear from our woodlands (page 38). Or that we\u2019ve allowed so many of our rivers to become open sewers or polluted with farm waste. Meanwhile, battles still rage over the constraints that are placed on people when they want to explore the countryside (page 46). <\/p>\n\n

Ultimately, Wild <\/em>Isles <\/em>is a message of hope. There is still time, will and energy to restore some of the essential building blocks of our natural systems \u2013 we cannot grow food or generate energy without a vibrant, healthy natural world. That these systems are often beautiful in their own right is the icing on the cake. We just need to care and, as Patrick says \u201cthere are simple ways we can all play our part\u201d. <\/p>\n\n

You\u2019ll find ideas and advice in every issue of this magazine, as well as our email newsletter and award-winning podcast: The Plodcast. <\/p>\n\n

Fergus Collins<\/strong>, editor@countryfile.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

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THIS MONTH\u2019S CONTRIBUTORS <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Fiona Gell, page 18 <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Manx landscape is full of reminders of the island\u2019s colourful past: Viking ship burials, Neolithic stone circles and coastal forts.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patrick Barkham, page 48<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese islands are home to a bewildering array of habitats, from temperate rainforests to pine woods, vast lowland estuaries and heather uplands.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cerys Matthews, page 56<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt becomes abundantly clear when you distil down the text [of Under <\/em>Milk <\/em>Wood] <\/em>that this is a love letter to life, wherever you\u2019re from in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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