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🦉 Subscribe to Get Birding: https://www.youtube.com/@GetBirdingUK?sub_confirmation=1 🐦‍⬛ Join The Flock for exclusive content: https://getbird.ing/starling-payment-form/ Episode 8: Rights of Passage (Spring Migration, Access and Belonging) In this episode, we’re following the vast, invisible highways that birds carve across our skies each spring, and the extraordinary journeys that bring them back to us. We’ll learn how birds navigate thousands of miles using scent, memory and instinct—and what these epic journeys reveal about survival in a rapidly changing world. Along the way, host Sean Bean is joined by actor and RSPB ambassador Samuel West, broadcaster Johnny Vaughan on the thrill of a fleeting kingfisher sighting, and Chris Hewson from the British Trust for Ornithology tracking cuckoos across continents. Plus, Dr Mya-Rose Craig answers your birding questions and Zoologist Megan McCubbin shares important new advice on feeding birds safely as seasons change. Beyond the birds themselves, conservationist Nadia Shaikh and birding instructor Joe Joseph dig into the deeper story—how our relationship with land shapes who gets to experience nature, and why reclaiming that connection could be key to protecting it. Produced by Hana Walker-Brown. Executive Producer is Jane Gerber. This is a Get Birding Production. BTO Cuckoo Tracking Project https://www.bto.org/get-involved/volunteer/projects/cuckoo-tracking Right to Roam https://www.righttoroam.org.uk/ Decolonising Birding https://goldengatebirdalliance.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/goldengatebirdalliance/event.jsp?event=14193 The podcast is made in collaboration with Forest Holidays, which encourages birdwatching as part of their guests’ stays, with nature sensitive cabins available in 13 incredible locations across the UK. Use the code GETBIRDING26 when booking, for £40 off a 3-night break or £60 off a 4 or 7 night break. The code expires on 30 June 2026 and is for breaks bookable until 1 October 2026. To find out more, visit www.forestholidays.co.uk 0:00 - Introduction 2:55 - Samuel West on birdwatching while making films 9:02 - Chris Hewson on cuckoo migration tracking 13:50 - Dr Mya-Rose Craig answers a listener question 16:15 - Megan McCubbin on the new RSPB bird feeder advice 20:31 - Johnny Vaughan on birding clothes & kingfishers 24:34 - Nadia Shaikh on on the Right To Roam 29:12 - Joe Joseph on being an 'outsider' in birding 34:29 - Sean Bean's poetry reading 🪶 Get Birding is the UK’s leading birdwatching podcast 🎙️ Hosted by Sean Bean, featuring Mya-Rose Craig 🗓️ New episode every other Thursday 🎧 Listen to the latest episodes via: Acast: https://shows.acast.com/get-birding Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3D3Iahd9sb93dLCI3oVVDS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-birding/id1551111133 🐦 Connect with Get Birding online: Visit our website: http://www.bird.ing/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getbirdingpod/?hl=en Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getbirdingpod Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@getbirdingpod Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@getbirdingpod #SeanBean #GetBirding #Birds #Birdwatching #Podcast #Wildlife