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Golf Course to Nature Reserve | Just Add Water?

Golf Course to Nature Reserve | Just Add Water?

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 How can a golf course become a place for nature and people to thrive? Ajay Tegala visits Sandilands in Lincolnshire over its first year as the once manicured lawns transform into a wetland habitat. But with one of the driest springs on record, can Sandilands go from one birdie to another? Will there be enough water for wading birds return?
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Production
Presenter: Ajay Tegala
Producer: Marnie Woodmeade
Sound designer: Jesus Gomez

Contributors
Carl Hawke
Kirsty James
Dave Miller

Special Credit: A big thanks to Jannis Bonner, composer student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, for their collaboration to this episode with the track "Breath of the Canopy".

Eurasian booming bittern sfx:
Author: Niels Krable
Link: https://xeno-canto.org/100296

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Image credit: ©National Trust Images/Rob Coleman
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