Nature on the Hoof

About Nature on the Hoof

Looking at Nature while walking or cycling in Clydeside and Loch Lomond. Paul Murdoch takes photographs and gives info on the area and its amazing wildlife...

Publisher

Old Bloke Goes...

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 May 2020

Latest episode

5 Jan 2021

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Jan 2021

   Episode 11 - Moonquake

   A look up at our beautiful moon...

2. 

   11 Oct 2020

   Mellow Yellow

   This time we see how flowers get their colours and what use they might have for the plant.

3. 

   10 Oct 2020

   Instinct or Extinct?

   A look at instinctive behaviour in birds and how it may evolve.

4. 

   8 Oct 2020

   The Beetles

   A look a soldier beetles and their role in the garden.

5. 

   8 Oct 2020

   No Such Thing as a Seagull

   This time we look at the real gulls that surround us and sometimes interact with us...

6. 

   3 Oct 2020

   Dung today Pong tomorrow...

   A look at the very underestimated dung beetle and its uses.

7. 

   3 Oct 2020

   Lichen - the story so far...

   Taking a look a lichen and how they may be an important part of our future.

8. 

   25 Jun 2020

   The Bad Boy in the Playground

   A look at the much maligned Magpie. Are they as bad as we think or are they just ‘in our face’?

9. 

   9 Jun 2020

   The Covid Tourist

   This time I take a look at a not-so-welcome summer visitor up on the moors above the Vale of Leven

10. 

    3 Jun 2020

    A Thousand Tiny Heartbeats

    This time I look down rather than up and discover a few creatures in the micro world of the garden. Cuckoo Spit, Mites that hitch rides on Bumble Bees and much more...

11. 

    28 May 2020

    The Leaping Bambi

    A look through the lens at some of the incredible nature on Carman Moor, above The River Leven... In this episode I talk about Roe Deer, Dunnock and Song Thrushes.

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