A Field Guide to the Brecks

A Field Guide to the Brecks

Brecks Landscape Partnership

Episodes 14
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Sporadic
Since Oct 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
71%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Walking and talking through the Norfolk and Suffolk Brecks to find out what makes it one of the most unusual landscapes in the UK from the people who live and work with the land.

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Recent Episodes

S1E13 Episode 13 - A Tour Around the Brecks with the Landscape Partnership

Feb 10, 2026 1h 2m

This week, in the final episode of the series, Timo talks to Landscape Partnership founder, and Suffolk County Council’s Natural Environment Manager, Nick Dickson, and current Project Manager of the…

S1E12 Episode 12 - Archaeological Play and Experimentation

Feb 03, 2026 33m

This week, Timo talks to Lance and Alfred from West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village. Their exploration of the park starts with Æppel and Æcern, two wild-boar-mix pigs rootling beneath the…

S1E11 Episode 11 - Art for Community Resilience

Jan 27, 2026 48m

This week, Timo talks to Maddie Exton, Artist and Creative Producer at MarketPlace Arts, an Arts Council funded Creative People and Places (CPP) charity. They discuss:Maddie’s working-class, rural…

S1E10 Episode 10 - Farming in Partnership for Biodiversity

Jan 20, 2026 41m

This week, Timo talks to Richard Evans, co-founder of the Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network (BFWN). They discuss:the ingredients that formed the BFWN, from Richard’s background and network, to the…

S1E9 Episode 9 – Collaborative Working for River Health

Jan 13, 2026 37m

This week, Timo talks to Becky Carter, Catchment Engagement Manager and Martin Bowes, Strategy Manager for Anglian Water. They discuss:how the word “heritage” applies naturally to water in the Brecks…

S1E8 Episode 8 - The Running Community

Jan 06, 2026 32m

This week, we’re kicking off 2026 with a conversation withGraham Wade, co-founder of Run Breckland. Timo talks to Graham in September 2025 on Butten Island, between the Little Ouse and the Thet in…

S1E7 Episode 7 - River Works and their Communities

Dec 16, 2025 36m

This week, Timo talks to Lou Mayer, Environmental Programme Manager at the Environment Agency. They discuss:the value of chalk streams the impact of rainfall, the historical human-shaping of rivers,…

S1E6 Episode 6 - Birds, Bunnies and Biodiversity

Dec 09, 2025 29m

{Apologies for the poor sound quality in this episode}In this episode, Timo talks to Tim Cowan, Brecks Conservation Officer for the RSPB. They discuss:Tim’s relationship with the Brecks and the…

S1E5 Episode 5 – The Watery Brecks with Imogen Radford

Dec 02, 2025 49m

Timo talks to Imogen Radford about the role of water in one of the driest regions of the UK.Imogen is a volunteer who ran two projects for the Partnership: one collecting and sharing oral histories…

S1E4 Episode 4 - Tourism in the Brecks with Visit East of England

Nov 25, 2025 27m

Timo talks to Pete Waters, Executive Director of Visit East of England about tourism in the Brecks. They discuss:how to work with what we have in attracting visitors to the areahow to curate the…

S1E3 Episode 3 - How Human History Shaped the Brecks

Nov 18, 2025 48m

Timo talks to James Parry from The Breckland Society about the often overlooked social and cultural history of the Brecks. They discuss:the story of how human activity has changed the landscape from…

S1E2 Episode 2 - Making Projects Happen with Tina Cunnell

Nov 11, 2025 40m

Timo talks to Tina Cunnell, Brandon Town Clerk and former Thetford Town Clerk. Today’s episode takes a walk through Brandon’s green spaces, from the public-access orchard, up the avenue of lime trees…

S1E1 Episode 1 - The Future of Farming with the Elveden Estate

Nov 04, 2025 47m

Timo talks to Andrew Blenkiron, manager of the Elveden Estate, the largest ring-fenced, lowland farm in England. Join them on Dead Man’s Heath – a classic Brecks landscape of open heath fringed with…

Introducing the Brecks

Oct 27, 2025 1h

The Norfolk and Suffolk Brecks has a tangible history of human-shaping that goes back thousands of years yet, today is home to 28% of the UK's rarest species and was described in the University of…

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