BBC Countryfile Magazine - July 2024

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WILD SILENCE
CS Maria Hodson spends three days hiking wordlessly across Dartmoor, and something strange happens...

AMERICAN INVADERS!
How do you solve a problem like mink? We meet the conservationists battling this cute-yet-relentless killer.

SENSE OF PLACE
Ramblers’ president Amir Latif, aka the blind adventurer, explores a classic route in the Peak District....

Strange sunfish

Is it missing something? Spot the bizarre head only’ ocean sunfish in UK waters in summer

2 mins

Are tourism taxes pricing the public out of the countryside?

Starting this month, holidaymakers along the Dorset coast will find themselves having to pay the UK's first seaside 'tourist tax' - an extra £2 per room per night - if they stay in larger hotels in Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch.

2 mins

BIG CAT DNA FOUND IN CUMBRIA

Speculation over big cats in our countryside rises as a leopard or jaguar is suspected in a sheep killing

1 min

FARMING AND THE RISE OF SUPERBUGS

Antibiotics save lives but unless farmers stop overusing them on animals, scientists warn they could become useless, triggering a global health crisis. Caroline Stocks finds out how British farmers are taking action

4 mins

SCOTTISH ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY ON CAMERA

A unique photographic record brings Scotland’s nature restoration into sharp focus

1 min

Adam Henson

What can you do for our farmers? Go to an agricultural show this summer and talk to them

2 mins

DISCOVER Coast to Coast adventure

Alfred Wainwright's breathtaking Coast to Coast walk passes through England's three most spectacular national parks. But more than that, it is a chance to slow down, live the simple life and absorb the stories of the land, enthuses Vivienne Crow

5 mins

Wild silence

What happens when you spend three days walking wordlessly across Dartmoor, wild camping along the way? Maria Hodson finds out...

6 mins

Colour therapy

Before synthetic dyes, we turned to plants to provide colour in our lives. Steph Wetherell meets a Devon farmer who is not only growing gorgeous dye plants - she's helping people bloom too

5 mins

American INVADERS!

Escaping from fur factories in the 1950s, mink flourished in the countryside and began devastating native species. Now conservationists in East Anglia are finally turning the tide on the...

5 mins

TOP 10 PIERS

What could be more redolent of an oldfashioned holiday than a walk on one of Britain's piers? When it comes to length, the following 10 have no peers, says Dixe Wills

9 mins

Sense of place

Vivienne Crow enjoys a classic summer walk in the Peak District with Amar Latif, the blind adventurer and president of the 4 Ramblers, who is set on making the world more accessible to all

4 mins

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BBC Countryfile Magazine Description:

Countryfile Magazine inspires you to explore forgotten corners of the great British countryside and provides knowledge of the people and wildlife that inhabit it. We want to tempt you into trying new things, seek out new places and make the most of Britain’s beautiful landscapes.