About this podcast
The multi-award-winning podcast helping everyone, everywhere connect with nature by discovering more about the birds around us.
Hosted by actor and longtime birder, Sean Bean.
Get Birding’s purpose has been recognised by awards including:
British Podcast Awards 2022 & 2025: Climate & Sustainability
Audio Production Awards 2024: Best New Voice, & Climate
Anthem Award 2022 & Lovies Award 2023: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Past hosts include BBC Wild Isles presenter & Strictly winner Hamza Yassin; 23 year old ornithologist & environmentalist Dr Mya-Rose Craig; and YouTuber City Girl in Nature, and our supporters include RSPB, National Trust, Natural History Museum, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust.
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Episodes
- Words of the Wild with Jackie Morris · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 21In this episode, Sean Bean joins Poet Laureate Simon Armitage at RSPB Arne to explore how birds have inspired poetry and literature, and the books that first sparked a love of…
- Migration and Conservation with Ben Watt · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 20In this episode, host Sean Bean returns to RSPB Arne in Dorset, where autumn migration is bringing birds in from further north. We’ll discover why Poole Harbour is such an…
- Birding at RSPB Arne with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 19In this episode, host Sean Bean is joined by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage at RSPB Arne, where they explore the reserve and discover how Dartford Warblers have bounced back, from…
- Generational Birding with Dr Mya-Rose Craig · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 18In this episode, we’re exploring generational birding and how a love of nature is passed down through families. Sean Bean is joined by lifelong birders Dr. Mya-Rose Craig and her…
- Birds of Prey with Dan O'Neill · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 17In this episode, host Sean Bean is joined by wildlife biologist and broadcaster Dan O’Neill at RSPB Ham Wall, where they explore the wildlife of this wetland habitat, from…
- The birds that stay with us feat. Kirsty Gallacher and Amy Tan · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 16In this episode, host Sean Bean is joined by broadcaster and lifelong birder Kirsty Gallacher to explore the seminal moments that have shaped her love and appreciation for birds…
- Holiday Birding Spots with Jim Moir and Samuel West · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 15In this episode, host Sean Bean is back at RSPB Ham Wall with long-time birder Jeff Holmes to explore the changing fortunes of Britain's birds, from wintering whooper swans and…
- The Birding World Comes to Rutland · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 14In this episode, the Get Birding team are headed to Rutland Water and the Global Bird Fair, where birders, conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts from around the world come…
- The Boom of the Bittern with Jeremy Vine · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 13In this episode, we're exploring the reed beds of RSPB Ham Wall, where decades of habitat restoration have helped some of the UK's most spectacular wetland birds make a…
- Learning to Fly with Dr Mya-Rose Craig · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 12In this episode, we're following a new generation — from fledgling birds leaving the nest for the first time to young people discovering the natural world for themselves. Host…
- Singing with Nightingales · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 11In this special episode, our resident birder, composer and nature beatboxer Jason Singh heads into the Sussex woods after dark for Singing with Nightingales — a unique experience…
- Birding for Mental Health · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 10In this episode, we’re exploring the connection between birds, nature and mental wellbeing — and why spending time outdoors can help us feel calmer and more connected. Host Sean…
- The Dawn Chorus with Will Young · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 9Join The Flock for exclusive content: https://getbird.ing/starling-payment-form/ In this episode, we’re tuning into one of nature’s greatest performances—the Dawn Chorus—and the…
- Rights of Passage with Samuel West · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 8In 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…
- Birds in Danger with David Gray · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 7In this episode we’re turning our ears—and our attention—to birds in danger, and the thinning of our skies. From the unmistakable, haunting call of the curlew to the growing…
- Early Birders with Johnny Vaughan · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 6Sean Bean’s love of birding began when he was a lad growing up on an estate in Sheffield. Long before he was an actor, he was a boy fascinated by books on dinosaurs and Sunday…
- Changing Skies with Jim Moir · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 5As spring arrives, the skies begin to shift. Birds are on the move—and their journeys tell us what’s changing around us. To take a closer look (and listen) Sean is joined in his…
- Puffing Chests & Building Nests · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 4Spring’s on the turn, and the birds are getting busy. From the surprisingly wild love life of the dunnock to bowing and puffed-up chests on city balconies — we explore what…
- The Wild Patch with Jo Whiley & Zoe Ball · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 3Host Sean Bean swaps the perfectly pruned for the beautifully wild, discovering how ponds, hedgerows and a little untidiness can transform your garden into a haven for wildlife…
- Garden Symphony with Guy Garvey · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 2From the distinctive whistle of the Blackbird to the drumming of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, in this episode we’re tuning into the soundscape of the natural world. Host Sean…
- The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch with Dr Amir Khan · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 1Get Birding is back for a brand new, fortnightly season—hosted by actor and longtime birder Sean Bean. In this opening episode, Sean grabs his binoculars and invites listeners…
- Crisis Talks · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 6The UK is nature-depleted and degraded, and the globe is living through climate crisis. How can we get where we need to be, empowered and living as part of a flourishing…
- Music Of The Skies · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 5Can paying attention to birdsong improve our music-making skills? And why do birds sing anyway? Indie artist Albertine Sarges reveals how birdwatching in a Berlin park made her…
- Safety In Nature · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 4Why is the outdoors so often still seen as a male realm? How can women feel protected and at ease when out in nature? What are the risks when birding alone, and how should we…
- Words & Birds · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 3Iconic actor Alison Steadman and bestselling author Jonathan Franzen talk about how a love of birds inspires creativity. Meanwhile host Kwesia aka City Girl In Nature delivers…
- Nesting · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 2As well as being a podcast presenter & wildlife ambassador, Kwesia aka City Girl In Nature is a new mother & qualified doula. In this episode she asks what we can learn about…
- City Girl In Nature · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 1Get Birding returns for another series, making birdwatching & nature accessible for all. Your new host is the inspirational Kwesia aka City Girl In Nature. Episode 1 finds Kwesia…
- S3! Coming Soon! · 2 min · Season 3Get Birding is back! Following in the footsteps of Dr Mya-Rose Craig & Hamza Yassin, our host for Series 3 is the brilliant Kwesia aka City Girl In Nature. Get Birding is a…
- Get Birding's RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Special: Chris Packham, Samuel West, Miranda Krestovnikoff , Dr Amir Khan, Sam Lee & Edwyn Collins · 53 minIn this special one-off episode featuring a host of voices, Get Birding celebrates the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch 2022 in collaboration with the charity for their annual citizen…
- Series 2: Episode 6 - Adrian Thomas, Kim Wallace and Chad Crouch · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 6Being in lockdown has unleashed our love for nature. Get Birding is a podcast for budding birdwatchers and aims to help everyone, anywhere, discover more about the birds on our…
- Series 2: Episode 5 - Ajay Tegala, Duncan Halpin and Martin Noble · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 5Hamza lives in the west coast of Scotland by the sea and has a small brackish loch just yards from his house. He’s surrounded by birds of many different kinds. But water attracts…
- Series 2: Episode 4 - Rachel Ball, Charlotte Levene and Charles Foster · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 4Being in lockdown has unleashed our love for nature. Get Birding is a podcast for budding birdwatchers and aims to help everyone, anywhere, discover more about the birds on our…
- Series 2: Episode 3 - Ben McCarthy, Alys Laver and Yetunde Kehinde · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 3With the COP conference happening this week in Glasgow, we are thinking about the environment. Climate change affects every living thing in this world and of course birds are no…
- Series 2: Episode 2 - Gabriel Willow, Adrian Thomas, James Taylor Foster · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 2Hamza was born in Sudan and grew up Northampton before moving to his current home in the west coast of Scotland. He's now surrounded by a plethora of bird life, but this has…
- Series 2: Episode 1 - Dr Mya-Rose Craig, Poppy Rummery · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 1In the first episode of series two, our new host - ornithologist and BBC Countryfile’s Hamza Yassin - talks to series one’s presenter, environmental campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig…
- Series 1: Episode 6 - Emma Kennedy, Yetunde Kehinde, Kate Fox, El Búho · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 6As lockdown restrictions start to ease, Mya-Rose Craig explores how we can expand our birding horizons from our back gardens and regular walks to further afield, paying a visit…
- Series 1: Episode 5 - Ajay Tegala, Lucy Lapwing, Ben Dolan, Afro Celt Sound System · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 5The birds in our skies are about to change. Spring marks the start of migration, with birds flying thousands of miles across the world. It's a magical, mysterious wonder of…
- Series 1: Episode 4 - Samuel West, Lucy Lapwing, Sam Lee · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 4During lockdown, we've become more aware of birdsong but can we recognise the birds we're hearing? In this episode, Mya-Rose Craig explores how to identify different birds, from…
- Series 1: Episode 3 - Dr Amir Khan, Dr Jo Birch, Ian Jelley, Northern Flyway · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 3This episode focuses on the powerful impact of birds on our mental health, particularly during lockdown. With heartbreaking honesty, TV’s favourite GP Dr Amir Khan reveals how…
- Series 1: Episode 2 - Susan Calman, Dr Amir Khan, Fyfe Dangerfield · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 2Mya-Rose Craig speaks to presenter, comedian and avid birder Susan Calman about her life changing obsession with her garden bird feeder, and how her feathered friends have…
- Series 1: Episode 1 - Chris Packham, Jason Singh · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 1Mya-Rose Craig talks to BBC nature presenter Chris Packham about the magic of birdwatching, the need for diversity in nature, his Bird To Watch and the annual RSPB Big Garden…
- Get Birding - Trailer · 1 min · Season 1Being in lockdown has unleashed our love for nature. Goats taking ownership of our streets, deer sleeping on town commons, birds and their song reclaiming our soundscape - a full…
