A Hampshire forest ranger is sharing her passion for local wildlife with listeners across the country – alongside two-time BAFTA TV & International Emmy-winning actor Sean Bean.
Alison Seymour, who works at Forest Holidays' Blackwood Forest location near Winchester, features on Episode 5 of Get Birding, an award-winning podcast hosted by actor Sean Bean, who has been a keen birdwatcher since he was a teenager growing up in Sheffield.
The episode sees Alison exploring the ancient beech woodland at the 270 hectare wood, examining how blackbirds and chaffinches use different materials to build their nests, and highlighting the dawn chorus of robins, blackbirds and song thrushes that Hampshire residents can hear on their own doorstep.
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A forest school practitioner and early years educator, Alison previously taught practical habitat management at Sparsholt College before joining the Forest Holidays team nine years ago.
That hands-on expertise now shapes the ranger activities she leads, from the popular Nature by Night sessions to Mini Forest Rangers for younger visitors – as well as the conservation work that keeps the forest thriving.
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