Carry Akroyd and the Snipe
Although Carry Akroyd grew up in the country, only in adulthood did she hear a snipe.
An episode of the Tweet of the Day podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Carry Akroyd and the Snipe" was published on November 25, 2018 and runs 1 minutes.
November 25, 2018 ·1m · Tweet of the Day
Summary
Although Carry Akroyd, who is is President of the John Clare Society, grew up in the countryside, as a child she was never shown or taught anything of the natural world around her. It was not until adulthood that a revelatory moment occurred. Walking one day in Wicken Fen, that she heard an unfamiliar noise above her, which she discovered was the drumming flight of an overhead snipe, a bird whose long bill the peasant poet John Clare described as "...of rude unseemly length" .Producer Andrew Dawes
Episode Description
Although Carry Akroyd, who is is President of the John Clare Society, grew up in the countryside, as a child she was never shown or taught anything of the natural world around her.
It was not until adulthood that a revelatory moment occurred. Walking one day in Wicken Fen, that she heard an unfamiliar noise above her, which she discovered was the drumming flight of an overhead snipe, a bird whose long bill the peasant poet John Clare described as "...of rude unseemly length" .
Producer Andrew Dawes