Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature Trail
Narrators and Credits

Narrators

Benjamin Zephaniah (Professor)
Posts 1 and 12

Poet, writer. Died 7 December 2023.

Martin Jarvis OBE
Posts 2 and 22

Actor, writer, producer

Sir Tony Robinson
Posts 3 and 7

Actor, comedian, author, television presenter

Georgia Toffolo
Posts 4 and 23

Television and media personality

Sarah Jane Morris
Post 5

Singer of pop, jazz, rock and R&B and a songwriter

Clare Balding OBE
Posts 6 and 17

Broadcaster, journalist, and author

Noddy Holder MBE
Posts 8 and 24

Musician, actor

Miriam Margolyes OBE
Posts 10 and 27

Character actress, comedian

Joanna Lumley OBE, FRGS
Posts 11 and 15

Actress, presenter, author, television producer

Gyles Brandreth
Post 13

Author, broadcaster, actor

Gurinder Chadha OBE
Post 14

Film director, writer

Richard O'Brien
Posts 16 and 28

Actor, writer, musician, and television presenter

Dr Rowan Williams PC FBA FRSL FLSW
Posts 18 and 26

104th Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop, theologian and poet

Ian McMillan
Post 19

Poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster

Roger McGough CBE FRSL
Post 21

Poet, performance poet, broadcaster, author and playwright

Lotte North (age 12)
Post 29

Blue Peter Environment Badge applicant

Alice North
Post 25

Pauline Payne
Posts 9 and 20

Secretary, Friends of Farthing Downs and Happy Valley

Other Contributors

The Friends of Farthing Downs and Happy Valley who worked tirelessly to support all aspects of this project. Special mention goes to Ian Payne, Pauline Payne and Dr Graham Lomas for their work in designing and updating the web pages, producing a 64 page colour booklet to accompany the nature trail and for general support.

Ruth Abrahams for her incredibly useful and common-sense suggestions, without which the trail wouldn't have been possible

Alexandra Grachvogel for celebrity suggestions and musical connections

Additional audio material, used under Creative Commons Licence agreement:

Name of audio clip	Creator/recordist	Link
Birdsong, spring, English countryside	Philbrice	Spring birdsong, 17-06-13 nature reserve, Hampton Lode, Worcestershire
Beach-waves	3bagbrew	Sound of gentle beach waves, 30-08-08 Jersey, Channel Islands
Summer-meadow	baryy	Summer Meadow, 06-11-17 County Donegal, Ireland
Skylark	Benboncan	Dual mono field recording of a skylark singing on the wing, 16-05-09
Common Kestrel	Gerard Olivier	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) call, 06-05-20 Til-Châtel, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sheep	Dominic North	Sheep, 10-06-20 Happy Valley, Coulsdon
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Uku Paal	Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major major) adult, alarm call, call, drumming, 04-05-20 Kalana, Hiiumaa vald, Hiiu maakond, Estonia
Green Woodpecker	Manuel Grosselet	European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis viridis) song, 08-01-16 Les Arcades, Nort-sur-Erdre, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Nuthatch	Alexander Henderson	Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) call, 21-04-19 Lower Woods, Gloucestershire
Dawn chorus, London	nebulousflynn	Mono recording of a Friday morning dawn chorus, 5 a.m., 26-04-14 London
Yellowhammer	Frank Lambert	Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella citrinella) song, 25-07-19 Fen End Farm, (near Cottenham), Cambridgeshire
Sheep and Yellowhammer	Dominic North	Sheep and yellowhammer, 07-06-20 Lewes, East Sussex
Sawing wood	Ruben Uitenweerde	Sawing a piece of wood with a hand saw, 24-09-19
Snoring Dormouse	Dave Williams, Surrey Dormouse Group	Sleeping male dormouse in nest box, snoring loudly, 06-03-16 Surrey
Common Buzzard	Harry hussey	Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) call, 31-03-18 Inch, County Cork, Ireland
Red Kite	Jens Kirkeby	Red Kite (Milvus milvus) young (full-fethered) calling for food in the wood and following the parent birds over the tree tops, 17-08-05 Skovsrod, Ry, Denmark
Pond	Dobroide	Pebbles splashing in a pond, birds in background, 26-05-06