A Whole World on a Cabbage

A two-hour ferry ride from the North Devon coast lies a tiny island often described as Britain's very own Galápagos.

It's home to all sorts of wildlife, including a plant that grows nowhere else on Earth. And hidden among its leaves is a tiny beetle that only lives there too.

Join us as we head to Lundy to meet the people who spend their days counting cabbages, and discover why this little-known plant has become such an important conservation story.

Production

Narrator : Rosie Holdsworth

Producer and sound design by Nikki Ruck

Contributors

Tara McEvoy-Wilding - Assistant Warden Lundy Island

Laura Larkin – Buglife

Karim Vahed - Buglife

Joseph Pavitt – MS Oldenburg

We recorded this episode at Lundy Island