Credits
Podcast host and producer: Sophie Baker
Podcast music: Written and performed by James Williams, produced by Jared Wentwick
Find out more about the Wildlife Trust BCN at wildlifebcn.org
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
The new episode of In Conservation features the lawnmowers! Whether its cows, sheep or even pigs, the Trust has a whole host of animals that are deployed to take care of our grasslands and make them the best they can be for the wildlife that thrives there. Senior livestock officer Thomas Baker gives us the lowdown on what they do for wildlife, just what it takes to look after them, and a glimpse into the future plans for this area of work in our three counties. Mouflon, anyone?
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Podcast host Sophie Baker gets a front row seat to the historic release of eight beavers to the Wildlife Trust BCN's Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Northamptonshire. Go behind-the-scenes with Conservation Manager Matt Johnson for the release itself, hear a selection of excited people who were there to see it, and catch up with Nene Wetlands Senior Ranger Pete Bray and Nene Valley Projects Officer Ben Casey to hear how the beavers have been getting on.
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Podcast host Sophie Baker chats to Great Fen Project Manager Lorna Parker and Communities & Education Manager Alison Chaves about our huge landscape-scale Peatland Progress project from the point of view of the people who use and appreciate it, and learns how we’re connecting people to this amazing place.
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Take a tour of Strawberry Hill and learn more about the history and development of this rewilded farm in the heart of the nature-depleted Bedfordshire countryside - and our plans for this fantastic place for wildlife and for people. Conservation Officer Chantelle Warriner takes podcast host Sophie Baker around the Wildlife Trust BCN's newest nature reserve.
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Join podcast host Sophie Baker and Community Conservation Officer Iain Webb on a wildlife safari around the wilds of Madingley Road Park and Ride in Cambridge. You might be surprised by what they find... and how it could inspire you to make a difference for wildlife on your own patch.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Join podcast host Sophie Baker as she and Senior Reserves Officer Mischa Cross open a moth trap at Pitsford Water nature reserve in Northamptonshire, where moths have been monitored every day for over 25 years. Find out what this means for the reserve, and delve into the wonderful world of moth names, as well as discovering just how cute they are!
Find out all about the people behind the conservation work of the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants. Go behind the scenes at some of our reserves, get up close and personal with some of the wildlife, and listen to what the people who work for us find exciting, challenging and amazing about the work they do to protect wildlife and wild places in our three counties, and make it accessible for people to enjoy.
Read more about each episode at wildlifebcn.org/podcast.
Podcast host and producer: Sophie Baker
Podcast music: Written and performed by James Williams, produced by Jared Wentwick
Find out more about the Wildlife Trust BCN at wildlifebcn.org