Into The Wild

When we talk of a wolf, a number of things could come to mind. Maybe a folklore store? A character in a childhood film? An image of a woodland with a huge moon in the background? Or I'd imagine, for most of this audience, we think of an animal of great importance, both culturally & environmentally. A lost animal in the UK & throughout Europe, but one that is also coming back, to Europe that is.

Yet, do we consider how difficult or easy this can be? To bring back the wolf? What has to be done or considered & who has to be spoken to? Well one person that has spent a long time working that out is conservation social scientist Hanna Petterson & Hanna joins me on this show to have this very chat with me.

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If you'd like to keep up to date with Hanna then you can do so on social media at @HannaP3TT

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

If you follow us on social media, you'll know that I recently got back from a trip to Namibia to screen our first ever film, Beyond The Trigger. Now what kind of podcaster would I be if I didn't grab some insightful wildlife conservation chats with people on my travels.

With that in mind I am super excited to share with you the first part of this special episode, Into The Wild in Namibia. In this episode, actually recorded at the later part of my trip, I travelled along with CEO of NACSO (Namibian Association for Community Based Natural Resource Management Support Organisations), Maxi Louis to a conservancy called ≠Gaingu, where I got to chat with the newly appointed conservancy manager Neville Hendricks about life as a farmer & how valuing wildlife has helped the community & the surrounding biodiversity.

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

I LOVE wildlife.......but I LOVE dogs. My two jobs, the podcast & running a professional dog walking company both (obviously) envolve, heavily, these two things, but do they, or can they, go together happily?

There's always a lot of chat about how much domestic dogs disturb wildlife or damage habitat & the answers always seem to be lost in amongst the arguments so I decided to mix the two sides together & have vet & conservationist Sean McCormack on to tell us about what the issues are & then to have professional dog walker, dog trainer & business owner Zoe Macdonald on to tell us dog owners, the best ways we can be walking our dogs without allowing them to disturb or damage wildlife.

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If you'd like to keep up to date with Sean & Zoe then you can do so on social media @WoofsInTheWoods & @ThatVetSean 

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

I don't think I've ever met someone that saw a hedgehog & didn't shout "OMG THAT IS CUTE AF" but more importantly, this reaction is getting rarer & not because hedgehogs in the UK are getting less cute of course, but because sightings are becoming way less.

To join me on this journey learning more about this much loved UK animal is hedgehog expert, severe enthusiast & science communicator Hugh Warwick. Hugh's passion for these animals & the natural world is incredibly clear & I adored chatting with him about this fab animals, I know you will too.

If you'd like to keep up to date with Hugh then you can do so on social media @HedgehogHugh

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

One place in the UK that has really shown the way & challenged the status quo in food production & land management is Knepp Estate. From an old farm to now a place that has restored nature & reintroduced a huge list of species, Knepp is now a semi wild environment that is seeing seasonal visitors (both animal & human) return for a visit.

To tell me more about this heaven for wildlife, is Knepp's ecologist Penny Green. Penny shares the behind the scenes management of what keeps this place going & the work involved.

If you'd like to keep up to date with Penny or Knepp Estate then you can do so on social media @SussexEmereald or @KneppWilding

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

And so we've come to the last episode recorded at Global Birdfair 2022 & what better way to end other than with a chat with the founder of the event, Tim Appleton.

Before I went to GBF I had heard all kinds of things about the event regarding issues with diversity, not enough talk of the climate crisis & the fact that it doesn't seem to tackle the right issues in nature, so I wanted to talk to Tim about how & why this event was set up & what he sees changing, if anything, in the future.

If you'd like to keep up to date with Tim then you can do so on social media @Rutlandbirds or catch updates about Global Birdfair at @GlobalBirdFair

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

This week is our penultimate Global Birdfair episode & our guest is someone that I can't believe has taken me so long to get on the show, David Lindo, aka The Urban Birder.

David has had a fascinating career in wildlife & nature presenting. From in front of the screens to pen on paper, David's love & fascination with the natural world, & of course, birds, has brought him to incredible opportunities. We briefly talk about David's time in London & how The Urban Birder was born to how he became an advocate for discovering & appreciating nature on your doorstep.

If you'd like to keep up to date with David then you can do so on social media @UrbanBirder / @TheUrbanBirder

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

With so much talk of rewilding or wildling of natural land across the world, it's always great to see a variety of organisations popping up to support the movement. This week I am joined by Hannah Needham of Heal Rewilding, an organisation raising money to buy land to rewild but also to bring people closer to nature.

Hannah shares how the journey began & where to phase is currently at with this project whilst explaining how Heal stand out by also focusing on the human element.

If you'd like to keep up to date with Heal Rewilding or Hannah then you can do so on social media @HealRewilding / @Hannahrewidling

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

I've always got plenty of questions to ask about everything, it's literally my favourite thing to do (annoying child), so imagine how excited I was when I got the chance to sit down with the once person who could really give me an insight to one of the largest conservation organisations out there, Beccy Speight, the CEO of the RSPB.

I didn't have long with Beccy with her busy schedule at Global Birdfair, so I got straight to the big questions covering things like, should England call itself world leading in conservation? Dealing with divserity in such a big organisation & should we still be feeding wild birds so much?

If you'd like to keep up to date with the RSPB then you can do so on social media at @Natures_Voice / @RSPB_Love_Nature

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

Nature or the countryside being sold for only a certain type of person, is something we've spoken about a bit on Into The Wild BUT there was an organisation I wanted to learn more from & that was the UK based bird watching collective for people of colour, Flock Together & who better to speak with other than the co founder, Nadeem Perera.

Nadeem not only shares his story of getting into the natural world but tells me how Flock Together came to be a thing & what the plans are for the next year.

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If you'd like to keep up to date with Nadeem, you can follow him on social media @Birdnerdeem / @Flocktogether.world

To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton

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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.