Into The Wild

Considering this is episode 54, I think I should win a medal for this being the first time I have actively discussed veganism with a guest (I type I as sit here in a t-shirt that says "Vegan Babe".)

This week I chat with wildlife presenter & filmmaker Roxy Furman. Talking all about her love for African painted dogs to her transition to a vegan lifestyle & how this incorporates into her wildlife filmmaking. Of course we also, vegan to vegan, share our pet hates about meat eaters & other vegans!

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Roxy is working on, you can do so on Twitter @RoxyZooogist & Instagram @RoxyTheZoologist.

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.

The environment has always, for what I can remember, needed protecting & needed a voice. In the last few years, no voice has been louder & clearer than that of the youth generation. This week I am joined by campaigner & environmental activist, James Miller.

James shares how it is talking with such high level decision makers & where he thinks the UK has gone wrong but also what options we have available. I was also dying to ask James what it was like to address Parliament for the RSPB's Green Recovery Plan & how the idea came up for two online concerts to raise money for Reserva last year.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work James is working on, you can do so on Twitter @Jamesnaturalist or on Instagram @jamesmillernature.

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

Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy me a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod

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.

The Bahamas. A place we all know we want to go to but we rarely hear about when it comes to the environment or wildlife. What's happening out there? What wildlife can you see? What challenges is it facing? Well on this episode I talk with Bahamian activist & conservationist Niel Leadon.

Niel sheds some warm Bahamian sunlight on what wildlife you can see, what issues there are surrounding it whilst also telling us what kind of solutions are often used with these problems. Niel talks specifically about a project he worked on recently where he campaigned to stop oil drilling off the coast of the Bahamas & told me what the outcome of this was. 

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Niel is working on, you can do so on Instagram @Natureboyniel.

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

Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy me a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod

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 suffer from nature envy, go into this episode with a little caution, I wish I had! This week I am joined by naturalist, biologist & photographer, Gina Zwicky as we trek through the swamps & over the boardwalks of New Orleans to talk about Frogs & other incredible wildlife in the city.

Gina dives straight in telling me why she has this strong love for our green friends, the variety that can be found around her house & how close they are to her own doorstep. We also learn on an awesome citizen science programme called FrogWatch that supplies families, groups & communities with the tools & opportunities to go looking & hearing out for different frogs in order to collect data. (I love stuff like that).

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Gina is working on, you can do so on Twitter @GinaGoesOutside.

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.

In the last couple of weeks, people in England, Wales & Northern Ireland would have received a little piece of paper asking them to take part in the 2021 census. The census is there to get an understanding of households, populations, health statistics, communities etc & this year a new movement has formed to get people to use this to highlight their concern for climate change.

I spoke to founder of Climate Concerned, Chelsea Webster, about what the movement can & will do, how people can take park & what the future projects look like for the movement.

Head over to @climatecensusUK on Twitter or @climatecensusuk on Instagram for updates & news on the campaign & you can follow Chelsea at @lowwaste.plantwaste. If you haven't already, make sure yo complete your census by visiting Complete Census & use the code that was posted through your door. 

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.

Every spring supermarket shelves are disgustingly packed with "weed killer" or "instant weed destroyer" or even "weed gone juice", but as we move with the environmental needs of this planet, isn't it time we embrace these weeds or "spontaneous plants" & use them to their full potential to not only help wildlife, but also help ourselves.

This week Jan & Ryan are joined by horticulturist, botanist & ecologist Sophie Leguil to discuss the world of weeds & how power these plants can be. From the benefits to the what NOT to do in your garden, Sophie opens the lid of the compost bin of plant knowledge to help us see the flower, among the weed.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Sophie is working on, you can do so on Twitter @Sleguil / @morethanweeds or on Instagram @more_than_weeds.

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

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Into The Foliage is your monthly plant podcast series part of Into The Wild, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of leafy topics.

This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

Each year we look forward to different animals arriving to England to say for a period of time in our little confusing island that we call home, but how complex is it? Migration I mean. This week I chat to bird ringer & assistant field worker Ellie Mayhew about animals that migrate & bird ringing.

From the different animals that visit the UK & the reasons why, to how bird ringing being a wonderful & important way to monitor migratory birds, join me as I learn about the animals that travel.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Ellie is working on, you can do so on Instagram @Elliemayhew.

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

Love the show? Chuck us a few quid at www.patreon.com/intothewildpodcast

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.

Seeing life underwater isn't something we all get the pleasure of being able to do, yet for this week's Guest, underwater photographer & cameraman Jack Perks, it's just another day at the office.

How did Jack fall in love with life in rivers & ponds, what's the most annoying fish to try & film & how can we get more excited about this environment we rarely encounter. Jack tells me blue space, is just as important as green space.

Jack is also a fellow podcaster, running & hosting The Bearded Tit's Podcast, we briefly speak podcaster to podcaster about how the show came about & where he hopes it will go.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work Jack is working on, you can do so on @jackperksphoto on Twitter & on @fishtwitcher on Instagram.

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

Love the show? Chuck us a few quid at www.patreon.com/intothewildpodcast

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.

Birding, ergh, birding. There's more birders on the planets than there are birds, you know that right? WHAT IS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?! I've never understood the world of birds & after one joke tweet about our feathered friends last year, thousands of angry birders & many wind ups later, I decided to dip my toes in the pool of......birds.

I couldn't do it alone though. I needed help. So in this mini series titled, Getting Ryan Into Birding, I'll be talking with Jack Baddams, Indy Greene & Lucy Lapwing, as they take me under their wing (yes that's a pun) to teach me not only how, but why, I should get into birding.

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

Love the show? Chuck us a few quid at www.patreon.com/intothewildpodcast

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.

There's two parts of nature, the absolute beautify & wonder, then there's the story. There's always a story to tell & ensuring that it's told is an important job. One person that knows that better than anyone is award winning documentary filmmaker, Nina Constable.

On this week's show I speak with Nina about how she even gets started on working on projects, what some of the most challenging moments she has encountered are & of course those classic Ryan questions of what some of Nina's favourite moments & projects have been.

I'd advise to grab a cup of coffee & tea & sit back to enjoy a chat with someone who has travelled the world as they tell you about the importance of telling the story of nature.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & work the Nina is working on, you can do so on Instagram & Twitter @Ninaconstable & on Instagram @Ninaconstablemedia. 

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This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.