Ever wondered why the Thames is brown? Or how the tides work? It’s the physical and geographical properties that help make the Thames so productive and therefore valuable for wildlife.  In this episode, our guest is John Baugh, a Technical Director at HR Wallingford, who discusses the ins and outs of the Thames tides.

Celebrating London Rivers Week 2020, this episode features a collaboration of four environmental experts from organisations working across London, discussing the main messages of London Rivers Week. Topics include: habitat restoration and green infrastructure, health and wellbeing, and the successful return of species into the estuary.

Plastic drink bottles and their lids are one of the top ten items found in the Thames. In this episode, our guests are the #OneLess campaign team talking about their amazing work cleaning up plastic water bottles from around the Thames and their goal to make London a single-use plastic water bottle free city.

Our guest is Laura Littleton from TE2100 - the Environment Agency department planning to manage tidal flood risk in the Thames Estuary until the year 2100. Laura explains what the future holds for some of London's major flood defences and the work TE2100 are doing to empower communities and stakeholders from across the Thames.

This month we are in conversation with archaeologist, Dr Fiona Haughey. Fiona is a Thames archaeology expert and has been working on the river since 1993. In our latest podcast episode, Fiona talks about some of her most exciting finds, carbon dating historical objects and the importance of the Thames in the 20th century during the two world wars.

Our first podcast episode features Chris Baines, renowned naturalist, broadcaster and honorary president of the Thames Estuary Partnership, as he talks about the Thames and discusses its importance for migratory wildlife.