Into The Wild

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 Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation pod

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 Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your week

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 Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from profession

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

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. To grab a copy of Flock Together's new book, Click Here 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 Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nat

Something I love about doing this show is finally meeting people that I have spoken with, heard of or been a fan of (or all three) & this episode is exactly that. I finally got the chance to meet & interview birder, naturalist & Leica ambassador Mya Bambrick. Mya has had a super impressive career at such a young age from a conservation background to science communication & wildlife filmmaking, including featuring in a new short film, Skyward. It was a pleasure to hear about all this stuff direct from Mya. If you'd like to keep up to date with Mya, you can follow her on social media @myabambrickphotography /  @MyaBambrick1 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bring

I won't lie, this was like having Ant & Dec on the show BUT whilst at Global Birdfair it was great to sit down & talk with 2 people that have featured on the show before & to simply have a good chin wag about nature. Whilst having 2 people on that are under the category of "THE YOUTH", I wanted to grab the chance to ask Indy & George what it feels like to deal with the climate crisis at an age where they may well directly be impacted by it. If you'd like to keep up to date with Indy & George, you can follow then on social media @GreeneIndy / @GreenFGeorge 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild top

This is the first episode recorded LIVE at Global Birdfair 2022! There has been A LOT of talk & action for rewilding (or wilding, whichever you prefer) over the last few years with many different models, but one thing we haven't spoken much about on Into The Wild yet is how to do this......as a business model. Someone who has done this though is conservationist, author & head of nature restoration at Real Wild Estates, Benedict MacDonald. Benedict dives in to tell us about how Real Wild Estates works & what the focuses are for landowners they work with & the local surrounding community. If you'd like to keep up to date with Benedict, you can follow him on social media @Rebirding1 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is you

It's no secret that I love talking about urban & city wildlife. Living in London, I like to shout about the nature that I get to see daily that others, in more rural areas, may not often see. So this week I was super excited to chat to author of Wild City & nature enthusiast Florence Wilkinson. Florence shared the reason why she wanted to create a book not only about wildlife in Urban areas, but about bizarre populations of certain species that seemed to thave thrived in city spaces in unusual ways. If you'd like to keep up to date with Florence, you can follow her on social media @Flo_Wilk To grab a copy of Wild City, click here 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bring

Ladybirds are up there with the bumblebee as one of the most loved & celebrated insects. From lovable characters in kids films to being used as designs on kids clothing, you'd be hard to come by someone who doesn't know what one is. Joining me this week to shine some light on these fascinating beetles is president of the Royal Entomology Society, entomologist & ecologist, Prof. Helen Roy. Helen tells all on how ladybirds captured her heart & where her love for them has taken her. She also gives us the juicy gossip of the hidden world of several different species. If you'd like to keep up to date with Helen, you can follow her on social media @UKLadybirds 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature &

WE ARE BACK! I hope you missed Into The Wild because we missed you! Our annual break is done & now time to write about the show. If you are active on social media & follow nature & conservation content, then some of you may have noticed that animal rights activism is quite often connected with wildlife conservation, but how connected are they? To find out more I spoke with animal rights campaigner, Dominic Dyer. I asked Dom where he things we have got things right in the UK & where he believes we have got things wrong. We also discuss the connection & ways that animal rights activism is connected & what it's done for wildlife conservation. We also managed, due to have apposing views, to sneak in a chat about trophy hunting, something we both agreed is needed more often. If you'd like to keep up to date with Dom, you can follow him on social media @DomDyer50 To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on 

Before I sit & type the blurb to the show, I need to tell you that this episode is the last show until July. Ryan & Oscar are taking 4 weeks off to work on Into The Wild's big project, Beyond The Project.  Speak to you in a month!! Farming. A global activity. For some people it is more than a job, it's a culture, a life, a family history but for the planet, could it be one of the most ecologically damaging? On our last episode before our mid year break, I speak with environmentalist & environmental journalist George Monbiot about his new book, Regenesis. In this book, George is stunned by the life he starts seeing in the soil under his feet. This lead him on to wondering about the global farming systems & what it might be doing to life on this planet. I chat to George about what it took researching this book, what he learnt & how he feels about the potential backlash from farmers who dedicate their life, to producing food for people. If you'd like to keep up to date with George, you can fo

With it being the month of #NoMowMay & many people celebrating letting grasses & flowers grow in their gardens, Jan & Ryan thought it would be perfect to invite botanist & author back onto the show to talk about his upcoming new book, Where The Wild Flowers Grow. Leif tells us what we can expect from this new & exciting new book & what aims he has for the reader to take away.  Leif unpacks the journey he went on to find rare wildflowers around the UK & Ireland during the challenging pandemic years & share a tale of how one flower, almost ended with his arrest on New Years Day. You can pre-order Leif's book here. If you'd like to keep up to date with Leif, then you can follow him on social media @Leifbersweden To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Jan on @janetgarnercomedy or Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.co

We bang on about connecting with nature & the importance to get outside & see. We CONSTANTLY say "people won't protect what they don't know about or love". So when you learn that in England, we (the public) only have access to 8% of the land......makes you a little bit concerned eh? Two people that think this is bonkers & are doing something I love (actually doing something about it) are Right to Roam campaigners Nadia Shaikh & Nick Hayes. Nadia & Nick explain all from why this means so much to them & what the real situation is out there regarding access to this place we call England. However, it's not just as simple as access, Nadia also explains the barriers that exist for black, Asian & minority ethnic people who want to or worse, don't even consider, that areas of the countryside is for them.  If you'd like to keep up to date with Nadia & Nick then you can follow them on social media @BlackBirdBute / @NickHayesIllustration  To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod

One thing it's easy to forget to do is actually stop & celebrate wildlife. Learn about it & go find it sure, but simply celebrate it or a majestic moment is easy to forget. On this week's episode we are making sure we absolutely do not forget to do that as we sit back & talk with vet, author & fan of the wildlife world, Gill Lewis about the upcoming Sky Dancer Day. Gill shares all about what this celebration is all about & what can be expected from this years event & also a bit more about another day later in the year, Hen Harrier Day.  We also get a chance to discuss Gill's books & how writing for the youth & encouraging them to be creative too, can help them engage more with the natural world. Sky Dancer Day takes place May 14th 2022 with more info here If you'd like to keep up to date with Gill then you can follow her on social media @Gill_Lewis To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @

I often think to myself, "nature was in such a better way when I was a kid", which is likely not untrue however, was it great? Was it healthy? Was it rich? Or was it just better than it is now? All these questions fill my head so on today's episode, I decided to talk about just that with my guest, entomologist, zoologist & presenter, Dr George McGavin. George has a wealth of knowledge & experience in natural science & is also a man that could answer the very questions I have been pondering over about the state of nature in the UK for a while. Moments of heavy in this episode but we get down to where we think we have gone wrong & gone right for restoring nature & protecting this wonderful planet for future generations. If you'd like to keep up to date with George then you can follow him on social media @GeorgeMcGavin 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

It's come to that time when Jan & Ryan need to have a good old garden natter on Into The Foliage. No guest, just a good old chat about how Jan's allotment is going & the process with Ryan's community garden. To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Jan on @janetgarnercomedy or Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com 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.

Speaking personally, going exploring rockpools on the British coastline filled my childhood holidays & even now as a 32 year old man, I still get the same enjoyment out of lifting a rock to find a shore crab or admiring the many colours of anemones & seaweed. This week's episode is all about rockpools & joining me to go exploring is Ben Holt & Christophe Patterson from The Rockpool Project in Falmouth, UK. Chris & Ben share their combined knowledge to tell us all about what a rockpool is, what life we can find there & how The Rock Pool Project is working to connect people closer to marine wildlife on their doorstep. If you'd like to keep up to date with Chris, Ben & The Rockpool Project, then you can follow them on social media @Christophe_Patt / @HamletBen / @RockPoolProject 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 us a c

Be honest with yourself, you LOVED Crush from Finding Nemo right? I certainly did. I thought it was about time I spoke about these wonderful & gentle ocean reptiles that are, sea turtles. Joining me on this week's episode is shark conservationist & sea turtle specialist Carlee Jackson, who also happens to be one of the founders of MISS Elasmo (Minorities In Shark Science). From where we can find them to what they eat AND what is being done to bring certain species back from the brink! We also got a chance to talk about the organisation MISS Elasmo & what the future plans & goals are for this brialliant group. If you'd like to keep up to date with the gang on this show then you can do so by following them on social media @CarleeMJ / @CarleeMJ_ 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 us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewi

Well nerds, we did, welcome to the 100th episode of Into The Wild. There are many ways I could have celebrated this podcast milestone. A best of episode? A chat with one of my nature hero's? Heck, maybe even a live video episode......instead I decided to do what this London nature nut does best....I got drunk with some pals. Welcome to Drunk Natural History. A show where I test 4 naturalists against their wildlife knowledge & hear their funniest stories whilst we also have many drinks. Joining me for this special show is science communicator Lucy Lapwing, wildlife filmmaker Dan O'Neill, conservationist Dr Isla Hodgson& wildlife presenter Chantelle Lindsay. Warning - you will not learn much from this show & it does contain adult themes & drinking references. If you'd like to keep up to date with the gang on this show then you can do so by following them on social media @Lucy_Lapwing / @Danowild / @Chantellenaturelee / @Isladawn92 To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter &a