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We've spoken a lot about rewilding or species reintroduction recently & that's partly down to it being a very exciting topic, so to keep that theme going, this week we are chatting about wild boar & their existence in the UK. To help tell me about the story of these wonderful woodland animals is someone who has spent a long time researching the history of them & the benefits & challenges they may bring, is environmentalist Chantal Lyons. If you'd like to keep up to date with Chantal, you can follow her on social media @CSLyons 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 topics. This episode is sponsored by

The UK is famous for a lot, but one thing many around the world may not think of when they think of us is the fact we had & have now lost a lot of species throughout the years. One place I have visited that really shows you what we have/hand roaming this land is Wildwood Trust in Kent. To tell me all about this fascinating wildlife collection of native or once native species & the projects they are working on is director, Paul Whitfield. From how the place started to their most recent big project, the semi release of Bison into ancient woodland. If you'd like to keep up to date with Paul & Wildwood Trust, you can follow them on social media @FoxWhitfield & @WildwoodTrust 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

If you say the word "wasp" you're rarely met with a response like "gah I just love them" however, it only takes a little peek into the world of wasps for someone to learn that there is MUCH more than meets the social opinion of them. To join me this week to share the diverse world & love of the wasp is Professor Seirian Sumner. From Seirian's favourite species to the mad behaviours of some others, we even discuss why people have certain feelings about thee wonderful insects. To grab a copy of Seirian's new book, Endless Forms, Click Here If you'd like to keep up to date with Seirian, you can follow her on social media @WaspWoman 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 y

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. To book a free ticket to watch Into The Wild's Beyond The Trigger on Thursday 20th October LIVE on YouTube, Click Here To buy a copy of London Wildlife Trust's new book, London in the Wild, Click Here If you'd like to keep up to date with Hanna then you can do so on social media at @HannaP3TT To fo

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. To book a FREE ticket to our online premiere of Beyond The Trigger on Thursday 20th Sept, Click Here  To learn more about NACSO & their conservancies & work, Click Here  To follow us on socia

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. Write to your MP to voice your anger about the #AttackOnNature here  If you'd like to keep up to date with Sean & Zoe then you can do so on social media @WoofsInTheWoods & @ThatVetSean  To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can

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 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 & conserva

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 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 & conse

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