In Conservation...
Find out all about the people behind the conservation work of the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants. Go behind the scenes at some of our reserves, get up close and personal with some of the wildlife, and listen to what the people who work for us find exciting, challenging and amazing about the work they do to protect wildlife and wild places in our three counties, and make it accessible for people to enjoy.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 11: Wilding Communities with Matt
Find out how we're getting communities involved with wildlife and wild places in Luton with our Communities and Education Manager Matt Sutcliffe. We explore the principles of keeping young people int…
Episode 10: Wildlife of the Great Fen with Henry
Join host Sophie Baker as she chats to Monitoring & Research Officer at the Great Fen, Henry Stanier, about the wildlife that can be found colonising, and recolonising, our huge wetland restoration p…
Episode 9: When to Mow a Meadow with Becky
Cutting back our glorious meadows full of wildflowers in summer often looks brutal. Join podcast host Sophie Baker on a tour of Trumpington Meadows in Cambridge with Senior Ranger Rebecca Green and f…
Episode 8: The Wonders of Ancient Woodland with Matt
Senior Reserves Manager Matt Hamilton takes podcast host Sophie Baker on a tour of Wistow Wood, an ancient woodland of the Fen Edge in Cambridgeshire full of weird and wonderful coppice stools, the p…
Episode 7: Nearly-dawn Chorus with Nathan
Join Corporate Partnerships Manager, and keen birder, Nathan Long for a nearly-dawn chorus in Cambridgeshire with podcast host Sophie Baker to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, which this year…
Episode 6: Grazing's Amazing with Thomas
The new episode of In Conservation features the lawnmowers! Whether its cows, sheep or even pigs, the Trust has a whole host of animals that are deployed to take care of our grasslands and make them …
Episode 5: Beavers About with Matt, Ben and Pete
Podcast host Sophie Baker gets a front row seat to the historic release of eight beavers to the Wildlife Trust BCN's Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Northamptonshire. Go behind-the-scenes with Conser…
Episode 4: A Great Fen for People with Lorna and Alison
Podcast host Sophie Baker chats to Great Fen Project Manager Lorna Parker and Communities & Education Manager Alison Chaves about our huge landscape-scale Peatland Progress project from the point of …
Episode 3: Strawberry Hill Forever with Chantelle
Take a tour of Strawberry Hill and learn more about the history and development of this rewilded farm in the heart of the nature-depleted Bedfordshire countryside - and our plans for this fantastic p…
Episode 2: Car Parks and Pavements with Iain
Join podcast host Sophie Baker and Community Conservation Officer Iain Webb on a wildlife safari around the wilds of Madingley Road Park and Ride in Cambridge. You might be surprised by what they fin…
Episode 1: Moth Talk with Mischa
Join podcast host Sophie Baker as she and Senior Reserves Officer Mischa Cross open a moth trap at Pitsford Water nature reserve in Northamptonshire, where moths have been monitored every day for ove…