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 problems of ash dieback and a lot of innovation and experimentation for how best to ensure the resilience of these irreplaceable habitats.
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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 (2025) takes place on Sunday 4th May. Whether you want to be inspired to get out and listen to the birds, or would rather someone else did it for you.. (I don't blame you!)... this podcast covers a wonderful walk around a Cambridgeshire reserve, taking in the birds and chatting about what it is that makes the cacophony of birdsong in the early morning so magical to human ears.
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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 the best they can be for the wildlife that thrives there. Senior livestock officer Thomas Baker gives us the lowdown on what they do for wildlife, just what it takes to look after them, and a glimpse into the future plans for this area of work in our three counties. Mouflon, anyone?
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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 Conservation Manager Matt Johnson for the release itself, hear a selection of excited people who were there to see it, and catch up with Nene Wetlands Senior Ranger Pete Bray and Nene Valley Projects Officer Ben Casey to hear how the beavers have been getting on.
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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 view of the people who use and appreciate it, and learns how we’re connecting people to this amazing place.
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