Talk Wildlife Podcast

Run for The Rainforest!

In this episode Flo interviews Lucy and Joe of Reserva, a youth-led conservation organisation elevating young people’s voices and ideas. Joe and Lucy discuss Reserva’s campaigns, what you can do to help the organisation, and give advice to young people looking to become conservationists.

To find out more about Run for the Rainforest visit https://reservaylt.org/store/run-for-the-rainforest

To find out more about the 1 Million Letters campaign visit https://reservaylt.org/1-million-letters

If you’re a young person who wants to find out more about Reserva and how to get involved, e-mail [email protected]

In this episode we discuss what makes moths important, reasons for their decline, and very briefly how you can help moths.

The Sloth & The Moth: https://royalsociety.org/news/2014/sloths-moths-mutualisms/

In this episode, which is geared to people who feed foxes in their gardens, we discuss the things to think about if you are either planning to or are currently feeding foxes in your garden. From the when to the how to the what, we give some basic pointers and things to think about to help keep your foxes fed and safe!

Want to hear about aromatherapeutic panthers, vampiric pigeons, lynx-produced gravel, and more?

Then listen to this episode on ancient animals myths and our faintly ridiculous interpretations of these myths.

It's been a while!

In this episode we talk to co-host and business owner Kevin Newell about his innovative & award-winning wildlife business, Humane Wildlife Solutions.

In this episode Flo interviews Gary Hovell, secretary of the Lothian Amphibian & Reptile Group (LARG), discussing his role in the group, the group's projects & aims, what YOU can do to get involved, and much more! If you live outwith the Lothians, you can find other ARG groups throughout the UK.

Follow these links to find out more:

ARG Website - https://www.arguk.org/

LARG Website: http://www.lothian-arg.org.uk/

LARG Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/LothianARG?s=07

LARG Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/LothianARG/

The Record Pool - https://www.recordpool.org.uk/

In this episode we quiz each other on some of the nicknames of a number of British wildlife species.

Want to know what bird is referred to as a Devil's Scritch?

Wonder if you've ever seen a scrath?

Interested to know if your garden is home to an aberdevine ?

Then listen to this episode to find out!

In this episode we discuss some of the flaws of conventional pest control and particularly the shooting of 'pest' species with direct regard to a blog entry by wildlife campaigner Jason Endfield entitled 'Concerns Over Annual Cull of Starlings Approved by Natural England'. You can see his blog entry here: https://bit.ly/3i3REEo 

In this episode we discuss the Mammal Society's recently published Red List for Britain's Mammals

In this episode we encourage you to take part in the Big Butterfly Count, running until the 9th of August!

This is a short episode so that you can find out about the count and hopefully get involved!

This can be carried out all over Europe, as well as the UK.