Episodes
It's Episode 8 and I’m joined by Side-show Dave! We go ringing at a noisy redwing roost in the Wildland scrub, and back at home we enjoy a glass of wine and reflect on some of the marvellous wildlife encounters we've had at Knepp in 2020. Tune in for a...
Published 01/20/21
Episode 7 takes us back in time as we learn about fallow deer: what their ancestors would have looked like and how they would have behaved. We also enjoy some of the sounds that we hear at Knepp Wildland during present day, as we take a front row seat...
Published 12/23/20
Our sixth episode is dedicated to some of the world’s most wonderful ecosystem engineers: dung beetles. As well as being funky little insects they punch well above their weight in the ecosystem services they provide. I join scarab fanatics Darren &...
Published 11/06/20
In episode 5 we meet the ebullient Matthew Oates to talk about the inebriated and hedonistic life of His Imperial Majesty, the purple emperor. We talk about the life cycle of this magnificent butterfly, what we’re learning about them at Knepp Wildland,...
Published 10/04/20
During episode four we delve in to the intriguing lives of reptiles and learn more about these fascinating animals at Knepp Wildland. I'm joined by my good friend, Ryan Greaves, who shares some remarkable reptile facts and encounters, and we find out...
Published 08/24/20
In our third episode we investigate a fascinating research project being carried out at Knepp Wildland, which is studying the social behaviour of the orange-legged furrow bee Halictus rubicundus.Dr Rebecca Boulton from the University of Exeter gives us...
Published 07/09/20
In our second episode we explore the lives of the white storks nesting at Knepp Wildland which have featured on Springwatch this month.The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large charismatic bird that is the focus of a project to re-establish a...
Published 06/10/20
Our inaugural episode celebrates the return of the nightingale to Knepp Wildland this spring.The nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) has seen an impressive increase in numbers at Knepp Wildland since the beginning of the rewilding project, and 2020 has...
Published 05/29/20