The Wandering Ecologist Podcast
From the creator of the Knepp Wildland Podcast, join me, Penny Green, on some wildlife adventures where I will be celebrating positive nature conservation news...one story, one friendship, one wild place at a time.
Episodes
12 episodes
Drumming Up Enthusiasm: harnessing technology to monitor Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
In this episode we shine the spotlight on the remarkable Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, one of Britain’s rarest and most secretive woodland birds. Join us as we hammer into the details of a pioneering survey with passionate woodpecker-philes, Ken a...
The Way of Water: bringing water and life back to High Fen
I head up to Norfolk to visit my pal Matthew Hay, at High Fen Wildland. This 292 hectare site was originally farmed for arable and daffodil growing but was too wet to farm commercially. So, in 2022 nature restoration company Nattergal purchased...
Living the High Life: saving House Martins and Swifts
In this episode I visit my friend Paul Stevens, just down the road from home, to gawp at a fantastic set-up on his house. His sidewall is bedecked in Swift nest boxes and House Martin nest cups, providing a beautiful bird metropolis where these...
Warblers, Wolves and a Wild Finca - Part 2
Transport yourself to the beautiful mountains of northern Spain as we visit our lovely friends Katie and Luke at their Wild Finca – an old farm they are managing through agri-wilding, creating the most wonderful diverse habitat mosaics for natu...
Warblers, Wolves and a Wild Finca - Part 1
Transport yourself to the beautiful mountains of northern Spain as we visit our lovely friends Katie and Luke at their Wild Finca – an old farm they are managing through agri-wilding, creating the most wonderful diverse habitat mosaics for natu...
Hope Beneath the Waves: the recovery of our kelp forests
Join me for a bit of autumn sunshine on the beach as I meet up with inspiring conservationist Henri Brocklebank, Director of Conservation at the Sussex Wildlife Trust. In this episode we hear about an uplifting conservation story happening just...
Marginal Gains: how conservation options on farms are delivering the goods
Episode 5 takes us on top of the South Downs at the Wiston Estate where I join awesome entomologist, Graeme Lyons, on some invertebrate surveys. We’re looking at the benefits of having wildflower strips along the arable fields, and how having a...
Return of the Giants: the White-tailed Eagle's return to our skies
Join me for episode 4 as I learn all about the return of Britain’s largest and most epic bird of prey to southern England…the White-tailed Eagle. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the launch of this podcast, a...
When Bush-crickets Bite Back: the life and times of the Wart-biter
Join me at Brighton’s Castle Hill National Nature Reserve for episode 3, where I’m hot on the trail of Britain’s most endangered insect: the Wart-biter Bush-cricket.They’re tricky to find so luckily I’m with my pal and brilliant entomolo...
In Service to the Duke: the epic comeback of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly
It’s episode 2 and I’m high up on the South Downs to meet up with my chum and amazing field naturalist, Neil Hulme. Today we’re focusing on the Duke of Burgundy, and how Neil’s life-long passion for this exquisite butterfly, and the...
One Good Tern Deserves Another: nesting rafts at Chichester Harbour
Join me on a trip to the Sussex coast for episode 1, where I’ll be meeting up with my good friend, Pete Hughes, Ecologist for the Chichester Harbour Conservancy.We will be learning all about the success of the Return of the Tern nature r...